Updates on Old and Ancient Canoes

A couple years ago , I noted briefly the discovery of a 230-year-old Canadian birchbark canoe, believed to be the oldest surviving example, ...

Shooting Rapids in a Big Dugout

In 1926, during a national craze for daredevil stunts, Al Faussett built a 32-foot spruce dugout canoe and successfully piloted (or perhaps ...

China's Quanzhou Ship Full of Surprises

Reconstruction of the Quanzhou ship. Note bulkheads, stern rudder that can be raised with a windlass, and V-shaped hull. Click any image for...

Ferriby 1 Replica Under Construction

In my previous post , about a project to reconstruct the Dover Bronze Age Boat, I mistakenly included a time-lapse video showing the coincid...

Bronze Age Boatbuilders Knew Something We Don't

Unique and baffling construction details on the replica Dover Bronze Age boat. I say baffling because the replica was unsuccessful, so even ...

Mediterranean Bronze-Age Style Galley Under Construction

This item just appeared on the WoodenBoat Facebook page, quoted here in full: " Adem Ali Yılmaz tells us that this is being built at a ...

Netsilik Kayak Construction Video

Here's an interesting video from the National Film Board of Canada  showing the construction of a kayak by Netsilik Inuit people using a...