Buckminster Fuller's Model Boat Collection, Part 1

Buckminster Fuller is normally associated with technological modernism, but it seems he had a penchant for preindustrial technology too. His...

How To Wax a Boat

Your boat’s fiberglass gelcoat will maintain its high gloss for a long time if you keep it clean, waxed and stored out of the sun. If the ...

A Very Early Maori Canoe

A sizable component of a large canoe found in New Zealand gives clues to the type of boats used to settle the islands, which probably occurr...

Harvey Golden's Magnificent Kayak Surveys

  My usual approach to using reading material for this blog is to take some interesting (to me) facts that I read concerning some kind of bo...

Asmat Spirit Canoe

Our previous post featured a large dugout canoe from New Guinea's Asmat culture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. That one was ceremon...

Asmat Dugout Canoe at the Met

In December I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and saw a wonderful display of art and crafts from New Guinea. We'...