HALBERG RASSY 44 BOAT TEST

A post out of season, while I am stuck at Limnos by the Mistral (gusting 40k), a complementary one to the one about the Halberg-Rassy 44: ht...

Fishing Boats of Orchid Island’s Tao People

Tao tatara boats, with and without culturally significant decorations. ( source ) Click any image to enlarge. Orchid Island, also known as L...

SEACOKS HYSTERIA

As most of you know British magazines some years ago made a big fuss about brass seacocks on new boats (they still do) and hysteria about th...

The Vattai of Tamil Nadu

Examples of traditional frame-first boat construction in Asian cultures are rare. Throughout the Far East, Middle East and east Africa, shel...

Bundle Boats in Oman and Elsewhere

In the last week or so, two bundle boats from Oman came to my attention. First, a reader sent me a link to this travel article in Daily Kos ...

Bronze Age Carpow Logboat Moves to Permanent Home in Perth

We haven't had time for a post lately, so to keep the pump primed, we'll bring this recent news item to your attention, courtesy of ...

CARIBBEAN 600: MASERATI VERSUS PHAEDO 3

A deception, the Caribbean 600, saved by the epic fight between the two Mod 70 trimarans, Maserati and Phaedo 3. Even if on foils, Maserati ...