Dhow Racing in Abu Dhabi

Great video here of  a dhow regatta in Abu Dhabi, with more than 80 boats competing: These modern racing dhows look fast and sexy. It'...

Models in the Madrid Naval Museum, Part III

This final series of photos from a recent  visit   to the Museo Naval de Madrid   looks at models from the Pacific region other than China a...

Models in the Madrid Naval Museum, Part II

Here's a look at Chinese ship and boat models in  the  Museo Naval de Madrid . As in the previous post, about Philippine vessels in the ...

Models in the Madrid Naval Museum, Part I

If you get tired of fine art at Madrid's incredible Prado museum, a nice break is the Museo Naval de Madrid , almost next door. Run by t...

Different Coats for Different Boats

The skins with which skin-on-frame boats are covered differ considerably from place to place, and even from boat type to boat type within a ...

"New" Bronze Age Dugouts Uncovered

According to this article on BBC News, an important Bronze Age archaeological site is being excavated at a  quarry in  Whittlesey, England....

Junks, Sampans by the Hundreds

Aberdeen Harbor, Hong Kong, 1973 Just learned of this site , featuring hundreds and hundreds of photos of junks and sampans in Hong Kong, Ma...