"The Boyne Currach" -- A Review

The Boyne Currach: From beneath the shadows of Newgrange , by Claidhgh (I understand it's pronounced "Clive") O' Gibne has...

A Personal-Commercial Note to My Readers

Dear Readers, I've been informed by Amazon that my Amazon Associates account will be terminated after Sunday, October 6, along with the ...

Ancient (?) Dugout Canoe Found in Florida

AP photo . Click to enlarge. According to an AP article carried by Fox News (among others), a well-preserved dugout canoe was recently recov...

A Catamaran with an Outrigger?

A recent BBC story concerning a possibly  marine-related archaeological discovery in Wales  reports some off-the-wall speculation about the ...

Folding Kayaks and "Indigeneity"

Soon after posting the previous article about ocean voyages in folding kayaks , I began questioning its relevance to the larger subject of i...

Ocean Voyages in Folding Kayaks

Hannes Lindemann's 1956-57 solo transatlantic voyage in a folding kayak is justifiably famous among kayak fans. (In our previous post we...

Translatlantic Voyage in a Liberian Dugout Canoe

Hannes Lindemann in 2006, at the age of 84. He holds a copy of Life magazine, which featured him on the cover following his 1956-57 transatl...