tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post6217033682025059098..comments2024-03-13T08:16:23.560-07:00Comments on Indigenous Boats: Indigenous SailsBob Holtzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-33278171341355330682010-06-17T15:47:50.744-07:002010-06-17T15:47:50.744-07:00Thank you so much for your vote of confidence Wolf...Thank you so much for your vote of confidence Wolfgang. While I entirely agree that petro-based fun and travel will eventually have to go away, I'm not quite as pessimistic as you about the future of tourism overall, as I do anticipate that technological innovation will find clean power substitutes. (The question in my mind is whether or not there will be a broad societal collapse before that occurs, but that's getting *just a bit* off-topic.)Bob Holtzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-71726618865395539692010-06-17T09:15:44.708-07:002010-06-17T09:15:44.708-07:00I have looked at the sails site and aside from sha...I have looked at the sails site and aside from sharing the word "indigenous" there isn't that much similarity between their site and yours. Their site is rather thin on useful information in its initial incarnation. Supposedly that will improve over time. They mention adding videos. Their focus does not seem to be would-be boat builders but rather preservation through promotion or transition from utility to sport.<br />One thing that all of us that are fascinated with indigenous boats share is some sort of motivation for why we are interested in preserving that technology.<br />My own interest is primarily esthetic. I love the way that traditional boats look. I also have a persistent pessimism about the continued availability of petroleum as a motive power for our own civilization. In other words, if petroleum availability shrinks to insignificant amounts, indigenous technology may again become economically significant. <br />The view of indgenous sails seems to be that indigenous technology is lovely but will disappear unless we can make it self-sufficient through tourism or as a medium for competitive sports. I think that would be a good strategy assuming that everything stays the same and western tourist continue to travel to exotic places. But I doubt that that sort of future is realistic seeing as it is based on a profligate use of natural resources.<br />For the time being, Bob, I find your website more useful since it provides a wealth of information to interested boat tinkerers like myself.Wolfgang Brinckhttp://wolfgangbrinck.com/boatsnoreply@blogger.com