Indigenous Boats

This one isn't indigenous to anywhere except perhaps the Realm of Whimsy, but it sure is outside the western boatbuilding tradition. Co...

We've all heard it said – said so often that it's a truism – that boatbuilders and sailors are conservative. When I came across suc...

Reader António Fangueiro was kind enough to send photos of open, oared fishing boats which are launched through surf in Kerala, India. ...

For reasons unknown, a reader's useful contribution isn't showing up in the comments section of a previous post about buggalows (a ...