Posted on April 26th,2007
Cool boats turn up in all kinds of places. This one turned up in a calendar I got from an ocean conservation project,Seas the Day,from The Ocean Project. We’ll ignore the pun,folks,because you found a great boat. This appears to be a double hull canoe of sorts,aka,a catamaran. That balanced lug sail is a bit of a surprise;I wouldn’t have expected it in this region,but maybe I just don’t know much. Nonetheless,it is nice looking in this case. Good find folks.
Location:Madang,Papua New Guinea
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Not sure how I missed this,but when I looked at the calendar this morning I see that the boat is actually an outrigger canoe,not a true double hull. It is pretty clear that the starboard side is an ama,making this boat like other Melanesian ones I have seen,which is to say,still very cool,but more typical.