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Friday, November 30. 2007
An excellent intro to Malagasy boatbuilding
Today I came upon an interesting post and some great pictures courtesy of the blog VazahaGasy and author Ruth Frost. The post outlines the author's experience watching the building of a traditional Malagasy fishing boat. It is a quick read, clearly an interested, observant, non-boatbuilder's take on the process. No matter - she gives a sense of construction techniques, materials, and dimensions. Most importantly, then, she takes lots of photos. Bravo!
View a full slide show of the building process or a slide show of the launching (which looks like a fascinating communal exercise). I think the end-result is a fairly handsome boat (great paint job), though it looks like what was once a sailing craft is now destined for an outboard. Practical, but I'd like to see how these were rigged.
Location: Antsiranana, Madagascar
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Thanks for picking up my post.
To clarify - the boat is designed for sail and outboard (up to 40hp). I will update post in next couple of days to show with both attached. I am an interested observer because the boat builder is my partner - and I was out on the boat yesterday using just the sail and she handled beautifully.
Post now updated (on http://vazahagasy.wordpress.com) to show finished boat with sail. Follow links to boat building photos to see the boat in action under sail but with motor attached.
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about Friendship Sloop chatter in the blogosphere
Thu, 19.06.2008 14:20
Great - now you two can find each other. I expect the Muscongus Bay Cup match race series to begin immediately. ;^)
Thu, 19.06.2008 14:20
Great - now you two can find each other. I expect the Muscongus Bay Cup match race series to begin immediately. ;^)
about Friendship Sloop chatter in the blogosphere
Thu, 19.06.2008 03:00
Hello- We came across your blog, and thought I would answer a question for you. We own Heritage in Friendship. Her [...]
Thu, 19.06.2008 03:00
Hello- We came across your blog, and thought I would answer a question for you. We own Heritage in Friendship. Her [...]
about The first boats - they may be older - a lot older - than we think
Tue, 17.06.2008 23:37
Maybe the first rafts developed out of simple floats, logs perhaps.
Tue, 17.06.2008 23:37
Maybe the first rafts developed out of simple floats, logs perhaps.
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