Chine bLog » boat philosophy http://www.chineblog.com Messing about in wooden, traditional, and tradition-inspired boats Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:55:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A nice proverb for a Sunday morning http://www.chineblog.com/2009/10/a-nice-proverb-for-a-sunday-morning/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/10/a-nice-proverb-for-a-sunday-morning/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:28:06 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=856 I found this Swahili proverb in a somewhat interesting piece on Zanzibar in the Washington Post’s Sunday travel section.

Ukiona vyaelea vimeundwa [If you see vessels afloat, remember they have been built]

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QUESTION: What is a classic yacht?

ANSWER: by Nathaniel P. Benjamin

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