Photo: Traditional Boatbuilding Techniques

Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: March 27, 2017
Caption: Traditional Boatbuilding Techniques
Additional Description: Design: The design for the Grace Quan was derived from historic photographs and archaeological information.
Materials: Traditional materials such as redwood planking, forged nails, and caulking made from lime and linseed oil, were used by the boatbuilding crew as were traditional Chinese boatbuilding techniques such as bending wood with fire, and nailing planks to each other along the plank seams.
Sail: The cotton canvas sail was treated using the traditional method of boiling the newly made sail in a vat of hot water and the crushed dried bark of tanbark oak trees.
Submitted: April 4, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p379201
File Size: 3.455 Megabytes

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