Everybody is building ships and boats

The art of building wooden ships has all but disappeared. However, in some countries wooden ships are used as tourist attraction and sometimes even for transporting cargo (see post of 26.9.20222). In Oman, the town of Sur is famous for shipbuilding. The work is done by indian or pakistani craftsmen. A similar place, where big cargo ships like those which can be seen in the old port of Dubai are built, is in Mandvi, in India. I will show some pictures from there later

The typical arab dhows built in Sur are now mainly used as pleasure yachts and tourist boats
There is no wood in Oman, it has to come from elsewhere
The shipyards also do maintenance on old ships, mainly by sealing the joints
Security measures are few, most of the work is done by hand
Even the tools are sharpened by hand

One thought on “Everybody is building ships and boats”

  1. Highly interesting (for someone who lives on a ship, anyway). The workman in photo 4 is wearing safety flip-flops, I’m sure. Looking forward to the Mandvi photos.

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