Bronze age stitch & glue boat find

[Jim M]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1234529.stm

"The boat would have been about 16m long, with a flat bottom like a raft with the ends and sides curving up like a large canoe.

It was made of huge oak planks sewn together with twisted yew branches.

There was room for up to 18 paddles, with nine timbers or thwarts across the boat which could have been used by paddlers or passengers to sit on.

What is not clear is whether the boat had a mast and sail. "

[Venchka]

Wonder if it was epoxy encapsulated?

C.P.E.S.?

:D

[JimD]

Originally posted by Venchka:
Wonder if it was epoxy encapsulated?

C.P.E.S.?

:D I don't think they had epoxy back then so it was probably polyester

[Meerkat]

Probably more likely BAHG - Boiled Animal Hide Glue ;)

[brian.cunningham]

:cool:

[PeterSibley]

Vaguely similar to some of the small inshore fishing boats you see in Southern India. I saw several on the beach at Madras about 20 ft long, planks stitched together with very home spun looking cord, probably coconut fibre.Some technologies just keep keeping on ...... smile.gif

[Bob Smalser]

Originally posted by PeterSibley:
Vaguely similar to some of the small inshore fishing boats you see in Southern India. I saw several on the beach at Madras about 20 ft long, planks stitched together with very home spun looking cord, probably coconut fibre.Some technologies just keep keeping on ...... smile.gif Still a lot of them still alive in SW Asia...with the occasional reed boat....slow death due to fiberglass poisoning.....gov't-subsidized glass fishing boats/outboards.

Helped save some for the Navy Museum in Oman....dugouts are mango logs and teak planks stitched with coir...coconut fiber. Larger dhows are all teak with trunnels below the waterline and often coir above.