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Traditional wooden boat projects - building and sailing old boat types

 

Boat projects, investigating and reconstructing old boat types can be an ideal and challenging project for an out-door group. Many ideas and hands are needed and the project have the ability to give joy and growth to the group.
 
Repair of worn-out canvas on an Umiaq. The Umiaq is an old traditional boat from Greenland used for e. g. whale-hunting and transporting heavy loads.

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Voyage with a traditional north-Scandinavian river boat
The picture shows an traditional river boat from the nothe of Scandinavia, built as a one-year project on the outdoor education at Sjövik during 1985-1986. The name of the boat-builder is Ambjörn Thunberg. Using this boat three persons were 1996 travelling downstream Piteälven river. The voyage was started in Sulitelma, Norway and ended in Örnvik located at lake Tjeggelvas near Arjeplog, Sweden. The duration of the vayage was two weeks.

This picture is painted in the middle of the night, showing an reconstruction of a traditional scaninavian boat type on the beach of the lake Tjeggelvas near Arjeplog in nothern Sweden. 

The "midnight sun" is just below the horizon in the north direction in the background landscape. 

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Enjoy the freedom of manouevring boats built by yourseff through waves at sea, in lakes and rivers. There is a rich tradition to gain from for those who make the effort of seeking for the history of old wooden boats.
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