> On Jun 18, 2019, at 8:45 PM, Michael Suwczinsky  wrote:
> 
> Great looking boats!
> 
> Michael-currently on another armchair boatbuilding jaunt.
> 

A few weeks ago I was in Dover in the UK. Out for a walk, I spotted a sign to
the Dover Bronze Age Boat Museum. How could I not explore? Twas amazing.

This was a C. 1500 B.C. boat held together not w/ nails or trunnels or other
fasteners. It is a plank built boat made from oak planks and held together with
wedges and yew withies.  Carved by bronze axes and adzes and sealed with moss
and wax it is a most amazing example of joinery.

Good pictures are hard to come by, but here is an eleven minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=310I8KBd3pI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=310
I8KBd3pI

And this video gives much better detail, however, at 46 minutes only the
hardcore among you will see it through. But it does cover two replicas: one that
promptly sank and one that succeeded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4OylAKusMw

Seeing it in person, seeing wood technology I had never heard of, was an amazing
experience.I was moved enough to buy the book:
https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-dover-bronze-age-boat-in-context.html

Bill