Dhow Building

Countryside Dhow Building Red Colobus Stone Town

Dhow

an Arab ship used for sea passage of people and freight

 

a Dhow shipyard in Zanzibar, Tanzania

 

cutting the keel with axes

 

shaping the wood

 

smoothing it out

 

detail of construction

 

planks are caulked with rags

 

the shipyard

 

boat basin

 

an outrigger

 

hulls on the beach

 

nearby ruins of a Sultan's summer Palace

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Countryside Dhow Building Red Colobus Stone Town

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