Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific in 1947 on a wooden boat. Credit: Bjørn Fjørtoft / CC BY 4.0 In 1947, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl set out on an ambitious journey to challenge the accepted ...
It was not the first ghost boat to be discovered by fishermen, with more and more desperate migrants cramming onto rickety wooden boats that often fall apart or are blown across the Atlantic ...
A spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada provided more details about the incident, telling The Squamish Chief that the boat crash occurred at 7:47 p.m., Dec. 18. A tug ...
On Wednesday, such a failure likely occurred, leading to the collision. Neelkamal is an old-fashioned V-shaped wooden boat prone to capsizing if it takes on water, though it will not sink.
At the Gateway of India, traditional wooden boats are still in use, whereas in other cities, speedboats, water taxis and catamarans dominate the scene. Around 80 wooden boats operate on routes to ...