For more than two years I have pondered the idea of making a primitive boat and using it to fish on the ocean. I have had many design ideas for making a bushcraft boat but finally I just decided on an ...

Sophisticated building methods may have transformed primitive boats into seaworthy vessels. You can tell a lot about a civilization from the way it built its boats. An analysis of five canoes ...

Human beings are gifted with bringing their ideas to practicality. Boats have been around since ancient times. One of the first mentions of boats can be traced back to Noah and the Ark. Archaeologists ...

For over two years, I contemplated constructing a primitive boat for ocean fishing, ultimately deciding on an ocean kayak design made from around eighty pounds (36 kilos) of cattail leaves. The kayak ...