Published 3 years ago

Greek traditional wooden boat builders a dwindling craft

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Wooden boats are an integral part of the Greek landscape, adorning tourist brochures and postcards. The art of designing and building these vessels, done entirely by hand, is under threat. Fewer people order wooden boats since plastic and fiberglass ones are cheaper to maintain. Young people aren't as interested in joining a profession that requires years of apprenticeship.

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Greek traditional wooden boat builders a dwindling craft

3 years ago·United States

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abc News

Greek traditional wooden boat builders a dwindling craft

The Greek island of Samos was once a major production center of traditional wooden boats, the hand-crafted vessels indelibly linked to the image of Greece

3 years ago·United States

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The Washington Post

Greek traditional wooden boat builders a dwindling craft

The Greek island of Samos was once a major production center of traditional wooden boats, the hand-crafted vessels indelibly linked to the image of Greece

3 years ago

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MY Northwest

Greek traditional wooden boat builders a dwindling craft

DRAKAIOI, Greece (AP) — On the forested slopes of an island mountain, early morning mist swirling around its peak, the unmistakable form of a traditional Greek wooden boat emerges: a caique, or kaiki, the likes of which has sailed these seas for hundreds of years.Each beam of wood, each plank, has been felled, trimmed and shaped by one man alone, hauled and nailed into place using techniques handed down through generations, from father to son, u…

3 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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680 News

Greek traditional wooden boat builders a dwindling craft

DRAKAIOI, Greece — On the forested slopes of an island mountain, early morning mist swirling around its peak, the unmistakable form of a traditional Greek wooden boat emerges: a caique, or kaiki, the likes of which has sailed these seas for hundreds of years.Each beam of wood, each plank, has been felled, trimmed and shaped by one man alone, hauled and nailed into place using techniques handed down through generations, from father to son, uncle …

3 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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Greek traditional wooden boat builders a dwindling craft

On the forested slopes of an island mountain, early morning mist swirling around its peak, the unmistakable form of a traditional Greek wooden boat emerges: a caique, or kaiki, the likes of which has sailed these seas for hundreds of years.Each beam of wood, each plank, has been felled, trimmed and shaped by one man alone, hauled and nailed into place using techniques handed down through generations, from father to son, uncle to nephew. But the …

3 years ago·Orlando, United States

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