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Totora reed fishing boats on the beach at Huanchaco, Peru. Reed boats and rafts, along with dugout canoes and other rafts, are among the oldest known types of boats.Often used as traditional fishing boats, they are still used in a few places around the world, though they have generally been replaced with planked boats.
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Scottish iris boat with a round sail Iris boat with a straight sail Swedish reed boats A leaf boat is a traditional toy made in various parts of the world using nothing but a leaf. Various types of leaves are used depending on the area, most commonly flag iris , reed leaves and bamboo leaves.
Fishers have made minimal changes in the basic designs of the reed boats over the centuries. On the beach of Pimentel, near the city of Chiclayo, crafters had added Styrofoam to give symmetrical forms and to create a water-impermeable floatation compartment.
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Kitín Muñoz, the leader of previous Pacific reed boat expeditions, [2] criticized Viracocha in the press, claiming that the use of synthetic rope in the boat's construction made the experiment invalid. According to the builders, they did use a small amount of synthetic twine, but judged that the effect on the durability of the boat was ...
Read boat in Lake Titicaca. A balsa is a boat or ship built by various pre-Columbian South American civilizations constructed from woven reeds of the totora bulrush. They varied in size from small canoe sized personal fishing boats to large ships up to 30 metres long. They are still used on Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia.