Lake Victoria Boat Building and Fishing
FBBB,
I've just finished editing the footage that I shot during the week that
Bob Wise (there's your Bolger connection) and I spent together on Lake
Victoria last Summer. It's in the form of a first-person travel log,
with a little issue awareness thrown in the mix. As boat-builders, you
all might particularly like the steel strips and roofing tar version of
stitch and glue that's used to produce a 5 panel sailing dhow. Look
closely and you'll see a shot of me and Bob out on the lake in a green
one.
Fair Winds/Uncertain Future
The fishing dhows of Lake Victoria
http://www.dlrfilms.com/preview.html
Once called Africa's sparkling blue gem, Lake Victoria is now caught in
a seemingly irreversible cycle of decline. Her once clear waters are a
dull muddy green; her depths a barren oxygen-free desert.
Fair Winds, Uncertain Future takes us to the Kenyan village of Dunga
Beach, where fisherman still work the waters of the lake in
traditional, handcrafted dhows. But as the fishing continues to
decline, the days of these beautiful boats and the men who sail them
may be drawing to a close.
YIBB,
David
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I've just finished editing the footage that I shot during the week that
Bob Wise (there's your Bolger connection) and I spent together on Lake
Victoria last Summer. It's in the form of a first-person travel log,
with a little issue awareness thrown in the mix. As boat-builders, you
all might particularly like the steel strips and roofing tar version of
stitch and glue that's used to produce a 5 panel sailing dhow. Look
closely and you'll see a shot of me and Bob out on the lake in a green
one.
Fair Winds/Uncertain Future
The fishing dhows of Lake Victoria
http://www.dlrfilms.com/preview.html
Once called Africa's sparkling blue gem, Lake Victoria is now caught in
a seemingly irreversible cycle of decline. Her once clear waters are a
dull muddy green; her depths a barren oxygen-free desert.
Fair Winds, Uncertain Future takes us to the Kenyan village of Dunga
Beach, where fisherman still work the waters of the lake in
traditional, handcrafted dhows. But as the fishing continues to
decline, the days of these beautiful boats and the men who sail them
may be drawing to a close.
YIBB,
David
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