Sur

We stopped off at Sur to have a look at the boat building yards where traditional dhows are built. We were told that they only used traditional methods of timber and wooden nails. All we saw was tech screws and power tools although there was some chiselling going on underneath one of the dhows. There was a completed dhow and two under construction. They were also building long rowing boats being built too.












The last piece of timber in the keel of this dhow has been made from an odd shaped piece of wood and blended into the shape of the keel.












This is the pile of timber that is used to construct the dhows. As you can see there are some odd shapes.