Agios Isidoros Greece - Traditional Boat building & a Museum

[by Manos Castrinakis, Class of 2007]
I recently was invited to hear a lecture in Athens about the mew Museum on Nautical Construction Sciences on the island of Samos.
The island of Samos has a tradition of wooden boat building that goes back to antiquity and spans centuries of the medieval ages all the way to the 19th century. Perhaps one of the reasons for this has been the rich forest of pine, which was suitable for durable frames and planking ... read more