This long weekend my admiral and myself we had a holiday trip to Dubai visiting the
Burj Khalifa, The Palm Jumeirah but also the souks etc.
Don´t be afraid, that I will now want to tell you about my holiday....no.....puhh
At the last day I made a sightseeing flight with a waterplane and realized something special,
so I made some photos with my mobile, which I want to show you here the most interesting:
The photos were made over the Dubai-creek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Creek
Here some closer looks of the photos
Visible is a small shipyard with a wooden ship under construction, especially in Dubai, which is an artificial city full of extreme modern life without any real culture.......
Glitter, highest buildings, extreme rich people and the work is done by millions of migrant workers (mainly from India).
I did not expect a wooden boat construction in this city, so my interest was growing to make some more research at home.
And I found something very interesting about this location......
At the Dubai creek two shipyards are located, you can see them at google map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2...5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d25.2234865!4d55.3452084
and via google you can find some photos:
https://www.google.at/search?q=wood...tRQKHcNZApIQ_AUICigB&biw=1918&bih=949#imgrc=_
The wooden dhows boats and ships are still in use for cargo transports, and not only for some historical cruises of tourists like I expected.
On these two shipyards they are still repairing, but also building new wooden boats and ships for the normal use, and these ships mainly by hand and without power tools or special lifting equipment.........so these people still know how to do it for their special purpose
In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, modernisation has altered boat production over time – not only the skills used but also the designs of the boats currently being built. Even with traditionally-made wooden boats taking up to five years to complete, Mihriz Bin Tok, one of Dubai’s last craftsmen still uses the core traditional skills. Mr Tok is following in his father and grandfathers’ footsteps by building the biggest dhow in the Arab world. According to Yahoo Maktoob news, 120,000 giant nails were used in its construction and it can carry a load of 2,500 tones. Another Emirati traditional boat builder has turned his efforts from dhows towards manufacturing modern speedboats so as to avoid abandoning his craft due to a change in market demand.
taken from http://middleeast-business.com/the-skill-of-building-wooden-boats/
Tucked away in a boatyard in Dubai's historical shipbuilding quarter, "Jadaf" is a record breaker in the making.
Nearly 90 meters long and 10 meters high, the wooden dhow modeled on traditional Arabian cargo ships will be the largest of its kind in history, according to the makers.
taken from https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/01/middleeast/dubai-biggest-wooden-dhow/index.html
For the build, its engineers will resort to traditional boat construction techniques based on experience and intuition. Bin Suloom shrugs off the idea of using any architectural plans and sketches, saying: “I don’t need them. It’s all in my head. Instead, we will build a small prototype and take it out to the water, in order to test its buoyancy and fine-tune its balance, then we can move on to finalising the bigger version.”
complete article from http://blog.myconcierge.com/dubai-dhow-vessels-of-history/
and here some impressions on youtube showing the work and work-conditions at these shipyards, all works mainly done by hand
Burj Khalifa, The Palm Jumeirah but also the souks etc.
Don´t be afraid, that I will now want to tell you about my holiday....no.....puhh
At the last day I made a sightseeing flight with a waterplane and realized something special,
so I made some photos with my mobile, which I want to show you here the most interesting:
The photos were made over the Dubai-creek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Creek
Here some closer looks of the photos
Visible is a small shipyard with a wooden ship under construction, especially in Dubai, which is an artificial city full of extreme modern life without any real culture.......
Glitter, highest buildings, extreme rich people and the work is done by millions of migrant workers (mainly from India).
I did not expect a wooden boat construction in this city, so my interest was growing to make some more research at home.
And I found something very interesting about this location......
At the Dubai creek two shipyards are located, you can see them at google map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2...5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d25.2234865!4d55.3452084
and via google you can find some photos:
https://www.google.at/search?q=wood...tRQKHcNZApIQ_AUICigB&biw=1918&bih=949#imgrc=_
The wooden dhows boats and ships are still in use for cargo transports, and not only for some historical cruises of tourists like I expected.
On these two shipyards they are still repairing, but also building new wooden boats and ships for the normal use, and these ships mainly by hand and without power tools or special lifting equipment.........so these people still know how to do it for their special purpose
In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, modernisation has altered boat production over time – not only the skills used but also the designs of the boats currently being built. Even with traditionally-made wooden boats taking up to five years to complete, Mihriz Bin Tok, one of Dubai’s last craftsmen still uses the core traditional skills. Mr Tok is following in his father and grandfathers’ footsteps by building the biggest dhow in the Arab world. According to Yahoo Maktoob news, 120,000 giant nails were used in its construction and it can carry a load of 2,500 tones. Another Emirati traditional boat builder has turned his efforts from dhows towards manufacturing modern speedboats so as to avoid abandoning his craft due to a change in market demand.
taken from http://middleeast-business.com/the-skill-of-building-wooden-boats/
Tucked away in a boatyard in Dubai's historical shipbuilding quarter, "Jadaf" is a record breaker in the making.
Nearly 90 meters long and 10 meters high, the wooden dhow modeled on traditional Arabian cargo ships will be the largest of its kind in history, according to the makers.
taken from https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/01/middleeast/dubai-biggest-wooden-dhow/index.html
For the build, its engineers will resort to traditional boat construction techniques based on experience and intuition. Bin Suloom shrugs off the idea of using any architectural plans and sketches, saying: “I don’t need them. It’s all in my head. Instead, we will build a small prototype and take it out to the water, in order to test its buoyancy and fine-tune its balance, then we can move on to finalising the bigger version.”
complete article from http://blog.myconcierge.com/dubai-dhow-vessels-of-history/
and here some impressions on youtube showing the work and work-conditions at these shipyards, all works mainly done by hand
