"Riding the Wave"

[Sebastian]

Interesting picture taken from the SD Union Tribune. Sebastian

[hammerhead]

Wonder where the rod holder is on that thing. :)

[bajadog]

Anti-pearl nose.:rolleyes:

[Sebastian]

The caption from the paper


"Early in the morning, the men of Huanchaco, a village on the north coast of Peru, set out with their gill nets and caballitos de tortora (little horses of reeds) to fish. The vessels are made of reeds that grow nearby. The same type of reed grows in the Lake Titicaca region, where Thor Heyerdahl built his 40-foot Ra II that crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1970."

[dgax65]

Paddling with that big-ass cane pole has got to be hard. I wonder if he would be interested in upgrading to one of those new Werner carbon fiber big-ass poles:rolleyes:

Hell - he should put a Mirage drive in his caballitos de tortora. He would beat the pants off all the other guys still using big-ass poles. Probably even beat the guys with the carbon fiber big-ass poles

[Handymansd]

The Ra II is now kept in a museum in Norway where my wife and I were able to see it. It is pretty amazing that all of those reeds held this thing together. The first Ra failed due to cutting the wrong rope 3/4 of the way to their destination. They caught numerous amazing fish on their
Atlantic crossing in 1970 though, even a large a whale shark. They would have starved without the fish they caught, and they did not have Penn Internationals on board.:D The Ra II looked like two of those reed kayaks with a hut on top. Pretty cool stuff.:cool:
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The caption from the paper


"Early in the morning, the men of Huanchaco, a village on the north coast of Peru, set out with their gill nets and caballitos de tortora (little horses of reeds) to fish. The vessels are made of reeds that grow nearby. The same type of reed grows in the Lake Titicaca region, where Thor Heyerdahl built his 40-foot Ra II that crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1970."