Boat builder working on a stich and glue kayak, Washington State, USA

Statue of Nolsoyar Pall (Poul Poulsen Nolsoe), Faroese national hero, seaman, trader, poet, farmer, and boat builder, who in the early 19th century ran the first Faroese trading ship since Viking times, by Hans Pauli Olsen, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Boatbuilder beneath the hull of ocean going dhow under construction by hand from Sal wood, Rukmavati River, Mandvi, Gujarat, India, Asia

Craftsman making a fishing boat on Bintan island, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Craftsman making a fishing boat on Bintan island, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Craftsman making a fishing boat on Bintan island, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Boat building, Essaouira, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Traditional construction of gulets at a Bodrum boatyard, Bodrum, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Boat builder, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A boat-builder on Chiloe island, Northern Patagonia, Chile, South America