Dhows in Dubai: The most beautiful boat race in the world - Daily Mail
27 May 2012, 12:41 pm
The ships – recognisable by their triangular lateen sails – were once used on the trade routes across the Indian Ocean. They are now a less common site. But the Al Gaffal allows thousands of spectators, positioned on the Dubai shore, to see them in all ...

Barge-style boat used in NH waters replicated - NECN
27 May 2012, 8:52 am
The boats' unique flat-bottom was designed for low tide, mud flats around the New England area. Their high-masted, lateen sails were designed to collapse to the deck so they could go under bridges. The Gundalow Company, a nonprofit organization in ...

Ready to set sail: Visitors get unique opportunity as gundalow opens its decks in Portsmouth - Fosters Daily Democrat
27 May 2012, 2:11 am
The boats unique flat-bottom was designed for low tide, mud flats around the New England area. Its high masted, lateen sails work in order to harness favorable winds and collapses to the deck to allow bridge passing. Recently modern modes of ...

Five men and a boat - The Australian
25 May 2012, 5:13 am
With Hex provisioned and loaded, we bristled with excitement as the crew hauled up the heavy unai, supporting the lateen sail, conjuring thoughts of epic expeditions such as those of Kon-Tiki and Ra. Hex was built in 2009 using craftsmanship handed down ...

Celebrating a tradition of the seas - Gulf News
24 May 2012, 12:09 pm
The lateen rig (a type of sail), remained unchanged, although sails are now allowed to be polyester rather than cotton. In order to preserve the integrity of the tradition, and the oral history that goes with it, dhow racing is open only to Emiratis.

The tracing of the shrew: why Celtic DNA leads back to Africa - Irish Times
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
The peninsula’s intimate connection with the sea and the odd identity of the púcán’s lateen sail with that of the Arab dhow launched him on a four-year exploration, reading, researching and filming as he went. The Berber and Tuareg heritage now ...

EU Force Rescues Iranian Fishing Boat From Somali Pirates - Arutz Sheva
12 May 2012, 1:28 pm
A European Union naval vessel rescued an Iranian fishing dhow, a type of Arab lateen-rigged boat, that was being used by Somali pirates as a "mothership" for attacks on other boats according to the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR). EU NAVFOR said its ...