Carriacou Boat Building

Carriacou's boat building was introduced to the island by some early Scottish immigrants.  The tools and process has changed only slightly.  They use no written instructions or drawn plans.  The demintions  are pretty much by eye.

They do not use the technique of stream bending to craft the boat's ribs, instead they harvest large branches from a white cedar tree then mill planks which are the shape of the desired rib.

Some of the tools of the trade.  The chain saw is a more recent change or modernisation from the original craftsmen.