Traditional Polynesian voyaging canoes

0:00 | Polynesia | Travel | Prehistoric

There are at least TWO canoes in this video; one up til 0:00:24, then a different one. I can't tell if the canoe at the end of the video is yet a third one, or not. But this short video will give you a clear idea of how these tradionally-styled Polynesian canoes behaved in a seaway, and some of the rigging and deck concepts the Ancient Navigators used to cross oceans in the Stone Age.

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