Reed Boat

This project was inspired by a 1990s trip to Bolivia's Lake Titicaca (elevation 13,000 feet, no wood for building canoes up there!). Our local Phragmites reeds were used for this bundle boat. Quite unsinkable, swamping waves simply drain away through the reeds that form the hull. No other pre-Columbian watercraft sports a sail. The reed boat was constructed in 2014.

  • A traditional native reed boat at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia: Elevation 13,000 feet.