A disappearing tradition

I have a passion for sailing boats, the older the better. Here you can see a traditional fishermen sailing boat with Lateen rigging in the marina of La Maddalena, in northern Sardinia.

 

The Lateen rigging is an ancient rigging found in all Mediterranean. La Maddalena is one of the few remaining places in Sardinia where they still build and use this kind of boats which are becoming very rare as they are hand built and so are expensive.

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