Finishing Bamboo Coracle, Brand Name : Vdelta Customized

The boat that is likely to catch the eye soonest when first reaching the Vietnamese coast is no more nor less than a round bamboo basket coated with tar or varnish to waterproof it. They vary in size from a one-man boat to those big enough to carry several men and their fishing gear and catch as well. Some are simply stunning surf boats working off exposed beaches through daunting breakers. Their construction and utility is remarkable: a simple and elegant solution to a number of problems.

The bottle is also called a basket, which is a "basket boat" with a diameter of 3-5m,

woven with bamboo shaped like a "basket" and sweeping oil in the basket and outside.

This is a common means that fishermen often use to catch seafood near the shore or use

large baskets to catch squid "far from the shore". In addition, there is a kind of oval

shape, which has an explosive engine to move. Price depends on size. Large type cost 4

million, small type cost 3 million. Excluding all costs, we earn 2 million VND / unit. If I

do my full capacity, every month my father and son finish about 12-15 basket boats.

“This kind of saddle boat is" manipulated "from many stages. First of all, buy old

bamboos like bamboo

Bamboo is split into four to four days and brought into the house to knit, then tucked,

cheated with white plastic. Then use fresh cow dung to sweep both inside and outside of

the basket and dry from 6-7 days for drying and sweeping oil for protection and

waterproofing (in 3-layer scanning, in addition to scanning 2 layers).

After sweeping the oil for the otter, dry some more sunshine to be "released". The time to

complete a small basket boat is about 3-7 days, but with a large basket about 15 days.

There are 7 types of baskets, including oval-shaped baskets, which are more elaborately

executed ...

How many coastal fishermen live together with boats and fish. Fishing life is hard but

bold and bold. The colors of the sea, the colors of the blue water, the clear sky, the dusk

dyed on the waves and the stained boats on the sand, the soul points to the vast sea.

Knitting a basket boat is not an easy job. Want to knit boats need a pair of healthy hands,

skillful, familiar and skilled skills.

To make a basket boat lost a lot of elaborately, from the process of splitting, processing

oil to sweeping and molding the connecting substances to sweep on the boat, ... all stages

have to be meticulous. . A deflection may also cause the boat to leak water after a period

of use, or aesthetically. To make the right basket, the bottom of the baskets must be

equal, the baskets must be smooth, the plastic (or oil) must not be thin, thick ...