Outrigger pic of the day

YOUNG SEA-LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS

Their canoe is a dug-out constructed to hold eight people besides the steersman. An outrigger, made of a log of light timber and fastened to the canoe by crossbars, makes it an admirable surf-boat. Sailing canoes, with an outrigger on both sides, a mat sail, and bark ropes, are also in common use

 From the Secret Museum of Mankind

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