The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
Junk Branding
A few motorised tourist junks with fixed sails still confuse the credulous but – much like other endlessly recycled Hong Kong clichés – the obsolete sailing junk icon is decades beyond having any genuine symbolic purpose.
More Brands-more sailmakers
These brands act as a reminder of a time when local was good, when small could be beautiful and one craftsperson with a sewing machine could dream of powering the boats of champions.
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