Stunning videos of Portuguese Barco Rabelo being sailed and built

Rabelos are a traditional Portuguese cargo boat developed for transporting people and goods such as port wine along the Douro River to Porto.

The Wikipedia tells me that port wine companies continue to maintain a fleet of rabelos and race them each year on St John’s Day, June 24. It must be quite a sight.

My thanks to Dave Rowlands for spotting this one!

2 thoughts on “Stunning videos of Portuguese Barco Rabelo being sailed and built”

  1. How absolutely fabulous what manner of men are these what boatmen what craftsmen not an electric tool used throughout Wunderbar

    1. I think it really deserves the description ‘stunning’. Navigating those cargo craft among rapids on that fast flowing water is an amazing task.

      Gavin

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