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Boaty McBoatface’s friends Pt.1

If you do not recognise the name above then you can Google it or go to this Guardian article
on the history: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/15/why-boaty-
mcboatface-had-to-be-torpedoed-david-attenborough

We finished a series of four articles on flying machines in miNiZ124. This is the replacement
series and deals with miniatures of things that float (or float, sink and float again in the case
of submarines). Many of the pictures will have been seen before in miNiZ but not
consolidated in an article like this.

Rafts, or maybe just floating logs, are the
earliest form of sea transportation for
humans. The two Bladnoch represent the
height of Scottish technology in the early
21st century. The first looks like an air
mattress.

The Dug’s raft can be found with both Dug’s label and
the Cyrus Noble label. It is called a raft but this is clearly
a much more advanced one than the Scots could build. I
would have called this a sailboat but who am I to argue
with Captain Dug! The Amphora – no not a boat, but these are as near as you get in
miniature to the galleys that plied the Mediterranean 2000-4000 years ago. The pointed base
was put into sand in the bottom of the galley, providing stability and trade goods (usually
olive oil and wine).

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