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Living craft in tarsanas
The traditional art of wooden shipbuilding has lived here since the mid-19th century, remaining almost…
Tracing the lines of old boats
Step inside a traditional shipyard in Hermoupolis and feel the heartbeat of a craft that…
Wooden Boatbuilding
The shipyards and boatyards of Ermoupoli remind you that Syros was once the most important shipbuilding center of the Aegean. Here you learn how a wooden vessel is born and how it is repaired step by step—varkalades, lantzes, trechantiria, and tsernikia. Beautiful traditional boats that combine functionality, craftsmanship, and seafaring wisdom. You watch the shipwrights caulking under the sun, chisels and mallets in hand, while your senses are filled with the scents of salt and sea air, resins and varnishes, wood… A craft passed down from generation to generation, through the families of shipwrights, keeping alive the very soul of the sea.