Skip to content
Jewel of Muscat Logo
  • Home
  • Jewel on film
  • The Jewel book
  • The route
  • The story
  • The timeline
  • The 3D model
  • Image gallery
  • Ship’s logs
  • Education
  • Background
  • Speeches
  • Comments
  • English
  • العربية

The voyage – 2nd leg

061   Captain Saleh presents an engraved block to Lt. Amila Abeywickrama of the Sri Lankan Navy
062   The Jewel of Muscat by Lt. Abeywickrama
063   Captain Saleh greets some of the four thousand visitors to the Jewel in Galle
064   Information boards help visitors to the Jewel of Muscat
065   The new palm leaf matting sails arrive in 40-foot tubes
066   The lighthouse in Galle - featured in Lt. Abeywickrama's drawing
067   Finding teak trees tall enough for the masts has been difficult
068   But now with permission obtained cutting can begin
069   Slowly the tree begins to fall
070   Then the 18-metre tree is lowered by rope
071   The first tree is safely down
072   A second tree is prepared for felling
073   The tall, straight tree is ideal for a new mast
074   Now both trees must be transported 250km to Galle
075   Said Al Tarshi and Ayaz Al Zadjali measure the new sails made from palm leaf matting
076   Reinforced edging on the palm leaf matting sails
077   Crew members carry the heavy matting sails to the Jewel of Muscat
078   The crew raises the matting mizzen sail for the first time
079   Babu Sankanran carves an inscription into the stern beam
080   Adam Al Balushi and Ahmed Al Adawi unload empty water cans
◄1234567►
Toggle Sliding Bar Area