Teja Wooden Boats

via www.tejawoodenboats.eu It's always great to see nautical craftsmanship spring up in unusual places. I read this nice little article in Classic Wooden Boat, a UK magazine, about Teja Wooden Boats, a Lithuanian boat builder that will make you the sweetest little oak clinker for a bargain. If I had a spare $6-7K this would be high up on the list. What a little beauty! This hit a special note for me as my Dad was from Lithuania. I wasn't aware of their nautical history but according to Teja's web site (I think they used Google Translate as this is a little wonky):

Our venture started here in Lithuania, on the east coast of the Baltic sea, where Baltic tribe lived, merchants of which in the 3rd - 6th centuries by the sea traded amber with the Roman Empire and then in the 7th and 8th centuries fought with ships of Vikings, and where fishermen and yachtsmen, navigating in the sea till nowadays, left their important seafaring heritage. We are happy to be a part of a new generation of Lithuanian boat builders, maintaining the traditions of the past.