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NON-TARA LINKS

Ethos

We are told that the field of business ethics is complex.  Why?  we believe the cause is greed and the effect is the complexity of attempting to hide greed behind a cloak of respectability.  Here is an interesting link to the "International Business Ethics Institute" http://www.business-ethics.org/

Fair trade practices we feel are often loudly proclaimed but rarely followed! Even reputable NGOs have difficulty with actual practice - so how real is FTP?  Here is an interesting link  http://www.fairtradefederation.com/index.html

Link to United Nations Global Compact http://www.unglobalcompact.org/Portal/ which provides principles of environment, labour and human rights.

Here are links on sustainable forestry practices and certification http://www.fscoax.org/  In USA the certification link is http://fscus.org/html/certification/index.html

 

Sailing

The Chinese have long believed, and written that, the first circumnavigators where Chinese sailing junks under the command of Zheng He around 1421 A.D. sailing junks upto LOA 500 feet (150 metres).  China turned inwards after these voyages, and perhaps only now is starting to reach out to the world?  Gavin Menzes has written an interesting book "1421" and has website http://www.1421.tv

Here is a great site with information on Chinese sailing junks.  http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/junks.html#Plans  

For the Viking boat enthusiast http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/v_knarr.htm

Bruce Roberts has a lot to say on steel boats, amateur boat building, wood epoxy, Chinese junk rigs, etc.  http://www.bruceroberts.com

Thomas Colvin has some interesting Chinese junk designs, one of the few reputable Western designers to have much to say or do with Chinese sailing junks.  We love the Hangchow Bay Trader type bow painting on the homepage junk!   http://www.thomasecolvin.com/   

 

Maritime Museums

Link to the new and privately funded "Hong Kong Maritime Museum".  This museum sells Tara models.

Link to the excellent "Macau Maritime Museum".  The Founder Contra-Almirante Artur Leonel Barbosa Carmona was a Harbour Master in Macau and wrote and sketched excellent drawings of local junks and sampans back in the 1920's.  This is the oldest museum in Macau.

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www.karmawaters.com Karma Waters -  Hoi An, Cham Island, Vietnam, sustainable tours, vegan vegetarian restaurant, maritime museum, water taxi, watersports equipment rentals, boat & yacht charter

www.jetskivietnam.com

Jet ski Vietnam - Hoi An, jet ski adventure tours

www.taravn.com

Tara Vietnam - Karma Waters sister - Tara Hoi An Hue Vietnam, boat packaging, marine engine sales, servicing & spare parts, operator, model maker, sailmaker, land yachts, custom yacht & boat builder, repairs & maintenance.