5/5 Marine L. 2 years ago on Google
Maritime
fanatics
will
enjoy
this
fascinating
museum
with
its
impressive
collection
of
large,
scale-model
dhows
(traditional
cargo
boats),
sailing
equipment
and
boards
detailing
the
history
of
seafaring
in
the
area. Al
Hashemi
II,
the
huge
wooden
dhow
adjacent
to
the
museum,
is
the
largest
handmade
wooden
boat
on
earth,
measuring
a
world-record-breaking
80.4m
long
and
18.7m
wide
and
weighing
an
estimated
2500
tonnes.
The
museum
has
a
2002 Guinness
Book
of
Records certificate
to
prove
it.
Commissioned
by
Husain
Marafie,
owner
of
the
Radisson
Blu
hotel, Al
Hashemi
II was
completed
in
1998
from
mahogany
and
ekki
logs
from
Cameroon,
planks
from
Ivory
Coast
and
pine
logs
from
Oregon.
It’s
worth
taking
a
five-minute
walk
inside
the
lavish,
parquet-floored
interior,
which
is
used
for
conferences
and
banqueting.
Al
Boom,
a
smaller
dhow
in
the
complex,
is
a
restaurant;
and
a
hugely
atmospheric
place
for
dinner.
The
complex
is
next
to
the
Palm
Gardens
hotel
inside
the
grounds
of
the
Radisson
Blu
hotel.
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