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From Chinese Junk to Land: A Liveaboard Heads to Shore After Almost 30 Years

Photo by Olivia Weitz.

There’s an old joke: the two happiest days in a boat owner’s life are the day they bought the boat and the day it’s sold. But for Rusty Strange, who built a Chinese Junk, by hand, and lived on board for nearly three decades it’s more complicated. 

Credit Photo by Olivia Weitz.
Sun Seeker May 2017

This piece came to us from our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. Olivia is a graduate of the workshop and you can find out more about that program at Transom.org

The sails on Rusty Strange’s Chinese Junk are shaped by batons made of bamboo. He carries this photo around in his pocket.