Photo Gallery
 At this stage of construction, they had finished planking the outer hull and had installed the forward part of the main deck. |  The junk sat under an enormous makeshift canopy. |  "This caulking material, along with hemp strands, was pounded into the cracks to seal the junk." - Marco Polo |
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 "....caulked inside and out with a material made of quicklime and oil." - Marco Polo. |  The partially completed vessel looked beautiful sitting there atop a wide variety of old, bent, fifty gallon drums and wooden support structures. |  Underway in San Diego. |
 Docked in Ventura. |  Sampan on stern. |  Getting ready for sea trials. |
 Author at the helm during sea trials. |  Moving the junk prior to launch. |  Head looking aft. |
 Repainting the tiger in San Diego. |  Repairing the tiger in San Diego. |  Grappling anchors on the bow. |
 Author - Walter Hackman (Mr. Walt) |  Underway. |  Underway in San Diego. |
 Galley looking forward. |  Construction Crew. |  Caulking the bow. |
 Getting ready for sea trials. |  Underway in San Diego. |  Notes. |
 Page from authors journal. |  Early in construction. |  On the Yangtze. |
 Galley looking starboard. |  Galley looking forward. |  Stateroom looking aft. |
 Head looking aft. |  Underway in San Diego. |  Underway in San Diego. |
 Underway. |  Pilot house and main deck forward. |  Underway in San Diego |
 Docked in Long Beach. |  Docked. |  At the dock in Long Beach. |
 Prior to launch. |  Launch Day. |  On the Yangtze River. |
 Underway in San Diego. |
A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
