2018 Wooden Boat Festival

The seldom-visited Ninigo Islands are a group of 31 tiny islands set in 7 atolls that are part of the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. The Ninigo group features healthy lagoons that make for stunning anchorages set alongside pretty, neat villages. The Seimat people who live there are warm wonderful people with a still-flourishing sailing canoe culture that allows them to sustainably live on little except pluck, hard work and love. This is the story of the people, their amazing canted rectangular-boom lugsail, single-outrigger sailing canoes, and the culturally-rich and highly-competitive event dubbed The Great Ninigo Islands Canoe Race.