Posted by Dave Thewlis on October 16, 2008 at 12:41:59 user dthewlis.
A replica of a Ming Dynasty junk, named Princess Taiping, has sailed into San Francisco Bay after a 69 day crossing of the Pacific Ocean. Beautiful - wish I were down there to see her.
Pictures and a link to the original article (which in turn has a link to the boat's website (in Chinese) at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/10/15/BAL213HM1B.DTL&o=0