Welcome to MCR Trade – Boats to Discover the Unknown

Ever had this happen to you? You see something, wonder about it—and then, years later, a random moment brings clarity to that old curiosity.That’s exactly what happened to me when I saw a ship in Bremerhaven a few years ago. Its bow shape was completely out of the ordinary—high, sloped backwar...

In the 15th and 16th centuries, the world was being divided by two seafaring superpowers: Spain and Portugal. Spain conquered vast parts of the Americas. Portugal built a global trading network from Africa to India and the East Indies. On paper, Spain ruled the Atlantic – but one group of islands ...

When we think of a sailboat, we often imagine a sleek hull slicing through the water with a deep keel underneath. But the keel, the “spine” of a sailboat, wasn’t always there — and even today, it comes in many shapes and forms.Why didn’t Viking ships have visible keels?Why do traditional D...

Imagine a sailboat moving through water. As it speeds up, it pushes a wave in front of it – called the bow wave – and leaves a wave behind – the stern wave. These two waves create a sort of "wave pocket" that the boat sits in.The faster the boat goes, the longer the distance between the bow an...