Al Gaffal Traditional 60ft Dhow Race 2014

For thousands of years, before the advent of the oil boom, fishing and pearl diving was the mainstay of the Dubai economy. Pearl divers would board a traditional dhow for up to three months at a time, in the hope to uncovering pearls – a job easier said than done! In a bid to bring the Dubai pearl history alive and honour the divers, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum organizes the traditional dhow race every year.