Dragonboat

This is Dragonboat. The golden dragon sleeps aboard Nb MIRRLESS.

This image is inspired by the liveaboard narrowboaters who pack their lives onto the top of their narrowboats.

A narrowboat, by definition, is narrow. There is not a lot of space for storage and what little room there is is required for living, so the roof becomes the storage area in many cases. To keep the elements at bay, the various items acquired for daily living have to be protected from the fade of the sun and the rot of the rain.

A tarpaulin is the first thing to hand, which is then strapped to the roof with ropes and ties. The resultant bulging mass looks like a sleeping dragon.

Dragonboat is murpworks Afloat.