A boatmaker's tale. Emirati boatmaker Ali Mattar Humaid Al Shamsi talks about his lifelong passion for the ocean and building boats. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00We started with this hobby when I was 12 years old, and we were racing and it took us a long time.
00:21We had time and we left it.
00:24We got closer to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait.
00:30On the day of the late Zayed, may God have mercy on him, he said,
00:35Go back to your old ways.
00:38We didn't have money, we didn't have anything.
00:43And we kept going.
00:45And this is how we are now.
00:48This is a hobby, a beautiful hobby.
00:52Before this hobby, I was racing.
00:55And I went to Bahrain, and I went to Saudi Arabia.
00:58And we took time to race.
01:00And when Zayed, may God have mercy on him, said,
01:04Go to heaven, we went back to this thing.
01:07The old ways.
01:09We went back to it and revived it.
01:11And since then, we didn't go anywhere, except for the races.
01:17My hobby is my father's.
01:21This is our hobby.
01:23We don't have any other hobbies.
01:25If one day I do this at home, one day I do it here, I become ill.
01:30And when I go to the sea, I see that my life is strong.
01:36And God is strong.
01:38We teach people.
01:41We teach people instead of us.
01:44We tell them to do this and be patient with the difficulties.
01:47There are still difficulties.
01:50We taught young people when we taught them.
01:53Omar is 12 years old.
01:55Today, his salary is 30,000, 25,000, 20,000.
01:59They teach the sea.
02:01And they catch it with force.
02:04This is the work of the sea.
02:07This is bravery.
02:09The one who practices it is brave.
02:11If he is old, he is still brave.
02:13The government supports him.
02:15The government supports him and feeds him.
02:17If the government doesn't feed him, what will happen?