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CLOSE-UP: CAPTAIN'S TALE; A Father and Son Team Recreates Seafaring. History
Mikael Grigorian traces his fascination with shipbuilding to his childhood years. Growing up in Armenia, where navigable waters are scarce, Grigorian went onward to become a successful engineer. Meanwhile, his obsession with the sea ultimately took a practical turn: on combining his engineering skills with a natural knack for research in history and literature, he began building miniature ships.
To date, Grigorian has made more than 100 standards His ships, whose sizes vary in scale from 1:200 to