No. 2(1920) 



OUTRIGGER CANOES OF 1NDONES1 \ 



95 



30 feet, beam (outside gunwale) 40 inches, depth 30 inches; the 

 floats were very stout bamboos, 6 inches in diameter ; each 

 projected 4 feet aft of the stern, the fore end being level with the 

 bow. To lessen resistance, the anterior extremity of each bamboo 

 float is closed with a bung-like wooden stopper, rounded in front. 



The form of the hull varies. In the smaller and medium-sized 

 ones, used chiefly in fishing, the form is canoe-shaped — sharp at 

 both ends ; those over 30 feet in length, running to 40 feet and 



FIG.' 53. — Typical Bali boom and float attachment : a. side view : /). fore end of 

 the bamboo boom ; c. wooden ping fitting into fore end of b. 



more, are employed chiefly in trading ; in these the bow is 

 bifid, a narrow jibboom-like projection standing out in line 

 with the gunwales, and above the actual stem. The stern is 

 carried high in a great curve, by means of flattened pieces 

 pegged on edgewise, giving a broad and striking appearance in 

 side view. In the large sizes the depth and beam are increased by 

 the addition of washstrakes. The bigger boats have an outboard 

 platform fitted on each side extending out as far as a distance 

 equal to or even exceeding the width of the dugout hull proper, 

 which is narrow and deep — 40 inches in one of 30 feet length. In 

 some this is a light split bamboo platform with low sides, 

 in others it is a permanent and substantial structure made of 

 planking with fairly high sides supporting a penthouse roof of 

 atap thatching. The whole structure rests on transverse thwarts 

 passing outboard, and shows clearly how the lofty superstructure 

 of the Boro Budur ships was formed. The openwork adopted in 

 the latter was obviously for the sake of saving top weight. 



