NO. 2 (1920) OTjTRIGGER CANOES OF INDONESIA 



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sprit sail laced to the mast and without boom ; some however 

 while adopting the pole mast have adhered to the older pattern of 

 oblong sail. 



At the stern a crescentic frame carrying two lateral crutches is 

 usually fitted; on this the mast and sail rest when not set up. 

 Inner to each lateral crutch a peg is let into the frame on which 

 the quarter rudder is hung by a rope or rattan grommet (Fig. 48). 

 Usually only one quarter rudder is employed. 



Fig. 48. — Sectional view through the aft end of a Macassar outrigger cance to 

 show the steering framework. 



Among smaller double outriggers used in Macassar and the 

 neighbourhood are those with the booms attached directly to the 

 float. In these, both the booms and the floats are of bamboo, the 

 booms depressed outboard somewhat to ensure that the floats are 

 sufficiently low to reach the water readily. Alternatively the 

 booms are nearly straight, and to depress the floats enough a stout 

 wooden chock is intercalated between at the point where the boom 

 end is lashed to the float (PI. X, fig. XVIII). Some canoes with this 

 kind of outrigger have fairly large stout hulls with end pieces and 

 a stout wash-strake added. The sharp ends are coarse and heavy 

 and nearly vertical. The gunwale is almost without sheer through- 

 out its whole length. These canoes carry a pole mast stepped 

 immediately abaft the fore boom ; a sprit sail is the usual rig. 



The smallest-sized fishing boats used in inshore work range 

 from 9 to 20 feet in length ; nearly all are single outriggers, a most 

 exceptional design in Indonesia. The form of attachment also is 

 one not seen anywhere else in the Archipelago. The distinctive 

 feature is the selection for each boom of a pole having a side branch 



