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The vinta is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau , Tausug and Yakan peoples living in the Sulu Archipelago , [ 2 ] Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao .
Lepa can be differentiated from other native boats in the region (like the djenging and vinta, which are also used as houseboats) in that the lepa does not have outriggers. The prow and the stern are also made from flat carved blocks of wood, and not posts or curving planks as in vessels like the balangay.
Belisario Vinta (13 October 1542, Volterra – 15 or 16 October 1613, Florence) was an Italian statesman, knight and diplomat who served the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Vinta held various high-ranking positions under the Medici family , particularly during the reigns of Ferdinando I and Cosimo II .
Wedges are then driven in the space between the ribs and the planks, drawing the lashings even tighter as the distance between them is increased. Thwarts are then placed across the hull which are also lashed to corresponding tambuko on each side and covered with removable decking. Once completed, the hull usually measures around 15 m (49 ft ...
Detail of Galileo's drawing of Saturn in a letter to Belisario Vinta (1610). Galileo Galilei was the first to observe the rings of Saturn in 1610 using his telescope, but was unable to identify them as such.
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An extreme clipper was a clipper designed to sacrifice cargo capacity for speed. They had a bow lengthened above the water, a drawing out and sharpening of the forward body, and the greatest breadth further aft.
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