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[17] [18] Similar terms also exist in other Malayo-Polynesian languages, such as Pohnpeian dahm, Yapese thaam, Ambonese Malay semang, all meaning 'outrigger float', as well as Chamorro sakman meaning '[a] large canoe.' [18] The outrigger boom—spars connecting the ama to the main hull (or the two hulls in a double-hull canoe)—are called ...
Multihull ships are also derived from outrigger boats. [2] In an outrigger canoe and in sailboats such as the proa, an outrigger is a thin, long, solid, hull used to stabilise an inherently unstable main hull. The outrigger is positioned rigidly and parallel to the main hull so that the main hull is less likely to capsize.
Bob Hobman is a British-Australian sailor known for his recreation of ancient maritime journeys. In 1984, he led an expedition to sail an outrigger boat from the Philippines to Madagascar across the Indian Ocean to replicate the voyage of Neolithic humans.
Model of a wa, a single-outrigger vessel, from Woleai in the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) A single-outrigger canoe is a canoe with a slender outrigger ("ama") attached by two or more struts ("akas"). This craft will normally be propelled by paddles. Single-outrigger canoes that use sails are usually inaccurately referred to by the name ...
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The Walap is a traditional ocean-going sailing outrigger canoe from the Marshall Islands. Walap from Jaluit Atoll, 1880 A tipnol from Rongerik Atoll (1947) It belongs to the Micronesian proa type whose main characteristics are: single main hull, outrigger-mounted float/ballast, and asymmetric hull profile. Walaps have a lee platform.
A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the main hull with lateral beams. Most modern trimarans are sailing yachts designed for recreation or racing; others are ferries or warships .
Sakman was a single-outrigger boat. Its basic design consists of a very narrow dugout canoe which served as the main hull, to which an outrigger was attached on one side. The main hull was typically around 30 to 40 ft (9.1 to 12.2 m) long, but only around 2 ft (0.61 m) wide and 3 ft (0.91 m) deep.