Engineering:Amatasi
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Amatasi are a type of Samoan double-hulled[1] watercraft.[2] Its sails were woven pandanus leaves tied to 2 spars. The hull was sometimes built of planks. Lashed together, large double canoes 30–60 feet (9–18 metres) long could carry 25 men on journeys of hundreds of miles.[1]
See also
- List of multihulls
- va'a
- va'a-tele
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Polynesian sailing vessels: Amatasi of Sāmoa". Polynesian Voyaging Society Archives. http://kapalama.ksbe.edu/archives/PVSA/kaneimages/amatasi.htm. "The amatasi had sails made of woven pandanus leaves tied to 2 spars. The hull of the pictured amatasi is the va'a alo built of planks to hunt bonito fish.It is a swift, deep-sea vessel. Lashed together, large double canoes 30-60 feet long could carry 25 men hundreds of miles in the Samoa-Tonga area. From a 1972 calendar in the Archives."
- ↑ Taonui, Rāwiri (22 September 2012). "Canoe navigation - Waka – canoes". New Zealand Government. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-navigation/page-1.
External links
- Amatasi Image at Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
- Modern day model by Francis Pimmel
- "Historische Proas - Ancient Outriggers (2): Plan drawing of an amatasi". http://www.multihull.de/proa/history/Samoa_Amatasi.jpg.
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