Amatasi Explained

Amatasi are a type of Samoan double-hulled watercraft.^[1] Its sails were woven pandanus leaves tied to 2 spars. The hull was sometimes built of planks. Lashed together, large double canoes 30- long could carry 25 men on journeys of hundreds of miles.^[2]

See also

• List of multihulls
• va'a
• va'a-tele

External links

• Amatasi Image at Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
• Modern day model by Francis Pimmel
• Web site: Historische Proas - Ancient Outriggers (2): Plan drawing of an amatasi . multihull.de. 11 August 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canoe navigation - Waka – canoes. Taonui. Rāwiri. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. New Zealand Government. 22 September 2012. 12 January 2015.
2. Web site: Polynesian sailing vessels: Amatasi of Sāmoa. Polynesian Voyaging Society Archives. 12 January 2015. 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..