Lakatoi Explained

Lakatoi (also Lagatoi) are multiple-hulled[1] sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea.[2] They are named in the Motu language and traditionally used in the Hiri trade cycle.[3]

Lakatoi (whose literal meaning is three dugouts) are fashioned from two or more dugout logs fastened together to give stability and cargo-carrying capacity. The two or more dugouts are joined by booms, with a platform built on top.[4] The sail is a crab-claw sail.[5] Horridge (2008)[6] discusses the rig and how the craft is manouvred.

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Notes and References

  1. Mahdi, W. . 1999. The dispersal of Austronesian boat forms in the Indian Ocean. Archaeology & language III, Artefacts, languages and texts. 144-208.
  2. Web site: Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6 . Jps.auckland.ac.nz . 2016-01-19.
  3. Web site: II(8) Pacific Islands Monthly . Motuan traders go west in their Lakatoi. 11 March 1932. 26 September 2021.
  4. Pawley, A., & Pawley, M. . 1998. Canoes and seafaring. The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The Culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society 1: Material Culture. Pacific Linguistics.
  5. Web site: 1935-02-21. Pacific Islands Monthly . Motuan Traders Abandon Ancient Lakatoi Custom . 2024-03-18.
  6. Horridge . A . 2008 . Origins and Relationships of Pacific Canoes and Rigs . Canoes of Oceania . en . V . 85-105.

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