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If the mast has a long, thin cross-section and makes up a significant area of the airfoil, it is called a wing-mast; boats using these have a smaller sail area to compensate for the larger mast area. There are many manufacturers of modern masts for sailing yachts of all sizes, a few notable companies are Hall Spars, Offshore Spars, and Southern ...
Shipbuilding was a native industry in Tamilakam. Ocean craft of varying sizes, from the small catamaran which was a bunch of logs tied together to the big ships with mast and sail, were used in Tamil ports. Among the smaller crafts were ambi and padagu that were used as ferries across rivers and the timil which was a fishing boat.
Locally known as padagu or salangu among the fisher folks, the masula boat is a large, flat-bottomed, high-sided, open boat with a clumsy design consisting of mango wood planks sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, but without frames or ribs, so that the shock due to surf is much reduced.
The dhoni is the traditional fishing boat of the Maldives. A dhoni without lateen sails.. A dhoni (also written as thoni or dhoney) is a traditional multi-purpose sailvessel with a motor or lateen sails that is used in the Maldives, South India and Sri Lanka. [1]
A kattumaram from Chennai, Tamil Nadu A kattumaram from Kerala. Kattumaram (Tamil: கட்டுமரம்) is a traditional Tamil watercraft used in the Coast of Southern India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. They are characterized by being made from three to seven tree trunks tied together with fiber lashings and/or treenails. [1]
[1] [3] The boat has six sails, including mainsail, genoa, stay, downwind and storm sail. She is capable of sailing in extreme conditions. [1] [3] The boat measures 56 feet in length. [5] The mast, custom built by Southern Spars, is about 25 meters tall. [1] [3] Tarini was built to a stock design by Van de Stadt called Tonga 56.
Pattanavar (also spelled Pattinavar) is a Tamil caste found in Tamil Nadu, India. They are a maritime community dominating Chennai , Kanchipuram , Cuddalore , Villuppuram , Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts of the Coromandel Coast , who have traditionally been involved in fishing , shipment , navy , and trade .
The kattumarams of Kanyakumari were brought to Leepuram to take the mast to Kanyakumari. When the mast was loaded on the kattumarams, the mast and the kattumarams sank; they then began to float. The mast was taken to Kanyakumari by road and was fitted into a bore hole in a stone and fixed in place with molten lead. [2]