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Jellore is a traditional
Jellore is a traditional Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
n sailing craft. These boats are long and narrow, and fitted with double outrigger
An outrigger is a projecting structure on a boat, with specific meaning depending on types of vessel. Outriggers may also refer to legs on a wheeled vehicle that are folded out when it needs stabilization, for example on a crane that lifts ...
s that stands out considerable distance from the sides. Sometimes they only have one outrigger, which is alternately set in windward and leeward
Windward () and leeward () are terms used to describe the direction of the wind. Windward is ''upwind'' from the point of reference, i.e. towards the direction from which the wind is coming; leeward is ''downwind'' from the point of reference ...
. These boats are rigged with tanja rig. When the sail is partly furled, the ends of the two booms curve downwardly and inserted into the floats of the outrigger.Haddon (1920). p. 83.
See also
*Paduwang
Paduwang (also known as bedouang) is a traditional double- outrigger vessel from Madura, Indonesia. It is built with planks instead of single log, and used for fishing, trading and transport of people and goods near Madura island. In the 19th centu ...
* Knabat bogolu
Knabat bogolu is a type of traditional war vessel from Mentawai islands, west Sumatra, Indonesia.
Background
This vessel is shaped like a kora kora, but with different outrigger boom placement. Like kora kora, it also has deckhouse at the center o ...
* Sampan panjang
Sampan panjang was a type of Malay fast boat from the 19th century. It was used especially by the sampan-men, or "Orang Laut" (lit. "sea people"). Historically, they can be found in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. This type of boat was used by ...
* Jongkong
A jongkong is a type of dugout canoe from Maritime Southeast Asia. ''Jongkong'' was the simplest boat from Riau-Lingga area, and can be found widely though in small numbers throughout the area. The first record of ''jongkong'' comes from the Mala ...
References
Further reading
* Folkard, H. C (1901). ''The Sailing Boat 5th Edition''. London: Edward Stanford. * Haddon, Alfred Cort (1920). ''The Outriggers of Indonesian Canoes''. London: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Indonesian inventions Multihulls Sailboat types Austronesian ships Boats of Indonesia {{Ship-type-stub