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Perahu payang or simply payang is a traditional
File:Payang with curved masts.png, Two perahu payang with curved masts.
File:Roller-reefing the sail of a payang.png, Roller-reefing the sail of a perahu payang.
File:Pukat petarang by H. Goring Dalton.png, ''Pukat petarang'', a type of net used from a perahu payang.
Perahu payang or simply payang is a traditional Malay
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
open fishing boat
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. They are usually found in Terengganu
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, and to a lesser extent, Kelantan
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, Pahang
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, and Johor
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coasts. A few examples normally come down to Singapore
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to operate during the period of the north-east monsoon in the South China Sea
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.
Etymology
The name perahu payang comes from ''payang'' (a type ofseine
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) used by local fishermen. Perahu is Malay
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
word for boat and/or ship. Thus the name can be translated as "a boat that use ''payang''".
Description
Perahu payang has a crew of 15–20 men when fishing. It carries a net which the name derives, the ''pukat payang''. The perahu payang ranges in length from about 33–45 feet (10–13.7 m) with a beam of 6 to more than 7 feet (1.8–2.1 m). The bow and stern are built up fantastically giving a most striking appearance. These ends, the keel and bottom planks are built of chengai wood, the top planks usually being serayah wood. The upper strakes of Malay boats, ''timbau'', are usually made of light woods as ''serayah'' or ''medang'' to support the crew and nets should the boat be swamped. If built of chengai wood only the boat would sink. It has 2 spar rest, 1 forward and 1 aft. It carried two rectangular sails on two masts. The sail is taller than its wide. The mainmast decidedly bent over at the top to give a certain springiness when meeting the wind. There is a gaff and a boom in the sail. Payangs are provided with ananchor
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, also 13 or 14 oars, 4 or 5 ''pengayoh'' (paddle), and ''kemudi'' ''sepak'' (large oar which is used for steering) which is held over the lee quarter. They carry a small boat called ''sampan payang'', about 6 feet (1.8 m) long by 2 feet (61 cm) beam. Near the bow is a painted carved figurehead usually like the head of a dragon
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. The bow is also decorated by a necklace made from the pinang tree called ''mayang pinang''. They also carry one or two long poles ( quant/punting poles) are carried for use in shallow water, a small landing net and a wire hoop strung with cockle shells (''kulit krang'') on the end of a stick. This wire hoop is used for frightening the fish into the net by shaking it under the water when it makes a rattling sound. It carried a large net, called ''pukat petarang'', measuring about 110 to 120 feet (33.5 to 36.6 m) long by 18 feet (5.5 m) wide.
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See also
* Perahu mayang, a fishing boat from Java * Kakap, fishing boat from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei * Birau *Buggoh
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