Dug-out outrigger canoes, traditional fishing craft found from Madagascar in the west to Indonesia and the Pacific Islands in the east, are made from tree trunks of adequate diameter. But logs for construction of large canoes are becoming difficult to find and construction is consequently becoming more and more expensive. Dugout construction also wastes a lot of timber. For each dugout canoe, two or three planked canoes can be built. The Bay of Bengal Program undertook a project in Nias Island, Sumatra, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka to design and construct planked outrigger canoes that would provide an answer to the problems now being faced in building the traditional outrigger canoes.
You can download the plans and instructions for building this 7 hp diesel powered outrigger.
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