Jukung
Ajukungorkano,also known ascadikis a small woodenIndonesianoutrigger canoe.It is atraditional fishing boat,but newer uses include "Jukung Dives", using the boat as a vehicle for small groups ofSCUBA divers.
The double outrigger jukung is but one of many types ofAustronesianoutriggercanoesthat use thecrab claw sailtraditional throughout Polynesia. Whilst this sail presents some difficulties intackinginto the wind, actually requiring tojibearound, a jukung is superb in its reaching ability and jibe-safe running. They are usually highly decorated and bear a marlin-likeprow.
People inKalimantanalso named their boat Jukung. It is used for transport in daily activities such as going to the office, to school, or shopping in pasar terapung (The Floating Market, a very famous tourist attraction).
Currently there is a modern version of jukung made from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipe in Indonesia. Advertised as unsinkable, the main body is made of a closed HDPE pipe that contains sealed air as the source of its buoyancy.[1]
Type of jukung
[edit]- Jukung gede(in Balinese languagegedemeans large). A large type of jukung used for transporting 4–5 cows fromBalitoNusa PenidainLombok strait,often seen in Kusamba beach.[2]
- Jukung payangan.This is the big and famous fish catcher from salompeng. The hull is about 15 m long with 5 crewmen.Payangitself refers to a type ofseineused by local fishermen.[2]
- Jukung polangan.The usual type of jukung at Sepulu, with projecting rear end, boom-spar and five seats (calledpolangan). The front and back "fins" were carved and painted with gold. The hull is usingMaduresejukung style.[2]
The great Jukung race
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In the late 1980s there was a seafaring journey of over 1,900 km (1,000 NM) in open outrigger ‘jukung’ canoes by nine crews, who sailed fromBalitoDarwinacross theTimor Sea.Crews were from New Zealand, Australia, USA, England, Japan, France, Germany, The Netherlands and Indonesia. This was a three-month expedition masterminded by Bob Hobmann, filmed and made into a documentary called "Passage out of Paradise"; it was featured by theNational Geographic Societyas "The Great Jukung Race". It was the first ever expedition of this kind, following purported Austronesian sailing routes in craft dating 7,000 years old.
The expedition started in Bali, where once crews were familiar with sailing their Jukungs they embarked on a two-month adventure following the ancient sailing routes used around 1,000 years BC, along the eastern Islands viaKomodo Island.They completed the journey with a treacherous 5 day sail across theArafura Seato Darwin, via theTiwi Islands.
Challenges experienced were storms requiring numerous boat repairs, waterspouts, excessive exposure to sun, heat, or rain, adverse currents & whirlpools. Hazards included drifting onto war-tornTimor,unpredictable behaviour/welcome from remote villagers, salt water boils, wound infections, malnutrition, near misses with night-time freighters, sightings of sperm whales and giant white sharks. Some sailors were viciously attacked byhornetswhile preparing to leave a remote beach camp. The crews rebelled & unanimously decided to sail as a group, as opposed to racing the final leg of the journey, for safety reasons. They luckily avoided the risk of contact with salt water crocodiles & lethal box jellyfish common in the Northern Territory coastal waters.
As a result, all sailors miraculously survived a cyclone of more than 110 km/h (68 mph) winds in their tiny 5.6 m (221 in)[3]long, 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) wide primitive bamboo/rope jukungs, although the Australian crew was lost for 2 days, later located by the Australian coastguard, with a smashed jukung washed up on an island.
The fleet of 9 jukungs and 18 international sailors were given a traditional welcome by local Melville Island Aborigines, and successfully reached their final destination of Darwin, Australia.
See also
[edit]- Vinta,a similar outrigger boat from the Philippines
- Mayang,another Indonesian fishing boat
- Kakap
- Lancaran
- Penjajap
- Kelulus
- Jong
- Jukung tambangan
References
[edit]- ^"Aquatec - Keramba Jaring Apung, Dermaga Apung dan Perahu HDPE".www.aquatec.co.id.Retrieved18 April2018.
- ^abcHorridge (2015). p.189.
- ^"Madura Jukung".
External links
[edit]- Traditional Boats by Horst LiebnerArchived2020-01-20 at theWayback Machine
- Horridge, Adrian (2015).Perahu Layar Tradisional Nusantara.Yogyakarta: Penerbit Ombak. An Indonesian translation of Horridge, Adrian (1985).The Prahu: Traditional Sailing Boat of Indonesia, second edition.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- A Jukung from Madura Island– Traditional Indonesian Trimaran
- http://www.aquatec.co.id
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