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TSAT PON

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:16 pm

Is given by Navicula that a TSAT PON is depicted: a fishing junk/trawler used in Macau, Hong Kong and China, she worked with an other vessel in the South China Sea; probably extinct as a sailing craft.
Identified by its large centreboard, hung forward of the mainmast; by a heavy wale that ran from bow to near the stern (beyond which the planking became vertical); and by the presence of standing rigging. Constructed of teak; curved stem widened to a small bow transom at the top; square counter stern; small keel; round bilges; strong sheer at the stern. Straight, parallel sides. Large fenestrated rudder hoisted by a tackle to a windlass; post came up inboard.
Decked; fish hold amidships; nets carried in a forward hold, crew and owner’s family accommodated in aft and amidships cabins.
Stepped 2 – 3 masts; foremast raked forward; mainmast vertical or raked; vertical mizzen at tafrail. Deck timbers projected outboard to support the heavy fore-and-aft spars that served as platforms to spread the forward shroud; three wire stays. Set battened lugsails of matting.
Crew 20 – 30.
Reported lengths 11 – 26m; e.g., length 11.3 beam 4.3, depth 2.7m

Macau 1951 5p sg449, scott?

From Aak to Zumbra, a Dictionary of the World’s Watercraft.
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