''Sarimanok'' is a
vinta
The vinta is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau, Tausug and Yakan peoples living in the Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao. It is also made by t ...
that was sailed in 1985 from
Bali
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to
Madagascar
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across the
Indian Ocean
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to replicate ancient seafaring techniques.
The ship is now at the Oceanographic Museum (Le musée du Centre National de Recherches Océanographique) of Nosy Be, an island off the northwestern coast of Madagascar.
In popular culture
Two books have been written about the journey:
*''Sarimanok'' by
Bob Hobman, Grasset, 1989.
*''Sarimanok'' by Albrecht Schaefer, Goldmann, 2000.
A movie was also made:
*''Voyage of the Sarimanok (Bali to Madagascar)
[http://www.oranafilms.com.au/flight-of-the-sarimanok/]
See also
*
List of multihulls Types
* catamaran = two symmetric hulls
* proa = two asymmetric hulls, reverse-shunting (interchangeable Bow (ship), bow/stern)
* trimaran = three hulls
* quadrimaran = four hulls
* pentamaran = five hulls
Pre-modern Austronesian people, Austrone ...
References
External links
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1985 in sailing
Individual sailing vessels
Replications of ancient voyages
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