A Shu’ai, Shu’i or Shuw'i ( ar, شوعي) is a small or medium-sized

dhow Dhow ( ar, داو, translit=dāwa; mr, script=Latn, dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Typically sp ...

, a traditional Arabic sailing vessel. This type of dhow is built low with a high quarter deck and has one or two masts with

lateen sails A lateen (from French ''latine'', meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction. The settee can be considered to be an associated type of the same ov ...

.Agius, Dionisius (2008) A general purpose coastal boat, the shu’ai is one of the smaller-size dhow of Persian Gulf. Formerly Shu’ai was the most common dhow in the Persian Gulf used for fishing as well as for coastal trade. Some Shu'ai have been converted into

motorboat A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard motor, inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion ...

s after being fitted with engines instead of sails, especially in the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bo ...

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