VINTA
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:49 pm
The VINTA depict on many stamps of the Philippines is a very fast double-outrigged canoe of the Samal, Tausug, and Bajau peoples of the Sula Sea.
General utility boat for trading, pearling, transportation, and not infrequently, for smuggling; now used mostly for fishing. Some Bajau live on their boats. Vary slightly from island to island, but basically a dugout hull; flat bottom hard chines, some with a shaped keel; rocker towards the end. Straight sides; may be raised by wash strakes attached with vertical wooden dowels.
Characteristic bifid bow and stern, the upper bow piece turning up in a single flat board, the more elaborate stern in 2 pieces, strengthened with transverse struts. Sides may be raised by wash strakes. Interior divided into several sections, the central part covered with portable, split-bamboo decking; larger boats may have a temporary house of nipa palm matting over bamboo poles.
Usually elaborately carved. Steered with a paddle. Two to four booms curve down to connect directly with 2 long bamboo floats. The outer booms pass beneath the gunwales and are braced at the hull end by light bowed support that crosses above the gunwale; at each end of the bowed support, a crutch serves to hold mast, spars, etc. Inner booms may be in 2 pieces. Floats extend forward of the bow and are set so that they are closer to the hull at the stern. May have a cylinder at forward end that curves up to ride over the waves.
Tripod or bipod mast stepped well forward, support a square or oblong sail hung lugsail-fashion. Boom at foot lashed to foreleg of the tripod mast. Sail sewed in cloths of different colors, creating individual patterns; often have tassels on ends of the sail. Now manly used a spritsail to a bamboo mast; sail laced permanently to mast and boom. Some small canoes use a triangular sail. Also paddled, worked with one foot and one hand.
Reported lengths 6 – 13.7m e,g. length 7.4m, beam ca 0.7m, depth ca. 0,66m.
Copied from: Aak to Zumbra a Dictionary of the World’s Watercraft.
Philippine 1941 566/69 8c/1p scott? 1951 sg563/65, scott?, (Zamboang city coat of arms). 1955 sg 774/76, scott?. 1960 6c/25c sg848/49, scott? 1971 10s sg1196, scott?, 1978 5p, 7.50p sg146 and sgMS1462, scott? 1980 30s/2p.30 sg 1606/07, scott? 1989 6p25 sg2156, scott? 1993 8p sg 2586. Scott? 1998 15p sg3077, scott?
2021 12p sg?, Scott?
Romania 1992 10L sg 5442, Scott?
General utility boat for trading, pearling, transportation, and not infrequently, for smuggling; now used mostly for fishing. Some Bajau live on their boats. Vary slightly from island to island, but basically a dugout hull; flat bottom hard chines, some with a shaped keel; rocker towards the end. Straight sides; may be raised by wash strakes attached with vertical wooden dowels.
Characteristic bifid bow and stern, the upper bow piece turning up in a single flat board, the more elaborate stern in 2 pieces, strengthened with transverse struts. Sides may be raised by wash strakes. Interior divided into several sections, the central part covered with portable, split-bamboo decking; larger boats may have a temporary house of nipa palm matting over bamboo poles.
Usually elaborately carved. Steered with a paddle. Two to four booms curve down to connect directly with 2 long bamboo floats. The outer booms pass beneath the gunwales and are braced at the hull end by light bowed support that crosses above the gunwale; at each end of the bowed support, a crutch serves to hold mast, spars, etc. Inner booms may be in 2 pieces. Floats extend forward of the bow and are set so that they are closer to the hull at the stern. May have a cylinder at forward end that curves up to ride over the waves.
Tripod or bipod mast stepped well forward, support a square or oblong sail hung lugsail-fashion. Boom at foot lashed to foreleg of the tripod mast. Sail sewed in cloths of different colors, creating individual patterns; often have tassels on ends of the sail. Now manly used a spritsail to a bamboo mast; sail laced permanently to mast and boom. Some small canoes use a triangular sail. Also paddled, worked with one foot and one hand.
Reported lengths 6 – 13.7m e,g. length 7.4m, beam ca 0.7m, depth ca. 0,66m.
Copied from: Aak to Zumbra a Dictionary of the World’s Watercraft.
Philippine 1941 566/69 8c/1p scott? 1951 sg563/65, scott?, (Zamboang city coat of arms). 1955 sg 774/76, scott?. 1960 6c/25c sg848/49, scott? 1971 10s sg1196, scott?, 1978 5p, 7.50p sg146 and sgMS1462, scott? 1980 30s/2p.30 sg 1606/07, scott? 1989 6p25 sg2156, scott? 1993 8p sg 2586. Scott? 1998 15p sg3077, scott?
2021 12p sg?, Scott?
Romania 1992 10L sg 5442, Scott?