You can find the TEPUKE in the Solomon Islands and Western Pacific. Used as an interisland canoe, renowned for its long voyages.
Dugout hull, round in cross sections with only a narrow opening on top: open area covered with a ridged piece. Ends attenuated and slightly upturned.
Single outrigger always carried to windward; a platform angles upward out of the lee side. Cantilever type pieces support the lee platform and become the outrigger booms, which are lashed to a stick wedged beneath the rounded section of the upper hull. Float may be one piece or several pieces fastened together longitudinally, sharp at both ends and flattened on top.
Two sturdy, horizontal booms extend to, but do not attach to the float. A mat hut is generally set onto the outrigger side. Steered by a long paddle from the lee platform. Short mast, raking strongly forward, supported by a backstay and by 2 shrouds, one to each platform, mast pivoted when tacking. So-called “crabclaw” sail, boomed on luff and leech, tacked directly to the forward end of the hull. Reported lengths 7 - 14m; very narrow.
Solomon Islands 1996 $4 sgMS860, scott828
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