Key details
- Current boat name
- Tongan outrigger
- Boat class
- 7006
- Function
- Fishing and Hunting
- Type
- Outrigger
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 4.4 / 13ft 5in
Design and build
- Place of build
- Tonga, Pangai Motu
Current status
- Present use
- WofB
History
Royal Loan A single outrigger paddling canoe Roughly hewn rounded dugout hull attached to a single slim rounded float by a pair of booms which are secured to the float with hooped withies.
This little dugout from Pangai Motu was loaned to ISCA by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh following a Royal vist to the Pacific Islands in 1976/7. It was collected from the Royal Yacht on her return to the UK in May 1977. letter dated 30 May 1977 refers GH July 17