Vietnamese Bamboo Sampan

Current boat name

Vietnamese Bamboo Sampan

Boat class

7455

Function

Fishing and Hunting

Type

Open boat

Length (m / ft)

4.46 / 14ft 7in

Beam (m / ft)

1.9 / 6ft 3in

Present use

Store

The hull of this small fishing craft is woven bamboo, rafts of bamboo are fairly common and many boats use bamboo as floats or spars, but only in Vietnam and the Gulf of Siam is the whole hull made of woven bamboo. Bamboo is light, flexible, strong and rot resistant, an ideal material for local boat builders The boat was used by refugees escaping from North Vietnam to Hong Kong. Good condition unusual construction Sold at EISCA Auction 26/07/2017 to Private owner