Dhow

The Art of Swahili Dhow Racing II - Lamu Archipelago, Kenya by David Schweitzer, via Flickr

The Artesania Latina Sultan Dhow Wooden Ship Model Kit in 1/85 scale from the wooden ship model kits range accurately recreates the real lif...

Good question. According to Clifford W. Hawkins, in his nicely illustrated book The Dhow: an illustrated history of the Dhow and its World, the term is mainly a European word that seems to encompass just about all of the medium and large indigenous sailing craft of the Indian Ocean, including those of Arab, Persian, and Indian derivation, and more lately including motor-sailing and pure power craft as well. Even before 1977, when the book was published, Hawkins interviewed dhow sailors...

An Arab dhow

A boom (Arabic: بوم‎) (French: boum), known as dhangi in India, is a medium-sized deep-sea dhow, a traditional Arabic sailing vessel. This type of dhow has two masts with lateen sails. a stern that is tapering in shape and a more symmetrical overall structure than other dhow types. The Arab boom has a very high prow, which is trimmed in the Indian version

Zanzibar dhow

Participants of 'Al Sahel', owned by Saeed Salem Saeed al-Rumaithi, arriving to Burj al-Arab

A Croatian Latiner – Antonio Dias Design

Al Gaffal Traditional 60ft Dhow Sailing Race (Dubaï)

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Dhow building in Kuwait

Good question. According to Clifford W. Hawkins, in his nicely illustrated book The Dhow: an illustrated history of the Dhow and its World, the term is mainly a European word that seems to encompass just about all of the medium and large indigenous sailing craft of the Indian Ocean, including those of Arab, Persian, and Indian derivation, and more lately including motor-sailing and pure power craft as well. Even before 1977, when the book was published, Hawkins interviewed dhow sailors...

Good question. According to Clifford W. Hawkins, in his nicely illustrated book The Dhow: an illustrated history of the Dhow and its World, the term is mainly a European word that seems to encompass just about all of the medium and large indigenous sailing craft of the Indian Ocean, including those of Arab, Persian, and Indian derivation, and more lately including motor-sailing and pure power craft as well. Even before 1977, when the book was published, Hawkins interviewed dhow sailors...