In 1980, when the first boat was nearing completion, the old master boat builder and boss of the yard, Che Ali, asked me one day, what I intended to name the boat. I proposed the word Naga. He objected on the grounds that “Dragon” was Chinese. I pointed out that the sail is of Chinese origin and the looks of the boat seen as a silhouette resembles the wings of a dragon. The same afternoon when two rainbows appeared after a shower, the son, Hassan, with whom I worked together, said: “Why don’t you give it a nice Malay name: Pelangi?” I replied: “Then it will be “Naga Pelangi” “ and that was it and everybody was happy.

@@MultiNakhoda Ah, nice story. Glad I asked. About the sail, there was a big heated debate among historians and anthropologists on origin of the sail shape. The world may associate the sail and also the word "junk" with Chinese, but many believe it's actually originally Malay or Malayo-Polynesians. Junk is anglicized form of Jong. And naga isn't necessarily Chinese. Japanese, Malay, Chinese, Indians, all cultures touched by Buddhism and Hinduism in East Asia and South Asia have Nagas. For some it's snake, for some it's dragon, for some it's a semi-divine female deity of semi-serpent semi-human form. Malays also have many legends of dragons, it's a giant snake-like water creature.

@@AnasSuhaimi Yes, the origin of the sail is shrouded in the mist of time. Probably the Chinese picked it up from Austronesian sailors who operated their boats in Southeast Asia. The people of the „Malay Archipelago“, are definitely responsible for giving the name „Jong“ (Javanese) from which the Portuguese and later the English derived „Junco“ and „Junk“. But it was the Chinese who made it so popular that everybody associates the „Fully Battened Lug Sail“ with the Chinese culture. But yes, the greatest seafarers ever sailing the oceans were the Austronesian like the Protomalay and the Polynesians. This special technique, building with wooden dowels and „Kulit Gelam“ caulking bark might date back thousands of years to when the Austronesian sailors settled the Malay Archipelago (Protomalay). I write about this on my website „www.naga-pelangi.com“. Nāga is a Sanskrit word. In Hindu culture the Nāga is the snake-shaped spear of Lord Shiva which he throws to haunt evildoers and the like. All over SE-Asia, in Burmese, Thai, Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer and Pre-Islamic Malay culture we find the Nāga, a mythical creature, half snake, half dragon in various forms incorporated into the regional cultures. For the pre-islamic Malays, as you point out, the Nāga was a deity living in the sea and was held in great esteem by the seafarers. Sacrifices were offered to her for an auspicious journey. The figurehead of their craft frequently had the shape of a Nāga. One can see old wooden carved Nāga-shaped figureheads in Malaysian museums. It was so important for them that the captain, the „Nakhoda“ took it off the bow and carried it home when leaving the ship. Due to the strict picture ban of Islam, this detailed carving was reduced to a stylized carving in Islamic times. The figurehead of a Malay Pinas is called "gobel" and one may guess the old Nāga still shining through. The Naga Pelangi has such a stylized „gobel“. For lack of another word, the modern Malays adopted the word „Naga“ to name the Chinese dragon. All this I did not know when building my first „Naga Pelangi. Then the word only meant „Rainbow Dragon“. When I built the second one, I knew about the other aspects of the word, so the new Naga Pelangi is not only the „Rainbow Dragon“ but represents the whole spectrum of the ancient word.

@@AnasSuhaimi You are taking a lot of interest in these details. Very nice. I intended to motivate the young generation to take some interest in their old culture.

All the people With whom I built the first boat in 1980 and ithe second one in 2005 are dead. If you wish to meet a boat builder, you will have to travel to Pulau Duyong in Kuala Terengganu and see if there is anybody alive who still knows how to build one of these boats.

well, travel to Pulau Duyong and see if you can find a boat builder who can build you one.

thank you for the compliments.

Glad you liked it. Unfortunately this heritage is rapidly disappearing. Check out the website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Yes, the people of Duyong Island helped me building this Terengganu Pinas!

Yes, a pretty old technique, indeed, but still good: Stone age meets modernity…Glad you liked it…see our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Thank you for your kind comments. For the sales price please see our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Thank you for your kind comment. Yes, this gifted craftsman, Hassan bin Ali, was a dedicated tobacco aficionado and well versed in the art of consuming cigarettes. Check out our website: naga-pelangi.com/

This is a very rare and ancient method of building wooden boats. They only practised it in the Malay cultural sphere and today it is nearly extinct. Check our website: www.naga-pelangi.com and our sailing movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJOcd3Wtht2Cars

Glad you liked it, google Terengganu boats and you will find many more docu's about the boats built there.

Hello, glad you liked it. Terengganu is not an active boat building place any more. No chance to build a big vessel there. Indonesia is still building big wooden boats on the lines of the old cargo ships: the Pinisis. You can find that in the net. My boat is for sale. Check the website, yesterday it was online: www.naga-pelangi.com. There is another film on youtube showing the building of Naga Pelangi: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajanIqsptuChJY When I purchased the timber for my project, the price was about 5.000 RM per imperial ton. My boat needed 50 tons. Now the price is about 20.000,- RM per imperial ton. The wages have increased considerably as well. My boat was built with 30.000 work hours, not counting my own work during 6 years.

Tks answering and for the details. I will contact you via email/whatsapp.

@@profiskipinternational4402 OK, my e-mail is [email protected]

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Thank you, glad you like it...watch the building of the boat: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajanIqsptuChJY and see our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Yes, the name is inspired by the Malay name: Jong, djong, jong, or jung which is derived from the Chineese word: chuán (船) - meaning ship. The first Europeans to come to Asia were the Portuguese they turned the Malay word into: junco; the Dutch into: jonk; and the Spanish into: junco. Then the English turned it into the word: junk.watch sailing of the boat: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJOcd3Wtht2Cars and see our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Dulu Jawa dan Melayu lebih banyak persamaan daripada perbezaan.

Ini sejarah beratus tahun pak,zaman dulu orang tak kisah pak siapa mula dulu..zaman dulu raja jawa pon tak kisah orang melayu buat jong dan pakao keris..cuma zaman sekarang aja org jawa kisah..

Jong sudah terlalu terkenal Jadi mereka menggunakannya

Thank you, Glad you liked it. Watch sailing of the boat: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJOcd3Wtht2Cars and see our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Thank you for your compliments. Watch the building of the boat under: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajanIqsptuChJY Good luck with your sailing! Check out: www.naga-pelangi.com

Hi there, thank you very much for your kind comments. Currently the boat is in Langkawi and I am traing to sell her. But nobody in Malaysia seems to be interested to buy this icon of the boat building heritage. Check our website: www.naga-pelangi.com and the film sailing the boat: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJOcd3Wtht2Cars&lc=Ugzkj93KIaew0UFls-h4AaABAg

​@@MultiNakhoda Is the timber in hull in good condition? What is the price? Thank you.

@@blueocean2510 yes, the timber is in very good condition, on our facebook page you can see the pictures of the haul-out in 2022: facebook.com/nagapelangisailingcruises/. for price, check: naga-pelangi.com/for-sale-the-naga-pelangi/

@@blueocean2510 yes, the timber is in very good condition. You can see the last haul out in 2022 on our facebook page: facebook.com/nagapelangisailingcruises/ For price please check: naga-pelangi.com/for-sale-the-naga-pelangi/

Yes, the Malay boat building is (was) a very good one! Watch the sailing as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJOcd3Wtht2Cars&lc=Ugzkj93KIaew0UFls-h4AaABAg and check out our website: www.naga-pelangi.com...this heritage boat is for sale now!

@@MultiNakhoda Lol,junk is native Javanese name

@@Kim-cj2ds ???????Lol,junk is native Javanese name???????

Yeah what's wrong ?junk is made by Javanesse,Chinese is copying,learn your history correctly dude

@@Kim-cj2ds The word English word „Junk“ is derived from the Portuguese word „junco“, probably coming from the Malay (Austronesian) word jong "ship, large boat", probably from Javanese „djong“. The word is usually applied to ships sailing with the Chinese fully battened lug sail which is commonly called „Junk sail“. When I sailed in Indonesia, I did not see any „Junk sail“. I do not know of a tradition of using the fully battened lug sail in Indonesia / Java. They build great wooden boats in Indonesia…but the „Junk sail“ to my knowledge is an originally Chinese invention.

Hello, check out our website: naga-pelangi.com and the movie about the building of the boat: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajanIqsptuChJY&lc=Ugzw5j5k5Wb5XgoaGbl4AaABAg. You find us on facebook: facebook.com/nagapelangisailingcruises/

Hi, glad you liked it, check out our website: www.naga-pelangi.com and our facebook: facebook.com/nagapelangisailingcruises/ A good New Year to you!

If the Malay kids want to come and see the boat here in Langkawi, they are welcome. Check out our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Perkataan "Melayu" itu sendiri berakar dari perkataan "Layo" (Bahasa Melayu pendalaman) yang bermakna "Layar" dalam bahasa Melayu moden atau "sailing" dalam B. Inggeris

Yes, the boat was built in Pulau Duyong, Kuala Terengganu. Check our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Glad you like it! Check our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Glad you liked it...check out the pictures on our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Glad you liked it...check out the pictures on our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

72" L.o.A., 19" B; 10" draft aft - check out the pictures and the technical specs on our website: www.naga-pelangi.com. There is a movie documenting the building as well on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajanIqsptuChJY

Glad you liked it...check out the pictures on our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

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Mendam berahi

Glad you liked it...check out the pictures and the technical specs on our website: www.naga-pelangi.com. There is a movie documenting the building as well on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajanIqsptuChJY

Thank you for your comments. Visit our website: www.naga-pelangi.com...many pictures of the building

Yes, it is pretty time consuming to build that way. Glad you liked the movie. Thank you for your comments. Visit our website: www.naga-pelangi.com...many pictures of the building

Glad you liked it! Visit our website: www.naga-pelangi.com...many pictures of the building

Glad you liked it, thank you for watching...share with your friends and see our website with many pictures: www.naga-pelangi.com

Ja! Freut mich, daß es gefallen hat, besuchen Sie auch unsere Website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Thank you. Glad you liked it. Visit our website: www.naga-pelangi.com...many pictures in the "Gallery" section...

Very good idea! Sure, the charter boat Naga Pelangi could be converted into a cargo carrying boat, just rip out all the cabins, bathrooms etc. If you like to do that, no problem, just buy the boat and go ahead...

All the old boat builders are dead, Asmawi, the son of Hassan, the man who built my last Naga Pelangi is still working, but if he works with epoxy I do not know...best you go and check them out...Asmawi is on facebook: Azmawi Hasni Ma-v: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000966314333

@@MultiNakhoda I read your email as well. Sorry, I don't know why your reply is not on my notification, I hope the boat is still well now. I'll contact him.

@@wckoek OK, good luck!

Thank you for your interest...yes, all carpenters use similar techniques...but boat builders sometimes have their own...do you know another place in the world where they join the planks with wooden dowels and separate the planks with caulking bark? I would be very interested to know other places. I thought that technique was unique in the Malay cultural area. The Terengganu boat builders do NOT steam bend the planks, they fire-bend them as one can see in the film...steam bending is done in a closed box type container and Chenggal can NOT be steam bend.

Back in the days many Malay/south east asian seafarers work with the western people,some are slaves to those wesrerners too..the one who help Ferdinand magellan circumnavigate was a malay too,they call him Enrique the black,so maybe we change ship building knowledge with the west..chinese also adapt the junk shipbuilding from southeast asia...and another interesting fact.. there was a group of malay slaves work with british captain call John Davie..and later these malays slave mutiny and became pirates in english sea

Thank you for your interest. Naga Pelangi is Malay language. Naga means “dragon”, the Chinese Dragon in Malay language of today and pelangi is the rainbow. Originally Naga is a Sanskrit word. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81ga) Nagas are divine, semi-divine deities, or a semi-divine race of half-human half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld related to god Shiva. In South East Asia the Naga became a snake like goddess of the ocean in some parts. The old, pre Muslim Malays used a carved Naga as figurehead on their boats. (naga-pelangi.com/nage-the-name/) The design of the boat is a mix of the cultures that came to Malaysia: Malay, Indian, Chinese and Western. All these elements were blended by the Malay boat builders to create the two vessels built in nKuala Terengganu, east coast of Malay Peninsula. Check my website: www.naga-pelangi.com

@@MultiNakhoda lol I was so far away from the meaning.But thank you for elaborating more in to its meaning and how history of mixed cultures derived to these days pelangi!Very informative 🙏🏼

@@malmotumotu5218 watch the English version of the building movie where I explain more details…(kzbin.info?search_query=naga+pelangi)

@@MultiNakhoda thank you!I would sure do🙏🏼🙏🏼

Vaka like in Waka in Maori am I right

Hello, yes, we are based in Langkawi - check website:www.naga-pelangi.com - since 2010. Now during the lockdown, there is no charter business going on. Before, un til last year April we were working with the Datai Hotel here in Langkawi. There is no Bedar in Langkawi, but only my boat which is a Terengganu style Pinas and another Pinas type boat which was built in Terengganu as well but she was neglected and sank 3 weeks ago here in the harbour. Send me your contact details, e.mail, then I can send you some pictures. My e-mail you will find on my website.

@@MultiNakhoda Helo DP shuhaimi baba O122105257 [email protected] Thank you Ms. Shuhaimi

Hello, I do not understand the question...builds on commision?...The old boat builders are dead, but there are still people who know how to build boats on Duyong and if they get an order - a contract - to build a boat, they will build one.

Hi, you seem to like it, check out the website: www.naga-pelangi.com and the English building film: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajanIqsptuChJY

We tried to take care. Lead is poisonous. Nobody ate the lead, nobody drank it, it was too hot. Lead melts @ 327 °C therefore we were able to use a wood fire (about 800 °C) to melt it. Since lead needs temperatures of 1.749 °C (boiling point) to vaporize, a temperature we could not achieve by burning an open wood fire, nobody was - luckily - inhaling any fumes. Therefore we survived. The “fumes” you saw swirling in the video was smoke from the burning wood.

Glad you like it...check the website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Obrigado pelo elogio