Hi Jamil, thank you for your interest in this project and your friendly comments. We are based in LAngkawi and when you go there, one day, drop by and have a look.

@@MultiNakhoda how much a project like that cost you can email me at latcab2@gmail.com thank you

Yes let us hope for the best, but with timber prices soaring skyhigh it is hard to see a future for Chengal bult boats.

@@MultiNakhoda betul...susah nak dapat chengal dah sekarang

@@ikebilih Yes, very hard indeed...

Yes, it is sad, but the young people of today are looking for other horizons...no more sailing old style boats...no more old heritage...what to do?

Well then we must have met...yes built to last and unfortunately the skills are rapidly vanishing. Greetings from Langkawi!

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/

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

Thank you for watching and commenting.

thank you for commenting ...

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

Thank you for your comment. Glad you like it. Check my website: www.naga-pelangi.com and watch the sailing clip as well: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMhpeaWott6zZI0.html

yes, very traditional, archaic art of building! Truly Malay style!

Good idea! The Protomalays once upon a time were the greatest seafarers and unfortunately they have lost this drive.

They still build wooden boats in Europe in a few places, Italy for example, but very high class, very expensive, yes, normal wooden boat building is dead in the western world. Thank you for taking some interest.

hi, my Malay is not good enough to understand this. Please try writing in English.

yeah, they must teaching for new generation on keeping the legacy of Malay's making traditional ships crafts... and the new generation supposedly seek for older generation for survivability our Malay's heritages....

​@@MultiNakhoda His comment is written in a colloquial style. My English is not that good but this is what he's saying: kalu bab buat boat = When it comes to boat building mmg tabik la ganu. = Indeed [we] salute Terengganu. otai2 sane masih ada. = The old-timers [expert boat builders] are still there respek for ganu... = Respect for Terengganu... This is truly an awesome piece of documentary. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Thank you Kay, yes, respect for the old craftsmen of Terengganu. My favourite one was Che Ali who built my first Naga Pelangi in 1980! And as a young man he built the BOLEH (google that one) in Singapore for English commander Kilroy.

@@MultiNakhoda che Ali or che Ali RIDA is my great-grandfather...I watch Naga Pelangi 2 from beginning to end because every day in my childhood I go to that shipyard...my father's grandchild to che Ali and nephew to che Hasan, che Ahmad and che Yusuf inside you video...all of them has pass away...

Thank you, glad you liked it. See also: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMhpeaWott6zZI0.html

happy to hear you liked it...

You are welcome! Thanks for your interest in the Malay maritime heritage.

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMhpeaWott6zZI0.html&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/

Glad you liked it, good luck with your own project!

No more coming, Chengal is too expensive now and no more craftsmen left. Maybe this NAga Pelangi will remain the last traditional Malay sailing boat - perahu besar - of that size, some smaller ones are still around, chartering in Phuket: June Bathra

mungkin di kalimantan masih dapat buat perahu besar

It is not possible to build in the West because this technique of building a wooden boat, fire bending the planks and joining them with wooden dowels is unknown in our countries. But surely the workmanship was not as costly as workmanship is in the West. 30.000 work hours were used to build the boat.

CHRIS HOW MUCH DID IT COST, JUST ASKING, OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY

thank you share this video sir.. from terengganu

13:30 WRONG the Vikings built that way

@@StephenMortimer????the Wikings built which way? They used wooden dowels to assemble their planks edge on edge? Very interesting. Please elaborate. Where did you see that? The world will be interested to get to know more about this. They used caulking bark as a caulking material? I did not know that. Please let me know which bark they were using…from which tree?

@@MultiNakhoda no they installed the "sibs" and knees last .. the "strakes" went first

Thank you...glad you liked it...check: www.naga-pelangi.com...many pictures

That is a very nice compliment. Yes these Malay craftsmen were true masters of their trade and they created a boat that many people enjoy. Tell your friends!

Yes it is, tell your politicians to do something about saving this heritage! Only very few craftsmen still alive and already old, no young ones in sight.

Thanks for watching and your kind comments. Tell your friends about it.

Great you liked it! Thank you for your kind comments. Tell your friends to have a look and check: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMhpeaWott6zZI0.html

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

Yes, wood got rather expensive and todays young people rather work in an aircon environment sitting on a computer. Nobody needs traditional wooden boats anymore. Too bad, an old tradition dying.

so sad.maybe one day all this malay heritage will gone by time.thanks mr swoboda for the documentary.

Thank you, glad you liked it, tell your friends...and watch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMhpeaWott6zZI0.html

You are welcome, glad you liked it. Invite your friends to have a look and see the sailing of the boat: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMhpeaWott6zZI0.html as well

therefore you write...good...thank you!

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

Thank you for your kind comments. See the building pictures on www.naga-pelangi.com

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

most welcome, thanks for watching!

Thank you for your comment, share it with your friends. Great heritage of the Malay people!

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Glad you liked it.Spread the word and have people see it!

Yeah, you got it! Sometimes stoneage technology surpasses modern techniques. Mark the caulking bark as well!

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

Thank you for your kind coments, tell your friends and have a good time!

Thank you, glad you liked it, tell your friends...and watch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMhpeaWott6zZI0.html

Thank you, glad you liked it. This ancient technique was the standard here in the Malay cultural sphere. And it works well...many pictures on my website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Thank you for your nice comment. Glad you liked it!

Fantastic! It was Jerry Williams who gave me a lift on his Burong Bahri and took me from Bali to Kuala Terengganu in 1979 where he introduced me to the boat builders and I started building my first Naga Pelangi. What is your e-mail address? I will send you some pics of the Burong, beautiful boat! My e-mail: christoph@naga-pelangi.com.

@@MultiNakhoda Cheers mate my e mail is brendanfreeman01@gmail.com Im still at the disassembly stage at the moment , removing 4.5 tons of steel crane counter weights from under the floor . The tops of 2 main beams have sustained some damage , It was a moisture pit down there due to the congestion of the weights . The Chengal planks are still in good condition . I'll send some photos of my journey so far.

thank you for your interest. For more information and interior pictures see: www.naga-pelangi.com

at the time of the Chinese admiral Zheng He or Cheng Ho (around 1400 A.D.), who visited Kuala Terengganu, (there is a temple up river dedicated to him) the place seems to have been an export harbour for big timber maybe to build the fleet in China. There is some evidence that hugh ships were build in Terengganu as well.

Admiral Cheng Ho may have purchased a lot timbers and perhaps commission the Malays to built giant ships for the Emperor too. I strongly believed that the Malays were the pioneers to sail in flotilla of giants ships be it for state visits or trade. One would wonder such gigantic ships ported in Ports in daylight and caused the entire port be cloudy on that particular day. I reckoned that they would not allow other ships to port where they have anchored their giant ships. Perhaps after the Malay Admiral have came down from the cora cora barges down to the beach head with their elephants and hearses ,the position of all the ships ported with changes from the port position to a starboard position but anchored with all cannon gunner opened outwards towards the open seas protecting the Admiral's Ghali , other dignitaries ships and the Port itself.

@@siemensdimensions6989 There is no evidence of such "giant" ships and the Malays were never in the business of doing boat building on that scale. It was not necessary for their sultans who ruled over a river estuary to have giant ships. They would not have a technology to build anything near that. The ancient and highly developed civilisation of the Chinese who were building the great wall and things like that, they had technologies allowing them to build big things. In the museum of Terengganu one can inspect the old wooden palaces "istana" the Malays were building: beautiful but nothing "giant."

Thank you very much, yes, the Malay carpenters really have some extraordinary skills, recommend your friends to view!

glad you liked it, great boats, picturesque attractions everywhere...

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

Go ahead, it is a good adventure!

You are welcome...yes, this ancient technique was the standard here in the Malay cultural sphere. And it works well...many pictures on my website: www.naga-pelangi.com

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

Thank you for your nice comment, watch the sailing movie on youtube as well!

glad you like it!

Thanks for your answer, from Italy.

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You are welcome, spread the word!

Yes, the forefathers of today's Malay people, the Protomalay people who started colonising the whole archipelago 4.000 years ago and ventured into the Pacific and the Indian Ocean until Madagascar were arguably the greatest seafarers.

Yes, this technique, building the planks first with wooden dowels and inserting the frames (ribs) later is standard throughout the archipelago they called "The Malay Archipelago" in former times. All decendants of the "Protomalay Migrations" seem to practise this technique, some space the dowels closer some work finer using power tools, some use the caulking bark etc. Bugis are the famous boat builders of Indonesia. The Malays of Terengganu state were the last builders of Malaysia to practise this art.

Thank you for all the interesting information. I am going to research a little about the Protomalay Migrations; and the Malays of Terengganu.

A very interesting subject, some genetic research claims that even the Polynesians are related to the Protomalays. Could well be, they were great seafarers. Protomalays even reached Madagascar. Very deplorable that this tradition is practically extinct in Malaysia, they embrace our way of life these days. Some traditional fishing techniques of the Malays are very interesting as well: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j8ell65ikt65cnU.html

check out this rare fishing technique: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtGEn82Qtb--d3U.html and: vimeo.com/20455103

thank you! Tell your friends about it...

Yes, they are really highly skilled ships carpenters/artists. See the building pictures on our website: www.naga-pelangi.com

Thank you for your interest. Glad you like it!

Very cool, thank you, watch the sailing of the NAGA PELANGI as well: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMhpeaWott6zZI0.html

good, spread the word!

Classic Malay aesthetics!

Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, boats made of Chengal wood can last a very long time if properly maintained. Unfortunately the boat building of Duyong island did not survive. The Chengal wood became very expensive, driving the cost of building a Chengal boat out of the market. Probably the Naga Pelangi will remain the last "perahu besar" (big boat) that came out of this center of Malay craftsmanship!

Such a shame to hear the Duyong island boat building tradition has died out-- perhaps I should have anticipated that (the entire world trade structure has become market-driven... maximize profit margins, etc). And with the Chengal wood being so hard and tough on tools, well, that spells its own doom. Many large wooden boats use timbers made of purple-heart wood, now, which is tough but easier on tools (I believe that is sustainably harvested in Africa, if I recall correctly). At any rate, I see Naga Pelangi as a fitting swan-song to that long and proud and brilliantly-crafted line of incredibly strong vessels. The men who crafted her can stand tall as the last of a shining era-- even as they may feel sorrow to see it go. (I admit: I feel much sorrow for this.) Surely, these talented craftsmen can focus their talents elsewhere. Some of them will certainly be needed to maintain and repair the last of these boats (think about it: Western wooden boat builders would be confounded by the construction, finding it difficult to repair such vessels as the Naga Pelangi). Forgive my long prattle. I'm truly touched by the beauty and inherent strength of these boats-- and by the men who created them. Again: what a sweet swan-song Naga Pelangi is for this traditional era. And you made it happen! Bless you, sir...

@@shaddec55 none of those heavy hard woods can be grown sustainably...to get a Teak or a Chenggal tree with a diameter to cut a proper wooden plank of you need a few hundred years of growing...nobody will do...and these days, the young people, in Malaysia too, want to have a bureau job with aircon and a computer, not a sweaty manual labour job. You can not find the manpower any more to build a boat... It is a pity, but the normal development. Three of the craftsmen building Naga Pelangi, all brothers, died in the last years. There are a tiny handful of able craftsmen left on the island...thats it.

@@MultiNakhoda terima kasih sebab mengembalikan nostalgia warisan melayu..huhu..sedih mengenangkan warisan yang semakin hilang ini..hu

thank you very much, we did our best, but mainly it is thanks to the beautiful workmanship of the last craftsmen - tukang - of Pulau Duyong!

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Glad you like it...thank you...

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Hi David, the caulking bark is a weak point, but if the antifouling is done right and the boat is not out on the dry for longer periods it lasts 30-40 years. Then one would have to recaulk the traditional western way. One can not compare with the Pinisi boats from Indonesia. They are good and sound sailing boats - built for cargo - but the craftsmanship is very much rougher. Much rougher!

Christoph Swoboda, Thank you Christopher, Your video was informative, entertaining but makes me want one. Thats a sure sign of a successful video. I had wanted to know abour the bark caulking for a long time. I suspect that the barks properties are like that of Birch bark as used in the traditional canoes of North American native peoples. These last for a very long tine if cared for. Thanks again and best wished, David Culpepper, West Palm Beach, Fl. USA.

Hi David, I think the bark might be different to the bark the native Americans used for skinning their canus. This bark here soaks up a lot of water, just like blotting paper, swells up and therefore seals the seam between the planks. The bark of Birch should repel the water, not soak it up I presume. But both are inventions of archaic people, testimony to their ingenuity and proof that stone age technology can rival modern inventions or even surpass them.

Is that a compliment?: "better than crap" :)

yes, very much so. Show it to your friends.

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