Amatasi

{{Short description|Type of Samoan double-hulled watercraft}}

{{About|the traditional Samoan watercraft|the James Wharram fishing catamaran design|Amatasi 27}}

Amatasi are a type of Samoan double-hulled watercraft.{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-navigation/page-1|last=Taonui| first=Rāwiri|title=Canoe navigation - Waka – canoes|website= Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|publisher=New Zealand Government|date=22 September 2012|access-date=12 January 2015}} Its sails were woven pandanus leaves tied to 2 spars. The hull was sometimes built of planks. Lashed together, large double canoes {{convert|30|-|60|ft|m|0|abbr=off}} long could carry 25 men on journeys of hundreds of miles.{{cite web|url=http://kapalama.ksbe.edu/archives/PVSA/kaneimages/amatasi.htm|publisher=Polynesian Voyaging Society Archives|title=Polynesian sailing vessels: Amatasi of Sāmoa|access-date=12 January 2015|quote=The amatasi had sails made of woven pandanus leaves tied to 2 spars. The hull of the pictured amatasi is the va'a alo built of planks to hunt bonito fish.It is a swift, deep-sea vessel. Lashed together, large double canoes 30-60 feet long could carry 25 men hundreds of miles in the Samoa-Tonga area. From a 1972 calendar in the Archives.}}