Lakatoi

{{Short description|Sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea}}

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Lakatoi (also Lagatoi) are multiple-hulled{{cite journal|author=Mahdi, W.|date=1999|title=The dispersal of Austronesian boat forms in the Indian Ocean|journal=Archaeology & language III, Artefacts, languages and texts|pages=144-208|url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/35025241/Mahdi_1WrldArchaeo34_1999-libre.pdf?1412662251=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DThe_Dispersal_of_Austronesian_boat_forms.pdf&Expires=1710700429&Signature=Nke0L2v-zp9CRrQpzgJ-GNoVtEiSfLE3bhoO-NXqDznRJxzlb4GFV5LQXrutDxbUPJNaABqrWUX65IvQ9jYAVncOR7-y5Jmd-Wj5qL0P3AftNg2b1Dz77anbXBjGP77tla8Ic4QJK7pDiAfXm-Qd-uK7MVKcq3A0co7pj6i3TT542kwDDIR2J4G3lR2t2dH6w4kjynqFTwuHZfuq-FvGanNHrdriKSVuhwPt-SR5HQrlGh9RaZz9oZVa34gljn0G0GQfAUnPc-4jZO0uCsA~yEsfRkmdz451OjTaxtmalzccIr~UsjJvP5gAuCxkWouCFXmQPxXzSml7A3HuwEXSyw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA|archive-date=2024-03-17|access-date=2024-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317181633/https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/35025241/Mahdi_1WrldArchaeo34_1999-libre.pdf?1412662251=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DThe_Dispersal_of_Austronesian_boat_forms.pdf&Expires=1710700429&Signature=Nke0L2v-zp9CRrQpzgJ-GNoVtEiSfLE3bhoO-NXqDznRJxzlb4GFV5LQXrutDxbUPJNaABqrWUX65IvQ9jYAVncOR7-y5Jmd-Wj5qL0P3AftNg2b1Dz77anbXBjGP77tla8Ic4QJK7pDiAfXm-Qd-uK7MVKcq3A0co7pj6i3TT542kwDDIR2J4G3lR2t2dH6w4kjynqFTwuHZfuq-FvGanNHrdriKSVuhwPt-SR5HQrlGh9RaZz9oZVa34gljn0G0GQfAUnPc-4jZO0uCsA~yEsfRkmdz451OjTaxtmalzccIr~UsjJvP5gAuCxkWouCFXmQPxXzSml7A3HuwEXSyw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA|url-status=live}} sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea.{{cite web|url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_20_1911/Volume_20%2C_No.3/Extracts_from_Dr._Wyatt_Gill%26%2339%3Bs_papers%2C_p_118-151/p1?page=0&action=searchresult&target= |title=Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6 |website=Jps.auckland.ac.nz |access-date=2016-01-19}} They are named in the Motu language and traditionally used in the Hiri trade cycle.{{cite web|last= |first= |work= II(8) Pacific Islands Monthly|title= Motuan traders go west in their Lakatoi|date= 11 March 1932|url= https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-310860816/view?partId=nla.obj-310873107#page/n37/mode/1up|accessdate= 26 September 2021|archive-date= 26 September 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210926061901/https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-310860816/view?partId=nla.obj-310873107#page/n37/mode/1up|url-status= live}}

Lakatoi (whose literal meaning is three dugouts) are fashioned from two or more dugout logs fastened together to give stability and cargo-carrying capacity. The two or more dugouts are joined by booms, with a platform built on top.{{cite journal|author=Pawley, A., & Pawley, M.|date=1998|title=Canoes and seafaring|journal=The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The Culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society 1: Material Culture|publisher=Pacific Linguistics|url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/253923/1/PL-C152.173.pdf|archive-date=2024-03-17|access-date=2024-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317181634/https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/253923/1/PL-C152.173.pdf|url-status=live}} The sail is a crab-claw sail.{{Cite web|date=1935-02-21|work=Pacific Islands Monthly|title=Motuan Traders Abandon Ancient Lakatoi Custom|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-311586690/view?sectionId=nla.obj-328337992&partId=nla.obj-311603123|access-date=2024-03-18|archive-date=2024-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317192702/https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-311586690/view?sectionId=nla.obj-328337992&partId=nla.obj-311603123|url-status=live}} Horridge (2008){{Cite journal |last=Horridge |first=A |date=2008 |title=Origins and Relationships of Pacific Canoes and Rigs |url=https://www.pastmasters.org.au/uploads/2/6/7/5/26751978/pacific_canoes_-_horridge.pdf |journal=Canoes of Oceania |language=en |volume=V |pages=85-105 |archive-date=2024-03-17 |access-date=2024-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317183746/https://www.pastmasters.org.au/uploads/2/6/7/5/26751978/pacific_canoes_-_horridge.pdf |url-status=live }} discusses the rig and how the craft is manouvred.