Boom (ship)
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A boum/boom, known as dhangi in India, is a medium-sized deep-sea dhow, a traditional Arabic sailing vessel.
Picture of a boum in Kuwait.
An Indian-style boum sailing. Note the shorter prow
Boum; Maritime Museum in Kuwait City commemorating the founding of Kuwait as a sea port for merchants.
Dhow
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Dhow is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Typically sporting long t
Boom (ship)
…A boum/boom (Arabic: بوم) (French: bhum), 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…
A dhow in the Indian Ocean, near the islands of Zanzibar on the Swahili coast
Fishermen's dhows moored at Dubai in 2014
Moroccan dhow.
A Shu'ai in the Persian Gulf