Orembai
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Orembai or Arombai is a type of plank boat from the Maluku Islands of Eastern Indonesia. It is mainly used for fishing and transport. This vessel is used as far as Batavia, where in the 17th century it became popular to go out "orembaaien" on an evening rowing on the river or city canals.
An orembai with a pinisi rig in Elpaputih Bay, Seram Island. October 1940.
At the bend of Piroe, Seram, 1892.
A "modern" orembai, West Seram, Moluccas. Before 1923.
A traditional orembai with lowered sail (either a tanja or lete/crab claw sail), Ternate. Between 1910 and 1930
Kora kora
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A kora-kora or kora kora or coracora is a traditional canoe from the Maluku (Moluccas) Islands, Indonesia. They are naval boat for carrying men on raids for plunder or for slaves. In Maritime Southeast Asia, raiding for slaves was an honourable way of making a living, and the kora kora was needed for defence against raids as well as for forays. Large kora-kora is called juanga or joanga.
Kora-kora fleet from Ternate and Tidore bound for Ambon. 1817.
A Dutch kora-kora with mainsail.
King of Ternate's kora-kora with 7 cannons. The king's luxury bed can be seen.
A kora-kora from Halmahera, Maluku Islands (c. 1920) with a tanja sail