A locally built wooden boat under sail in the entrance to a canal at Batavia, Java, Indonesia

A locally built single masted wooden boat under sail in the entrance to a canal at Batavia, Java, Indonesia. The boat has curved bow and stern posts and she has a lug rigged settee sail stretched between two booms. She is carrying a number of passengers. Two boats with awnings rigged are moored to the canal bank on the left.

Object Details

ID: P92484
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1929-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 118 mm x 157 mm