Scale: Unknown. A model of an oru or outrigger canoe from Sri Lanka made entirely in wood. The dugout hull is sewn to the gunwale. There is an off centre float that has been carved from a single piece of wood and is connected to the hull by a pair of booms. The two booms comprise two lengths of timber bound together with cord or wire wrapped around them. The leeboards have been incorrectly mounted on the deck, as opposed to over the side of the hull.

The oru is the traditional sailing outrigger fishing canoe of the Singhalese. It has sophisticatedly designed to combine speed, manoeuvreability and stability. The shallow draught dugout log hull is raised with side strakes fixed on shaped inserted framse and sewn to the hull with coir rope. The hull ends are sharply raked for riding the surf. The outrigger float is kept to windward, counteracting the wind pressure on the sail. The two rooms connecting the float to the hull also support a platform for fishin gear and crew. In lieu of a keel, leeboards are used which can be raised when reaching or in shallows. A steering oar is found at either end of this truely double ended craft. Orus are found on the West and South coasts of Sri Lanka. Those from the south set rectangular sail on a T shaped mast and yard; those from the West set a rectangular sail on a V shaped mast and sprit. The crew on these boats numbers about eight.