It has never been floated,[7] although it was built utilising traditional caulking and other water-tightness construction methods.

[1] It is entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest wooden dhow ever built,[7] appearing in the 2002 Guinness World Records under the caption "DHOW AMAZING!"

and categorised as "Ships, largest Arabic dhow".

[8] The certificate records the length as slightly shorter than the claimed length, at 80.4 m (263 ft 9 in), and the width as slightly wider, at 18.7 m (61 ft 4 in).

[9] Different metrics are used to record ship lengths, which may account for that variance.