Golekan

In the present this type of boat is only known locally, especially near Bangkalan in Western Madura and around the Kangean islands.

[2] Gibson-Hill stated the name comes from Malay word golek, which he claimed meant crank (tender, or 'tippy') when applied to a canoe.

Rather, the name derived from kolek, a Javanese word for 'boat', applied to a wide range of small craft along the north coast of Java.

[4] The golekan is an indigenous perahu type, with no trace of modern influence in hull form, construction, or sailing rig.

In the early 1950s golekan from Sepulu were sailing to Singapore with mixed cargoes of palm sugar, coffee, tamarind, dried fish, and mats, along with considerable numbers of passengers from the island of Bawean.

[9] Madurese skippers would buy cattle from local market and sell them for handsome profit in Pontianak, Manggar, or Pangkal Pinang.

[11] The main role for small golekan (about 20 tons in weight) is for transporting fishes from perahu mayang that remains at the sea.