Lambo (boat)

Lambo is the Indonesian version of small western styled merchant boats with one mast from the end of the 19th century.

[6]: 134 This type of perahu is the result of combining fore-and-aft rig with indigenous pajala-type hull made by Bugis and Makassar people.

[8] This lambo had traditional hull of southern West Sulawesi, its stempost and sternpost formed a smooth curve with the keel.

[7] It is single-masted, with cantilever support beam, large single foresail, and mainsail (in the form of nade sail).

The carrying capacity was 300–350 pikul (18.75–21.875 tons) of cargo, less than a palari of the same size, but they are faster and can be handled by smaller crew.

Nearly every cargo boat seen nowadays in the local ports of Jakarta, Surabaya and Makassar are such modified lambos, still retaining some features from the original designs.