Orembai

Orembai or Arombai is a type of plank boat from the Maluku Islands of Eastern Indonesia.

This vessel is used as far as Batavia, where in the 17th century it became popular to go out "orembaaien" on an evening rowing on the river or city canals.

[1] The name orembai or arumbai probably comes from the adapted Malay word rembaya, which means state ship, with Portuguese prefix 'o'.

[2] In other variants of language they are also called orembaai, arambaai, arobail, arubai, arubaillo, arumbai, arumbae, oranbai, oranbaik, orang-bays, and corambay.

[6] It is characterized by being equal-ended, with the prow and the stern both rising up abruptly into a sharp point about 1.26 m (4.1 ft) from the ground giving it a crescent shape.