Pajala (boat)

Pajala is a type of traditional perahu from western South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

It is used mainly for fishing, but in the present it is a Bugis/Makassar name for small to medium-sized boat hull.

Pajala is an undecked coasting boat which usually has a tripod mast carrying a single large tanja sail.

While mainly deckless, there is a low deck abaft the stempost, behind it is a place for washing.

[3] It is built using smooth curved planks, with double quarter rudders, used as a frame and the ribs are placed thereafter.

Double-ended Bugis-Makassan pajala-style ship with tripod masts and canted rectangular sails (some of them lowered and stowed on deck), as well as quarter-hung rudders. This picture is made in 1803 by artist William Westall about a Bugis prahu in the Arnhem coast. The chance comes when Flinders met with Makassan prahu fleet when they're collecting tripang . This prahu weights 25 tons and armed with small cannons.
Pajala boats, ca. 1937.