Banting (boat)
Banting is a traditional boat from Aceh, Indonesia. It is also used in other areas near Malacca strait, such as Johor, where they are called "fast boat". Eredia's account of Malacca described banting of Ujontana as a kind of skiff, smaller than jalea, carrying oars and 2 masts, with 2 rudders, and used for naval warfare.
In Johor, they are dugout canoe with long, sharp, hollow bow, with hollow, sharp floor. Banting is an open boat, with the inside of gunwales or ribbands fitted with holes for thole pins. It has two masts and bowsprit; carries two loosefooted balance lug sails and small jib. Mitman recorded a banting's dimensions as follows: LOA; width; depth. The bowsprit protrude over the bow; the foremast is above gunwale. The yard of foresail is in length. The mainmast is above the gunwale, with yard.
In 1902 H. Warington Smyth stated that the banting was frequently used by traders from Aceh; he further describes the boat as a two-masted trader type, built of giam wood. The boat's dimension was long, wide, depth, freeboard; it had a capacity of 12 koyan and the number of on-board crew was 6. The length of the mainmast was.