DepartementofAeronautic,AutomotiveandOceanEngineering,FacultyofMechanical,UniversitiTeknologiMalaysiaTraditionalShipProductionCaseStudyinKepulauanRiau‐IndonesiaJaswarKotoandSyafwanbinAnahPrefaceIndonesiatraditionalshipisaproductofanindigenoustechnologydevelopedlongbeforetheadventofwesternculturealongtheCoastofSulawesiIsland.Theshipsarebuilttraditionallyinbothmethodandequipmentwithoutanysketchesorcalculations.Thebuildingexpertiseispasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration,aknowledgethatisfurtherhonedthroughdailypracticewiththehelpofeachbuilder’sinstinctsandnaturalgift.Stillbuiltbyhandinthetraditionalmanner,thesemajesticsailingshipsarealivingspiritofthegoldenageofsail,whichendedintheWestintheearlytwentiethcentury,butstillthrivesinthewatersofIndonesia.Thebeautyandefficiencyisnotaproductoftechnicalscience,theyareaproductofthespiritualnatureofthesepeopleandtheirculture.Theyareatonewiththeirenvironmentandtheyfollowapathofleastresistanceintheirlivesandintheirwork.Thisphilosophycontributestothebeautyandefficiencyoftheirshipdesigns,anditcomesfromabasicandsimpleunderstandingoftheworldinwhichtheylive.ThisphilosophybasednatureandbalanceallowedthepeoplesoftheIndonesianislandstoproducesolutionstopracticalchallengeslongbeforethesocietiesofEuropewereableto.Alhamdulillah,IexpressmysyukurtoalmightyAllahSWTforhispreservation,sustenance,mercy,andwisdomforthesuccessfulcompletionofthisbook.Firstly,IwouldliketoexpressmysinceregratitudetoSpecialthanksispresentedtoMr.Akun(Master)andhisassistantsfromKijangTraditionalShipyard,Mr.Amin(Master)andhisassistantsfromKelongIslandTraditionalShipyard,MasterandassistantsfromManaIslandTraditionalShipyardandwarmandgratefulthankyoutoMr.HikmatAndiforgivinghands,timeandfullysupportforthisresearch.IfeelgreatlyhonouredandprivilegedtocomeacrossgreatstudentslikeDeah,Hendra,Mufti,Risandi,Eko,SanusiandSiow.Itakethisopportunitytoexpressmyprofoundgratitudetoallthespecialpeoplewhohavebeeninstrumentalinthesuccessfulcompletionofthisbook.Dr.EngJaswarCEng,CMarEngDepartmentofAerospace,AutomotiveandOceanEngineeringFacultyofMechanicalEngineeringUniversitiTeknologiMalaysiaviiTABLEOFCONTENTSPARTTITLEPAGETABLEOFCONTENTLISTOFFIGUREPART1REVOLUTIONOFSHIPBUILDING11.0INTRODUCTION21.1MODERNSHIPBUILDINGINDUSTRY101.2MODERNSHIPVARIETY121.3TRADITIONALSHIPBUILDINGINMALAYSIAANDINDONESIA13PART2SHIPPRODUCTIONPROCESSOFTRADITIONALSHIP172.0INTRODUCTION182.1SHIPCONTRACT212.2TRADITIONALSHIPPRODUCTIONPROCESS23viiiPART3TRADITIONALSHIPYARDLAYOUT373.0INTRODUCTION383.1TRADITIONALSHIPYARDLAYOUT40PART4COMPUTERAPPLICATIONSINTRADITIONALSHIPBUILDING454.0INTRODUCTION464.0SOFTWAREINSHIPDESIGN504.2COMPUTERAPPLICATIONINSHIPBUILDING524.3RECOMMENDATIONOFSUITABLESOFTWAREFORTRADITIONALSHIPYARD59PART5PLANNINGANDSCHEDULLING615.1INTRODUCTION625.2CRITICALPATHMETHOD635.3CRITICALPATHMETHODINTRADITIONALSHIPBUILDING65REFFERENCESixLISTOFFIGURENO.TITLEPAGE1Bambooraft32Longboat(Ceylon)33Logboat34Asiancoracle35Abydosboat46HanDynastycastlevessel57LatinsailuseintheMuslimship78TheexampleoftheMuslimship89ModelofgalleyintheperiodofBarbadosHardin810Samsungheavyindustriesshipyard1111TraditionalshipyardinBintanIsland1512SarawakRivertaxi1513NagaPelangiII1614Cengaltree2715Chainsawuseinthecuttingprocess2816Longitudinalmainstiffener2917Bottombuttock30x18Stempost3119Stempostconstructionsprocess3120Sternpostofthetraditionalship3221Transversefra...