Brother Matt Atkin has sent me more of his wonderful photos of the boats of the Phillipines. As usual, click on the large and small thumbnails for a much bigger image.
Click here to see a post including a small earlier selection of his shots from the Phillipines in which I drew attention to the close resemblance between these craft and the ones that Folkard drew in the mid-19th century. A reprint of Folkard’s classic book Sailing boats from around the world is available from Amazon.
These boats are called 'bangka' or 'bangkas' for the plural. They're kind of like the Polynesian boats which only feature one pontoon. The two pontoon design is a bit more stable for Philippine waters. Great post!