PINISI boats are Indonesia’s largest sailboats since Java’s junks in the 17th century. So far, pinisi boats have always been linked with the Bugis people, while the boats in fact are the outcome of a long evolution in Indonesia’s shipping world. Some pinisi boats even imitated Europe’s schooners in the mid-19th century.

From 1930 to 1970, hundreds of pinisi boats of various classes had a major role in the Indonesian economy by bridging i