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World's ‘largest wooden Arabic dhow’ sets sail from Dubai

The enormous dhow named ‘Obaid’ is 91.47m long and 20.41m wide

Published: October 28, 2020 15:39 Faisal Masudi, Senior Reporter and Karishma H. Nandkeolyar, Assistant Online Editor

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World's largest dhow — Dubai has added the ‘Largest wooden Arabic dhow’ – 91.47m long and 20.41m wide – to its list of world records as the feat was verified by Guinness World Records on Wednesday in Dubai. The enormous dhow is named ‘Obaid’ after Obaid Jumaa Bin Majid Al Falasi, an Emirati shipbuilder who began an apprenticeship at the age of nine in the mid-1940s. It is the length and almost half the width of a standard American football field, floating over the Indian Ocean. Hypothetically speaking, balancing this huge structure on either its bow or stern vertically would make this dhow stand almost as tall as the Big Ben in London. Image Credit: Supplied

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Dhow — A modern adaptation is adding steal to the wooden structure. The dhow is larger and stronger than a traditional one, and will be able to carry four times more cargo in and out from Dubai’s docks. “I see it in the eyes of my son. He is passionate about what I do, and what his grandfather used to do. This is what matters, for them to be able to continue the tradition and have it transferred to the next generation,” Majid Obaid added. Image Credit: Supplied

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