Inle Lake Motor Canoe

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Faithfull reproduction of a typical Myanmar Inle Lake Tourism Motor Canoe.
Such a boat are commonly used to carry people, usually no more than 8 persons, from lake coast to small island hotels and villages, their shape represents quite a standard and are currently built in massive quantity directly in the lake shipyards using local teak wood planks.
Long shape (about 12-13m), small whidth, flat bottom are necessary to pass along the intricate canal system of the muddy coast where canals are traditionally built and maintained to increase the emerged soil for agricoltural use.
These boats are also used for fishing and freight crops, building materials and goods in general.
Althoug thr long tail is a standard, different engines are commonly used, generally derived from small agricoltural cars, electric generators and water pumps.