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A dhow is a traditional Arab Sailing Vessel with one or more Lateen Sail s. It is primarily used along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula , India , and East Africa . A larger dhow may have a crew of approximately thirty while smaller dhow have crews typically ranging around twelve. For celestial navigation, dhow sailors have traditionally used the Kamal . This observation device determines Latitude by finding the angle of the Pole Star above the Horizon . Up to the 1960s, dhows made commercial journeys between the Persian Gulf and East Africa using only sails as a means of propulsion. The freight was mostly Dates and Fish to East Africa and Mangrove timber to the lands in the Persian Gulf . They sailed south with the monsoon in winter or early spring and back again to Arabia in late spring or early summer. TYPES OF DHOW
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