Types of Sailboat in Zaizung
Because of its location, Zaizung has traditionally had a lot of different vessels all converging in its shipping industry. It sits at the point where the Westerlies-dominated Amiyant Sea and the trade wind dominated Gulf of Sharkunen. From the earliest Mañi sources, it inherited the proa style Crab-claw sail catamaran, but kept on improving it for various uses.
Crab Claw Scow
This adaptation of the crab-claw sail catamarans of their Mañi ancestors to a flat scow hull allows them to carry more cargo up and down the rivers of Zaizung. These were used for smaller, more local transportation.
Malay Junk Schooner
This 2-3 masted schooner is fore-and-aft rigged with junk sails whose top two battens are arranged at an angle to act similar to a crab-claw sail, and the battens get progressively more horizontal as you go down the sail. This is similar to the Malay pinas. Because of the sail arrangement, it can quickly maneuver around the Amiyant Sea no matter what the wind bearing is, carrying cargo from the main oceanic ports to ports around the sea.
Chinese Junk
While most junks were owned and sailed by Qonks, they were frequently built in Zaizung and used Zaizung ports and crews. The junks were much bigger than other types of ships. These have 3 junk-rigged lug sail masts, fairly rectangular in shape. These are more efficient at sailing downwind on the trade winds, but are clunky in the Amiyant, and usually unload at ports in Zaizung for the schooners to distribute, in years when the political situation has not made that trade route break down. Because of Zaizung's location at 30°N, it was common for these ships to stay to the south of Zaizung, to always get the trade winds
Influence on flags
The original 18th C flag of Zaizung and the one reused for the 1902 republic is based off of a junk sail, but the Kúúlist government after the Pangyeoun War decided to switch to a design based off of the pinas style sail