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Boat Making in Pulau Duyong Boat making art in Pulau Duyong, Terengganu are on the brink of extinction. Each year, fewer boat maker survive to continue this tradition.	Boat Making in Pulau Duyong With most of the younger generation opted for a more corporate work in town or city center, the tradition is far from being sustainable.	Boat Making in Pulau Duyong Pulau Duyong boat makers are well know to make their boat from scratch without the need of any blue print or draft. They do it by heart.
Boat Making in Pulau Duyong With lesser boat maker now in the area, it is hard for them to keep up with demands. But some days they said, there no demands at all.	Boat Making in Pulau Duyong The few that still send their boat to be made by these trusted boat makers still very much would like the tradition to continue, but for some modern equipment would give them better chance at sea.	Boat Making in Pulau Duyong As the future looks so near, people starts to look else where to make a living.
Boat Making in Pulau Duyong It would be a great loss of this art would one day be gone. It is an art that is now for all, but only for the chosen few.	Boat Making in Pulau Duyong Abdillah is one of eight remaining traditional boat makers in Pulau Duyong.