Final Project ( Interview of sailboats )

In this interview I went to talk about one of the most important sports in the United Arab Emiratis. It’s the sailboat races. I went to Dubai to meet my grandfather Khalfan Abdulla Al Marzouqi; his age is 90. He is one of the people in Dubai who was using the sailboat. I was talking with him about this sport and what are the differences between the past and now.

First he told me about the past. In the past it was a hobby; a sport between the people in their area and without any prizes. But it was a game in our area. Also they use it to teach their children how to guide the boat and how to solve the problems when they came. Because when the high wind comes in the sea the leader should know how to control the boat.

And nowadays everything has change. Now the country makes many changes to this traditional sport. They have opened clubs for the marine sports; also they have put a huge amount of prizes for the winners.

And these are some of the races which the country made it:

Name of the race	Distance	Time taken	prizes
Alseer	53 to 56 mile	3 to 4 hours	I million they divide it between the winners from 1 to 20
Aldabeya	40 mile	2 to 3 hours	the winner from 1 to 3 they give them cars, and the rest they give them money by arrangement to the 50
Other races between Dubai and Abu Dhabi From May to sep	20 mile	2 hours

 

And here are some of the boats and what they call and a few information them:

Name of the boat	Size	Cost	How may person take
Algafal	Length 60 feet Width 13 to 14 feet	300 thousand with all accessories	From 15 to 18
Big Jalboat	Length 43 feet Width 10 to 12 feet	Between 150 to 200 thousand	From 10 to 12
Small Jalboat	Length 22 feet Width 5 to 7 feet	40 thousand	3 to 4

 

The ones with still same from the past and now is the parts. They didn’t change any name of them also still they use it in same way. And these are some of the parts.

part	uses
Alsraa( the sail )	The one who move the boat
Alfrmen	Who left the sail to up
Aldstoor	The piece which the sail tight with it
The big digal	Who carry the big sail
The small digal	Who carry the small sail
Abd aldgal	Who support the big digal to not move
Alhebal ( the ropes )	They connect the pieces
Aldamen	Who tight and lose the sail