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Snake boat to enter Guinness

Sets record by accommodating largest canoe crew of 141

Kochi: ‘Aries Chundan,’ the first ever snake boat made of steel, is all set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for accommodating the largest canoe crew of 141.

The boat, a design wonder crafted by Aries Marine and Engineering Services, performed the feat on May 1 with a crew of 141 rowers in the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha, 70 km from here, Chief Executive Officer of Aries Group S. K. Sohan Roy told PTI.

Local MLAs Thomas Chandy and K. K. Shaju inaugurated the event where Mr. Roy was also present.

The existing record was held by a traditional snake boat for accommodating a crew of 118, Mr. Roy said. The annual snake boat race in Alappuzha is a major tourist attraction.

The 143-feet long ‘Aries Chundan’ had already found a place in the Limca Book of Records as the longest snake boat made of steel, he said.

This innovative steel snake boat had a scientific design which was based on the latest scientific methods in naval architecture, he said.

The boat’s shape and stability had been designed using the famous ‘Autoship’ software. The strength had been analysed by a finite element method, an overhanging test was conducted to analyse the longitudinal strength and a sinking test was conducted to prove its ‘unsinkability.’ — PTI

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