ABW Sept 2023-1

The Barangay Captain of Sta. Ana, San Mateo, Henry
“Butchoy” Cruz was pleased with the outcome of the project
and said that the boats will greatly help in times of flooding
allowing them to respond immediately and not relying on
boats provided by the municipality, “it’s amazing that the
four boats were built in two days” Captain Cruz said.
The slab sided design of
the boat allows it to be
stored on it’s side when
The Bahangka boats not in use, it can even
that Captain Butchoy be stored inside one’s
house or converted
and his constituents
into a temporary bed
built in 2018 are still in or a table, one can put
use five years later in framing in the cockpit
to hold up a mattress or
2023.
just flip it upside down
and put a mattress on on
the bottom of the boat.
To turn it into a table just
make two 60cm tall sawhorses that will serve as the table’s
legs, put the boat upside down on the sawhorses and you
have an instant 4x8 table.
A Bahangka being built in
Barangay Sta. Ana, San Mateo,
Rizal being built by volunteers
The Bahangka boats that Captain Butchoy and his
constituents built in 2018 are still in use five years later in
2023. workers in the barangay keep the boats in a shaded
area and covered in tarp to minimize exposure to the
elements when not in use.
Four newly built bahangka
flood boats built in Sta. Ana,
San Mateo, Rizal