The boat’s dimensions are about 25 to 30 meters long and about six to eight meters wide. It had a flat bottom which was suited for riverine water.Orillaneda, B. (2000) "The San Diego and Pandanan Wrecks: Two Underwater Archaeological Sites" Hukay Volume 2 Number 2. The Pandanan shipwreck is considered a rare site dated approximately at the mid-15th century because, as per Sakuma (1989), the Chinese imperial court ordered complete banning of all private trading within this time.Sakuma, S. (1989) "Prohibition of Overseas Trade and its Influence of International Relations in the Early Reign of the Ming Dynasty" Journal of East-West Maritime Relations, vol. 1, pp. 31–46.
