Marshal Isles Proas (270K)

• FLYING PROAS of THE LADRONE ISLANDS Pacific proa history
• "Flying Proa" of the Marianas Islands from Canoes of Oceania
• A landing with canoes, Jaliut, Marshall Isles (photo, 270K)
• CHEERS, Dick Newick's 1968 OSTAR Atlantic Proa

	Proa Cimba is For Sale by original owner and builder Lou McGregor, Camden, Maine 207-542-8668 $55,000 - Serious Inquiries Only Russell Brown's Proas: KAURI: photos and text 37' proa on Martha's Vineyard, 1989 by Joseph Oster JZERRO Mexico Photos... 36' Pacific proa, Baja California (Mexico) JZERRO Construction Photos Port Townsend, WA 1992 by Joseph Oster CIMBA and JZERRO Photos of Brown proas by Dave Bolduc JZERO (1978) Sailing to Puerto Rico with Russ Brown by Mark Balogh a sailing 'push me-pull you' JZERRO article by Andy Turpin, Latitude38 JZERRO "doing about 20 knots" on S.F. Bay, passing Profligate, Dave Culp and Joseph Oster visible on bench seat, Latitude38 Photos! Sailing JZERRO on San Francisco Bay (at Shutterfly.com) Russell Brown, Jim Antrim and Joseph Oster, June, 2000 JZERO of Polygor (1977) - Excellent photos! by Craig Bumgarner KAURI on video! *new Apr 24, 2008!

• 34' Newick Pacific Proa
• GODIVA CHOCOLATIER - 34' Newick Atlantic proa - Rory Nugent, 1980 OSTAR, photos by Vincent Besin
• TINY DANCER Photos of 21' proa by Ted Warren
• Makahiki - 42' proa by David Coy, Sausalito, California
• Deltro Proa - The ultimate Beachsailor by Dr. Peter Wittkopf
• The Modern Multihull And Its Polynesian Ancestors by J. S. Taylor
• Gideon Ashby's 60' Steel Proa
• High prismatic study - beach proa hull by Joseph Oster
• PacificProa.com - Modern cruising proas, 70 to 90 feet (21..26 meters)

• ProaBoat Proa Boat Owners, Builders, and Designers by Craig O'Donnell
• American Proas, 1898 - 1998 Articles and plans by Craig O'Donnell
• The Proa FAQ - Proas, Prahus, Similar Craft Superb links!!! by Craig O'Donnell
• Proa Pictures by John Kohnen
• Outrigger Sailing Canoes by Gary Dierking
• Te Wa The design and construction of a Micronesian style proa (sailing video) by Gary Dierking
• Tarawa a 4.8 meter Proa for one by Gary Dierking
• Bororo a Gary Dierking Proa (T2) by Guy Rinfret

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• The Enewetak Walap of 1992 Waan Aelon Kein on the day of its launch and Modern Marshallese Canoes photo essays by Dirk HR Spennemann
• WAAN AELON KEIN - a walap (voyaging canoe) from Enewetak, Marshall Islands (as featured in Multihulls Magazine, Nov/Dec 1997)
• Waan Aelõñ In Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) or WAM is a non-profit organization/vocational training program using traditional Marshallese skills; also here

Equilibre shunting
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Toroa


Hawaiian Sailing Canoes
• Equilibre - 11.7 meters (38 feet) Pacific proa with crab claw rig (and here)
• Des Jours Meilleurs - 19 meters (63 feet) Pacific proa two Atlantic crossings, 1992-93
• Mbuli plans! 20' Pacific proa by John C. Harris
• Toroa - 18' sailing proa designed and built by Michael Toy and Harmen Hielkema blog, Takapu
• Kevin O'Neill's Proa (and here)
• Mango 14' stitch and glue proa (construction) by Matt Harper
• Salamba, A Small Beach Cruising Proa six metre proa, built in stitch and glue plywood-epoxy
• Proa Building Guides Online James Francis Boats, Australia
• THAMAKAU PROJECT 14.5' Fijian outrigger sailing canoe
• Flaquita a sailing outrigger (not a proa); a "lightweight, car toppable, fast, safe sailboat that can be paddled" by Joe Henry
• Raptor 16 lightweight sailing/paddling outrigger with unique Dualift Foil™ by John Slattebo
• The Dutch PROA - 10.9 meter, 1400 kg. proa by H. Bijlard
• About Face 50' Atlantic proa, launched Hobart, Tasmania 1980
• 24 Foot Atlantic Proa "ETHOS" by Bruno Fehrenbach
• Taylor Pacific Proa - An experiment in Variable Geometry - 17' proa by Doug Taylor
• proa - the outrigger sail boat today (proadesign.com) by fritz roth
• MI12 Blue Water Proa Concept 13m "Atlantic" proa by Malcolm Smith (excellent 3D renderings!)
  Also: Mi6 and the mi proa series, Vortex Sail, Variable Geometry Proa (wild!)
• Disco Volante (Flying Saucer) 60' ocean racing proa by Malcolm Tennant
• Proa Sailing in Sri Lanka by Othmar Karschulin
• Pacific island outrigger canoe (Saipan) by Don Bowen
• Melanesia Photo Gallery 16' outrigger canoe by James Wharram
• CANOES OF THE KIRIBATI ISLANDS from Jane's Oceania Home Page
• The Flying Proa of Kapingamarangi and Proa Racing in Kiribati, by John Scull
• Project Windrigger by Ian E. Smith, Australia (capsize recovery system!)
• Proa Days on Freedom's Child - sailing a 37' tacking outrigger in Grenada (1973?) by Chris Doyle
• Malibu Outrigger memories by Steve Willison
  and Techniques of Sailing and Racing the Malibu Outrigger Malibu Outrigger Manual
• Crossbow and Slingshot Photos and text

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• German language proa sites:
• Proas - die Multis von morgen!?
• Historische Proas - Ancient Outriggers (Part 2) Many historic photos of proas!
• Dolphin Sky 16m proa (Babel Fish Translation to English)
• 39' proa Equilibre with crab claw in Martinique by Jeremie Fischer (plan 1, plan 2)
• Gedanken zur Fahrtenproa Nice dual rudder detail
• 'Pipemania'
• http://www.proa.de
• EPHEMERA IV 4.9 meter proa

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• French language:
  • HISTORIQUES DES PRAOS complete list! by Vincent Besin
  • Documentation sur CHEERS and photos!
  • Le prao “Pacifique” by Guy Delage
  • Le prao “Atlantique” Funambule
  • Le prao “Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon”

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• Restoring Traditional Seafaring and Navigation in the Marianas University of Guam Traditional Seafaring Society
• The Vaka Taumako Project Building and sailing of a completely authentic Polynesian voyaging canoe (Solomon Islands)
• Traditional Canoes and Navigation of the Marshall Islands
• Traditional Navigation In The Western Pacific
• The Polynesian Voyaging Society Excellent history of sailing canoes.
• Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association (photos! and video!)
• Folding Umiak-Proa Project by Tim Anderson
• Fifteen Foot Proa "Nimanoa" by S Fishwick

The sailor who set out to see it all
David Henry Lewis, Adventurer 1917-2002