Proa are fascinating boats, indigenous, fast, ancient and were employed to populate the Pacific. Their builders were also amazing navigators, relying on small maps of bamboo & shell, knowledge of the stars, currents, and swell direction to go just about anywhere they wanted. Click the title above to visit this one, but also:http://www.wingo.com/proa/links.html .
seventy point eight is the percentage of ocean to landmass on our planet. get wet...a rambling personal collection of news, books, images, ideas, and whatever else I find interesting relating to our aqueous environment..with an emphasis on small boats, sailing, boat design and designers and boatbuilding and builders, especially home builders. And a certain curiosity about seasteading. Header photo:'Salarøy' is a 41' fembøring, a Norwegian workboat inTromsø Norway. Courtesy Hildringstimens båtgalleri - http://www.hildringstimen.no/batlista.htm
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