Welcome to Wikiproa
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This site is intended to be a collaborative repository for articles on sailing proas, whether home or professionally built, modern or historical; for a definition of a 'proa', please see the wikipedia article here. It's not intended to be a discussion site, since there's already an excellent proa discussion site on the web, the yahoo group proa_file, which is here.
Please feel free to wander about and have a look. You don't need a password to view any of the pages. If you would like to add content you are more than welcome to do so; for that you do need a password. Email me at uaneill@gmail.com and I'll be happy to give it to you. So start a page, even a small one, tell us about your boat! You can go back and edit and add pictures and so on as you have the time
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New! Chris Grill's T2 adventures in Mexico: (external link)
Wonderful blog about sailing a Dierking proa along the coast of Mexico. Highly recommended.
2011 Texas Proa Championships race announcementKiko Johnston-Kitazawa Double canoe and proa sailing in Hawai'i
2010 Texas 200 news page
Third annual Texas Proa Championships reportSkip Johnson's new boat: Bionic Broomstick
Refitting Swordfish |
Proas datasheet
Archived "dead links"; old proa web pages re-energized and available again for your viewing pleasure
Proa links, videos and books
Rudder systems
Sailing Reports:
Hokianga Raid January 2010
1st New Zealand Proa Congress
First Annual Texas Proa Championships 2008 Race Report
Second Annual Texas Proa Championships 2009 Race Report
2008 T200 by Kevin O'Neill
2009 Texas 200 blog
2009 T200 by Kevin O'Neill
2009 T200 by Skip Johnson
2009 T200 by Dan St Gean
Sailing in Matagorda, April 2011, by Kevin O'Neill
Proas:
18' Proa built by Peter Schuhmayer in Austria
Squid, an Mbuli in New Zealand
"Pjoa" built by Janusz Ostrowski in Poland
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2005 launch
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2003-4: building vaka , ama, yards and cut crabclaws
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2002-3: model and 2007 MkII
Doug Haines' Sidecar in Australia
Paul Bowker's "Te Wheke" in Hokianga, New Zealand Ply Proa with rocker hull design page
Leon Close's boats in Australia Updated April 2011 (Leon's older stuff)
Skip Johnson's "P52" in Cypress, Texas
Kevin O'Neill's "Skate" in Lake Jackson, Texas
Tackers:
Peter Mirow's 30 ft. tacker "Arpex" in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil Updated June/July 2014
Dave Pont's "Korari" in New Zealand
Dave's Ulua Tacking Outrigger
Peter Haydon's "Anima" in Australia
Kalang Outrigger, by Leon Close
Two Dierking Tamanu Canoes by Dan St Gean and Brian Rugg
Wade Tarzia's boats in Waterbury, Conneticut
George Schnellman's WaApa in South Carolina
Rosario's WaApa in Italy
Dan St Gean's 21' Ulua--now sold to a fellow outrigger enthusiast!
Kevin O'Neill's "Scout", circa 2001
Historic
*New* (or at least not yet linked)
Proa_file archives (three pages)
Vintage walaps from Berlin Museum, 3D anaglyphs & stereo pairs
Engravings & models: Ndrua, Kalia, 'Alia, Tuamotu's Pahi, Tepuke, various.
FAQs and other internal Wikiproa links