This is a story of a mostly Gary Dierking Wa'Apa proa using directions and dimensions from his book. It is going to be used as a paddler on the Waccamaw River around Conway, SC and a sailer on a variety of fresh water lakes. The boat has been in its gestation period for a few years as I watch the comments on the ProaFile group . Shunting scares me, and since there are few sailors around here (much less proa sailors) I will stick with what I know. I am a retired software engineer, and veteran scrounger. I have recently found a source for Baltic birch plywood scraps, some old Chris Craft factory teak from the 30's, and some aluminum beams from a salvage yard. I have stockpiled a small hoard of mahogany from various boat disasters and The Landing School dumpster. CraigsList provided a free windsurfer mast and two sails. So let's see some construction:

This is one of the Siamese teak pieces from Michigan. It has been cut at the factory to look like individual slats when building the foreward ecks on the beautiful wood Chris Crafts. I used the dado lines as guides and made individial strips out of it. The wood is about 5/8" thick.

Two copies Bulkhead number 2 were made and bolted together using teh bolt holes that will later be used to assemble the boat. Sides were  belt sanded to assure uniformity.

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Here is one side with its teak gunwale glued on and the pine chine on the back side. Chines were attached with glue and stainless steel screws. Probably overkill, but ...

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