proa
Sign in to saveAlso known as prau, perahu, prahu, Proas
thumb|right|A Caroline Islands|Carolinian wa in [[Pohnpei with a single outrigger typical of Pacific proas]] thumb|right|Shunting maneuver on a Pacific single-outrigger proa thumb|A paraw in [[Boracay, Philippines, with the double-outriggers typical of Southeast Asian proas]] thumb|Traditional Austronesian people|Austronesian generalized sail types. A: Double sprit ([[Sri Lanka) B: Common sprit (Philippines) C: Oceanic sprit (Tahiti) D: Oceanic sprit (Marquesas) E: Oceanic sprit (Philippines) F: Crane sprit (Marshall Islands) G: Rectangular boom lug (Maluku Islands) H: Square boom lug (
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20 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Historical descriptions of the proa
- Modern variations
- Early Western proas
- Royal Mersey Yacht Club
- Munroe's 1898 proa
- Roosevelt's Mary & Lamb
- Munroe's 1900 Proa
- Other Western interpretations
- Lee pods
- Sail rigs
- Foils
- Variations on the theme
- Speed records
- See also
- References
- External links
- Sources of information on proas
- Individual proa designs
thumb|right|A Caroline Islands|Carolinian wa in [[Pohnpei with a single outrigger typical of Pacific proas]] thumb|right|Shunting maneuver on a Pacific single-outrigger proa thumb|A paraw in [[Boracay, Philippines, with the double-outriggers typical of Southeast Asian proas]] thumb|Traditional Austronesian people|Austronesian generalized sail types. A: Double sprit ([[Sri Lanka) B: Common sprit (Philippines) C: Oceanic sprit (Tahiti) D: Oceanic sprit (Marquesas) E: Oceanic sprit (Philippines) F: Crane sprit (Marshall Islands) G: Rectangular boom lug (Maluku Islands) H: Square boom lug (Gulf of Thailand) I: Trapezial boom lug (Vietnam)]]
Proas are various types of multi-hull outrigger sailboats of the Austronesian peoples. The terms were used for native Austronesian ships in European records during the Colonial era indiscriminately, and thus can confusingly refer to the double-ended single-outrigger boats of Oceania, the double-outrigger boats of Island Southeast Asia, and sometimes ships with no outriggers or sails at all.