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General links

Wikiproa
Proa Community site.
Proa File International
Proa mailing list, friendly and very active.
The Proa FAQ
A Primer on Proas
canoes of oceania
The blog of Harmen Hielkema.
Outrigger sailing canoes
Gary dierkings blog, don't miss!!
Polynesian Voyaging Society
More About American Proas
A duckworks article on the proa.
The Case For the Pacific Proa

Sail links

Proafile - Rig Options - Overview
Proafile - Crab Claw Tests
Proafile - Proa Rig Comparisons

Traditional Canoes

Chuck Shipman interview
Kapingamarangi Canoe Building Project
The flying proa of Kapingamarangi
Waan Aelon Kein
Nice article about a 52 foot Marshallese Walap (voyaging canoe), good stuff on the physics of an asymmetrical hull.
The same canoe...
The genius of Marshall Island canoe-makers
Modern Marshallese Canoes, a photo essay.
Modern Marshallese Canoes, The Enewetak Walap of 1992, a photo essay
small korkor, marshallese canoe
its a Walap, actually
Fast walap pic.
Marshall Islands Outrigger Canoe Model
Marshall Islands photo stream
Another Marshall Islands Canoe Model
Ancient outriggers
A collection of nice pictures
Kiribati Canoe
A Gilbert Islands Canoe - 1945 1
The Kiribati Canoe
Canoes of the Kiribati Islands
How to build a traditional Micronesian flying proa.
Traditional Micronesian Navigation Collection
A lot of great pictures in the collection.
Life in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
A book viewed in google books.
Marshallese Participate In International Festival Of Canoes
Looks like a plywood marshallese canoe.
Canoe Image
Pica Voyaging canoe project
Building a big Te Puke canoe
Proa pics
photo, Boys are rigging a small sailing canoe.
Traditional sailing canoes in Lau
Book in google books.
THE VAKA TAUMAKO PROJECT
The PICA Voyaging Canoe Project
Building an Outrigger Canoe
Building a balsa dugout in panama.
Blue Oshen Sailing Home Page
Sea Wolf Blog - Canoes of Oceania
The Banca Builders of Malapascua
Baurau Outrigger Expedition

Modern Canoes

Appetite for Destruction
A very nice proa, Flickr album.
Not Even Ow
An outrigger canoe by the same guy as above, this one gets taken on a big trip...
Sailing adventure in Waiheke
...Which you can read about here!
Sub Arctic proa sailor
Various modern style proa projects.
Construction of the proa Mango
A dory hull shaped 14 foot proa.
Voyager
Takapua the proa, a Dissertation
Cheap pages American proas
Yucatan Proa
This is about a voyage in a folding proa. Cool.
Other skin on frame pics (and the hobenstein proa)
NZ outrigger sailing
a short history of the malibu outrigger
Techniques of sailing and racing the malibu outrigger
Steve Willison Malibu Outrigger
T2 construction photos
Cruising proa slideshow
Requires flash
A small and big proa, duckworks
1996 AYRS Publication
A 3 part proa by Chris Hughes that steers by turning the back hull section.
Mbuli
Project Windrigger
Tacking canoe.
Seattle to Alaska by hasty outrigger canoe
Tacking makeshift outrigger.
Rique of Warkworth
A Melanesia design outrigger canoe, mostly pics
Riques OUTRIGGER Malolo
The writeup to go with the pics
Another Melanesia
Ekolu, a shunting Melanesia.
Elementary
A fast modern proa. I have a pdf of this somewhere, will post when I find it.
ACDC
The $50 proa
More ACDC at the messabout.
A Proa Perspective
P52 by the same guy as ACDC. A much bigger boat.
15 foot proa Nimanoa
Proa projects
Has a test of several sailing rigs
3 board canoes in Rarotonga.
Cheers
An ocean-racing atlantic proa.
"Flying Proa" of the Marianas Islands
A pretty inacurate proa report, I think.
Mi6 Proa
First Annual Texas Proa Championships...
Pjoa
A traditional style proa, more on wikiproa.
Picture of a small v hull proa
Mbuli, on Chesapeake light craft.
A concept for a proa, asymmetric hull
Inigo Wijnen
Environmentalist and proa builder, now building Gaia's dream, a big 22m proa.
JB Yacht Designs
A modern 5m proa with a junk rig.
K/Proa
A pulic domain design for a big force balanced proa. Great model designs.
Stoaproa
A take-apart proa
Fijian Thamakau Project
A beautiful skin on frame proa.
Proadesign.com, fritz roth
A modern force-balanced proa.
The Magpie
Building a traditional style proa using modern materials.
Bororo
A beautiful T2 design Proa.
Deltro - The ultimate Beachsailor
Taylor Pacific Proa
An experiment in variable geometry.
Arara
A small tacking outrigger, steers by canting the sail.
Grillabongquixotic’s Blog
Travails with a T2 inspired proa.
16ft commercial outrigger
High performance with 12sqm of sail!
BIG ZEN
A minimalistic live-aboard proa.
Outrigger Canoe Sailing in New Zealand
Sailing on Toroa.
Lu Yoder's proa project
Mad About 'U'
Baby proa
Built as a dinghy for Des Jours Meilleurs.
ETHNIC CANOES AND BOAT MODELS

Plans

Melanesia
A James Wharram design outrigger canoe.
Outrigger Sailing Canoes
Plans for sale for some great proas and outrigger canoes. Gary Dierking.
A folding proa
Plans for the yucatan folding proa.
P3 Proa
Free plans for a small (10 foot) proa. More here, plus some building pics.
The p5 proa
Free plans for a stitch and glue proa.
how to build a timber outrigger canoe, ebook
Port Madison Proa
Warren-21 Proa

Other

Polynesian canoe ladder
Proa hull shapes
a yahoo group discussion on proa hull shapes.
Foam and Fiberglass Ama Construction
How to make an ama, Gary Dierking style.
Sections for Proa Boards and Rudders
Sections for Proa Boards and Rudders

KorKor

WAAN AELÕÑ IN MAJEL
New WAM site, Canoes of the Marshall Islands.
Waan Aelõñ In Majel
Old WAM site.
Picture of a small korkor
korkor proafile_6, photos
duckworks korkor building
duckworks korkor sailing
duckworks korkor ocean sailing
Sailing Korkor youtube video
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proa_file/message/18568
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proa_file/message/18666?threaded=1&p=6
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proa_file/message/20877

Big Proa's

Des Jours Meilleurs
A very successful live-aboard proa.