A Blog Documenting the Construction and Voyages of a Traditional Filipino Sailboat. The paraw is currently sailing every Friday on 5-day expeditions between El Nido and Coron. The paraw has recently been featured in the travel sections of The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Australian newspapers. Dec 18 to December 2.

Construction of a 32 foot Jester Class Offshore Proa. Saturday, August 8, 2015. A couple weeks ago I flipped the ama over and started work on the interior. The keel panels needed taping with two or three layers of fiberglass. Fillets were applied to the keel seam and the bulkhead intersections. Saturday, July 11, 2015. A main task before moving on was fairing the chines, bow and keel. Here is the hull drying prior to the f.

Everything related to the design of proas. Discuss the building and sailing of proas. General discussion of sailing and multihulls as well as community infos and announcements. How-Tos, report technical problems, and make suggestions for site improvements.

Diary on the construction of a Seaclipper 20, a plywood trimaran designed by Jim Brown and John Marples. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. We first rolled the hull outside on the cradles, removed those, temporarily laid the hull on two blocks, and rolled it upside down by hand on the flat dollies. Sunday, August 9, 2015.