The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Flying Proa

Sea Terms

A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands.

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2026 Editor's Note: The flying proa of the Marianas was the fastest sailing craft of its age — Magellan's crews gaped at them. Its asymmetric logic reappears in modern racing multihulls; see proa. (Ed: BR 2026-06-19)

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