The baurua was a traditional
sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, Windsurfing, windsurfer, or Kitesurfing, kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (Land sa ...
proa
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of the
Gilbert Islands
The Gilbert Islands (;Reilly Ridgell. ''Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.'' 3rd. Ed. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1995. p. 95. formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill IslandsVery often, this name applied o ...
. They are considered to have been the most sophisticated of the
Austronesian sailing vessels. A 100-foot baurua was built in 1939.
See also
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List of multihulls Types
* catamaran = two symmetric hulls
* proa = two asymmetric hulls, reverse-shunting (interchangeable Bow (ship), bow/stern)
* trimaran = three hulls
* quadrimaran = four hulls
* pentamaran = five hulls
Pre-modern Austronesian people, Austrone ...
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Wa (watercraft)
''Wa'' are traditional sailing outrigger canoes of the Caroline Islands, which also includes Palau and Yap. They have a single outrigger. They are similar to the ''sakman'' of the Northern Marianas.
Design and construction
''Wa'' are proa — ...
References
Multihulls
Gilbert Islands
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