paraw
Posted on September 6, 2005 @ 9:11 am by massimo | Filed under: blog, fun, philippines, sailing, wordpress

Typically Visayan, paraw is a fantastic sailing boat! Two bamboo outriggers and the coconut mid-body make up the craft. Everything is fixed firmly by strong fishing-line. Mainsail and jib, cut away from cheap plastic fabric, assure high speed. While riding such a boat, everything really looks unsteady. I enjoyed sailing paraws many times and did a bit of exciting island hopping around Siargao island…
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molto bello ….vecchi tempi a Borcay purtroppo ora c’e’ un gran traffico in mare il parao man dream e’ un po’ sfumato via……
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The Paraw Regatta was conceptualized to remind every Ilonggo that they descended from brown-skinned men and women who settled in the island of Panay and its neighboring small islands