Talk:Proa

message: Found a really good reference online on here at Google Books.  The sailing boat: a description of English and foreign boats by Henry Coleman Folkard, 4th Ed., published 1870, Longmans & Co., London  scot 14:34, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Pages 242-250 cover the  Ladrone islands proa, with accounts dating back to Antonio Pigafetta's "Voyage Around the World", (written about Magellan's 1519-1522 voyage), and including an 1860 British proa built by the Royal Mersey Yacht Club; this was a very close replica to the Ladrone islands proas, complete with rounded weather and flat lee sides to the hull, very unlike Munroe's flat bottom sharpie.  scot 19:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference

message: suspect an error/typo in the date about Byron visiting the Marianas in 1765 - he wasn't born till twenty years later  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.231.150.97 (talk) 00:18, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct; someone confused Byrons; John Byron went to the Ladrones with Anson; he was the poet's grandfather.  scot (talk) 01:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Byron date

message: Someone added "Proa or Galaidi. In Guam The name for proa is Galidi." at the end of the article, which I have removed because it was badly formatted and inconsistently spelled.  Looks like might be a correct assertion, as I do see evidence that galaidi is synonymous with canoe (see here) but nothing so far to make me certain that it encompasses sailing canoes.  scot (talk) 15:02, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Other names

message: Wikipedia uses many foreign loanwords that redirect to their correct spelling. Proa and Prau are Anglicisations of the phonetic "perahu". Borobudhur temple of CEntral Java dated 8th century CE provides adequate iconongrpahy of boats matching the perahu- additionally archeological evidence clearly indicates it is, incontrovertibly a Javanese vessel. See [] and Ming dynasty load of [] (predates all European records). Here is a perahu dated to 8th CE []
Thus- it should match the originator language- in exactly the same vain as "poltergeist", "fettuccine", "lasagna", "tempo" etc..
IF there are no objections within one calendar week. I shall move it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peeweebee (talk • contribs) 13:35, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi. I think generally it is best to stick to words as applied in their standard English meaning. In this case, proa seems to refer to a specific type of boat with a specific hull shape, wherever it may be built or designed, while perahu, if I understand the discussion above, is a term for a boat in general that is also applied to this particular hull configuration. I would assume that most people would search for proa, rather than perahu, but perhau is a redirect here, so they'll come to this either way. On those grounds proa seems to me to be the better choice for the article name. - Bilby (talk) 14:44, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Argue for move to "Perhahu"

message: Naval jack in Spanish is "Bandiera de proa". 76.117.247.55 (talk) 01:06, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spanish war 

message: I don't know how to do it but if anyone does there should be a link to the dinosaur genus Proa too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proa_%28dinosaur%29  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.226.51 (talk) 18:38, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to dinosaur 

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message: This article uses the terms aka and ama without ever defining them.  I happen to know what an ama is thanks to other life experience, but I don't know what an aka is.
Both terms need to be defined.  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 19:03, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Ama" and "aka" are not defined 

message: The Proa
The outrigger boat from past to present
The world's first book to provide detailed information about the Proa boat type. All important aspects are presented on over 200 pages with many graphics and pictures.15 Proa enthusiasts from all over the world share their experiences of building and sailing such boats.
The book is currently listed on amazon.com. 2A02:4E0:2D7D:B09:C468:2783:6EF:F7ED (talk) 08:15, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book launch - The Proa