"Proa" is a word in HILIGAYNON, ENGLISH
próa - (Sp. proa) Bow, prow; steerage. (cf.
olín).
A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago,
having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary
boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept
from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending
several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is
the swiftest sailing craft known.
We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit down in here again. In a depressing shuffle we pushed to the door, now it was good to get up and out, while it was still a black hole, warm, and smokey, full of possibilities...
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