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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 11/14/2004, you wrote:

> Unfortunately the bigger and more comfortable the boat, the less it is 
> capable of detailed exploration of islands---for that you need a small 
> Proa, and following are a large number of Proa links,  Sure, a seagoing 
> kayak will do the job, but there is no charge for the wind driving a 
> lazy-man's tiny sailboat either.

How about a Pacific Island Canoe?  Read Steve Thomass' book "The Last 
Navigator."  In it he tells a story about a boat blown off course for 
several weeks until the came within sight of Guam.  Rather than putting in 
a Guam he turned around and went back to Satawa because now he knew where 
he was.  I meet one of the passengers on that boat and he wants a grant to 
film the carving of a canoe.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com