期刊名称：Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：1449-7336
出版年度：2006
卷号：5
期号：1 & 2
出版社：Charles Sturt University
摘要：Chamorro sailing vessels impressed early visi-tors to the Mariana Islands more than any other aspect of the Chamorro culture. Hun-dreds of proas came out to greet and trade with the foreign explorers. These famous European navigators consistently described the Chamorro proa as the best canoe of its type in the world. They called it the "flying proa." The ancient Chamorros had several names for their proas. The largest was thesakmanand the slightly smaller proa a lelek.Medium-sized proas were dudings.The smallest proa with a sail was the duduli. Any canoe ready to carry a sail became ladjak(sail). The same-sized craft with-out a sail was a panga.An even smaller reef ca-noe was a galaide'
