Praho
The fastest piece of wood floating on the Saynué
The term Praho, also spelt as Paraw, Proa or Pirahu, is a type of sailboat mostly used for fishing and the practice of piracy. As the name appears in a variety of spelling version, so the praho appears in a variety of formats, although in general it is a multi-hull outrigged sailboat that conjugates the stability of the outrigging to the low friction due to the narrow, shallow hull. For those reasons, Praho are between the fastest ship in the seas of Phaldorya.
Capture the wind to fly!
The reduction of the friction is important but it would be highly uneffective without a sailing capable of capture the energy of the winds transforming it in a natural motor. Most commonly the rigging is represented by a tanjong sail, that's a square tilted sail, or a crab claw sail, that more commonly triangular in shape, in both the cases the superior and inferior margin are filled with a thin but flexible post of a special kind of reed. This provides a good compromise between solidity, lightweight and flexibity.
Land prahos
Some of the nomadic Hintadu people living in the Arquir desert has adapted praho for the movement of the sandy parts of the desert, using the sail as a propeller and having adapted the hulls to the profile of a sort of sledge. Some scholars have speculated that the desert had once been an inland sea with several islands and that these populations migrated, depending on the seasons, following routes indicated by the position of the stars. According to this theory, these peoples would have adapted these vehicles to their new environment, but would continue to follow the same routes passed on from generation to generation.
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