All Hands on Deck For Research Project
Oct 02, 2018
3 minutes
By GUSTAVO ARELLANO
With his proto-Fu Manchu mustache, bright eyes, salt-and-pepper hair, sporty brown vest and Australian accent, Simon Penny seems like he should be a BBC documentarian.
But he’s actually a UC Irvine professor. And a boatbuilder. And the boat he’s building is not just some pleasure craft.
For the past two years, Penny has been constructing — from scratch — a modern-day version of a proa, the Micronesian outrigger boat renowned in the sailing world for its dexterity and speed.
“To call
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