Flying Proa Wool Cap - Black
This is a soft and comfy unstructured wool "dad" hat. It sits low and keeps your head warm too. The Flying Proa icon is embroidered on the front. Lower profile, unstructured six-panel Adjustable fastener with metal clasp, one size fits most Wool/Polyester Blend The name "flying proa" was given to CHamoru sea vessels for the swiftness with which they sail. As said on Guampedia.com...The first European reference to the proa may have occurred when Ferdinand Magellan fortuitously came upon Guam in March 1521. Francisco Alvo’s logbook from the voyage notes that: "It was said that any small sails approached the ship sailing so swiftly they appeared to be flying." In 1686, an English colonizer wrote: "The natives are very ingenious beyond any people in making boats...and therein they take great delight...I do believe they sail the best of any boats in the world. I did here for my own satisfaction try the swiftness of one of them...I do believe she would have run 24 mile an hour. It was ver