Palm Proa Embroidered Jacket - Black

The Flying Proa and Palm Tree icons are embroidered on the front. Regular fit  Heavyweight, 8.5oz  100% cotton drill, recycled polyester padded lining + wadding  Collared jacket, two side pockets, YKK zip to close   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 very pleasant to see the little boat running along