Paraw  Paraw (Philippine Spanish: parao) are various double outrigger sail boats in the Philippines. It is a general term (similar to the term "bangka") and thus can refer to a range of ship types, from small fishing canoes to large merchant lashed-lug plank boats ("balangay" or "baloto") with two outriggers ("katig") propelled by sails (usually a large crab-claw sail opposite a smaller triangular foresail)  The word "paraw" (also spelled "parao") is a cognate of the terms "proa" of the Pacific Islands, "perahu" of Malaysia, and "prau" of Indonesia. It refers to outrigger boats propelled by sails ("layag"). It is a type of "bangka", the wider term used for boats (with or without outriggers) in the Philippines. The paraw has three major elements that make it a paraw: the "bangka" (canoe or main hull), the "katig" (outriggers), and the "layag" (sails). Motorized versions of bangkas (with outriggers) are commonly known as pump boats and are used for inter-island travel. Paraws can sail between 11 and 17 knots (20~31 km/h). The outriggers ("ama"), or katig, are made of wood or bamboo, and may be straight or curved upward much like skis. Traditionally these boats have been made from dungon, guisoc, ipil, duca, baslayan, obacya, bayog, Philippine mahogany ("lawaan"), basa and "molave". Modern versions use plywood. The ropes of the boats are traditionally made from abaca (Manila hemp), but are now often synthetic rope. The main hull (excluding outriggers) is called a "bangka" for dugout canoes or "baloto" (also "balangay", "baroto", "biroko", "biray", etc.) for hulls made of planks secured with lashed lugs. The boat itself may be classified by passenger capacity as "isahan" ("for one [person]") or "duwahan" ("for two [persons]"), but the paraw usually has capacity for more than two people, leading to its use in ferrying small groups of passengers and goods between islands.