# Madness Proa Capabilities

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/madness-proa-capabilities/42116>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [April 28, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/madness-proa-capabilities/42116 "2014-04-28T02:17:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_Hasselback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed8c4c/32.png) [@George\_Hasselback](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/George_Hasselback)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/madness-proa-capabilities/42116/1 "2014-04-28T02:17:32Z")

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Hey all,

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I've read that the "Madness" proa is intended for coastal sailing and "island hopping."&nbsp; How much "hopping" are we talking here?&nbsp; I live in the Western Pacific and we have lots of islands.&nbsp; How far is "too far" for this craft, assuming reasonably good weather, caution, etc?

G.

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Rotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@Andrew\_Rotch](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Andrew_Rotch)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/madness-proa-capabilities/42116/2 "2014-04-30T17:35:10Z")

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Designer John Harris in his blog “The Life of Boats” writes the following: ".

Madness wasn’t designed for offshore work. It’s not a structural thing—I fully expect Madness to be durable in nasty coastal conditions, which can of course rival anything found at sea. The issue is that the boat is quite low-slung and light and pretty wet in waves. Unless you’re a French singlehander, a week of gale conditions would probably kill you."

I’d say unless you’re familiar with such pastimes I.e getting stuck at sea for an extra week in a 28" wide canoe, it would make sense to take his comments very seriously. Compared to, for example Bieker/Brown’s “offshore proa” Madness is much lower, narrower, and probably wetter in adverse conditions.