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Tangaroa Pacific Voyage Guara Boards 
It meant that his crew was
entirely at the mercy of the winds. Years later (1953), Heyerdahl
learned how the "guara" should have been used. The
diagrams here illustrate his understanding of how the boards
should be raised or lowered under specific wind conditions to
stay on the desired course. The Tangaroa (2006) had nine guara,
and its crew learned to steer the craft quite effectively, which
resulted in cutting down their stay at sea by a substantial number
of days. Back to Index AI 14.4
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