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Henair Paduga built the Balatik, a 72-foot traditional Filipino sailing outrigger, in El Nido, Palawan, completing it in 2014 after two years of construction.1:17 The hull uses medium-density local Palawan wood, assembled with ancestral joinery techniques that have produced zero water leaks in ten years.4:33 The outriggers span 40 feet; the bamboo deck is replaced every three to four years; the roof replicates the original nipa-and-bamboo design.4:13 Paduga navigates by star sights — Orion's Belt, the Southern Cross, and Polaris — without GPS, and uses Google Maps over Navionics because he finds the local charts inaccurate.2:37 Three salvaged pickup-truck engines, each water-cooled through a custom manifold, provide auxiliary power; Paduga fabricated the clutch, throttle, and forward-neutral-reverse controls himself from junkyard parts.9:52 The boat carries 25 passengers, with a gravity-fed freshwater shower drawing from the engine cooling circuit.13:35 Paduga learned to sail on a Laser and Alcort Sunfish at a small Puerto yacht club, then crewed on yachts to Africa, where Arabian Sea dhows and Maldivian traditional vessels inspired him to research and revive Philippine sailing heritage.16:47 He now takes village children aboard to show them what their ancestors sailed, arguing that wind is more reliable and sustainable than fuel.2:08

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