Russell Brown Proa CIMBA and JZERRO - Photos by Dave Bolduc

Cimba was purchased in mid 2008 and re-named "Pacific Bee" by Sven Stevens (www.azurspeed.com), who has enjoyed the boat and taken good care it. August, 2008, sailed south from Camden, Maine, to winter at Steve Brown's place on the Chesapeake Bay, where upgrade plans were: "new deck hardware, an inside mast position cockpit, new large roached mainsail, masttop roller screacher, new underbody strip & paintjob, mast overhaul, etc.".

Part of that trip, as he described it in email: "the New England fog and no wind initially slowed us down a bit, but BOY did we have fun after clearing Cape Cod canal, what a ride, flying over and against full current through Wood's Hole into Martha Vineyard, where we did some lazy family stuff.".

Photo below received in October, 2009

and Russell Brown's latest 37' Pacific proa!
		*JZERRO* click images for large view

photos of JZERRO, and two of Cimba, by Dave Bolduc (web site!)
The Photographer's Sailboat! Little Cruiser,
a fifteen foot sharpie cruising the Bahamas!
Many new friends were made while cruising this area, and one of our favorites was the McGregor family. They were traveling on a fantastic 37 foot proa called "Cimba," built by Lew McGregor and his friend the designer, Russell Brown. Though spartan in comparison to the typical forty footer, this polynesian craft was extravagant next to our own.
from CRUISING IN LITTLE CRUISER

CIMBA Construction Photos

Pacific Bee Photos

JZERO of Polygor, 1977 - photos by Craig Bumgarner
JZERO of Polygor, 1978 Sailing to Puerto Rico with Russ Brown by Mark Balogh
KAURI: Photos, text, and video! 37' proa on Martha's Vineyard, 1989 by Joseph Oster
Park It, Dad by Jim Brown - Russell and Jim sail KAURI from Bermuda to New England *Sep, 2011
CIMBA becomes Areté, Chiloé Island, Chile *Feb, 2020
For Sale, January 2023
JZERRO Construction Photos Port Townsend, WA 1992 by Joseph Oster
JZERRO Mexico Photos... 36' Pacific proa, Baja California (Mexico)
a sailing 'push me-pull you' JZERRO article by Andy Turpin, Latitude38
JZERRO "doing about 20 knots" on S.F. Bay, passing Profligate,
Dave Culp and Joseph Oster visible on bench seat, Latitude38
Photos! Sailing JZERRO on San Francisco Bay
Russell Brown, Jim Antrim and Joseph Oster, June, 2000
Russell Brown on Proas interview w/ John Harris at clcboats.com
"Jzerro will reach at 17 or 18 knots in 12 knots of wind."
Observations on Pacific proas by Russell Brown, 3 Sep 2011
JZERRO haul out Dec 2013, Port Townsend, WA

JZERRO on video
Pacific Proa Jzerro in Port Townsend - September 2012
Jzerro underballasted and hard on it
Proa Jzerro September, 2011
sailing 17.8 knots on auto-pilot! 720p HD *posted May, 2011
sailing 17.8 knots on auto-pilot! & sailing past lighthouse *posted July, 2008 (not HD)
Jzerro in Port Townsend 2015, at 18 knots

Port Townsend Watercraft, Nesting Dinghies (details)