Imemsa manufactures the true pangas.

Panga boat design. First this boat was to be designed around a 99 hp gasoline outboard with the ability to cruise at 14 knots. This design became the blueprint for the modern panga. Like other Pangas our boats are strong but simple to build and economical to operate.

The key features of the Panga 26 design is a high bow of almost 5 with a beam of 76 gunwale height of 27 at the front and 22 at the cockpit. The 22 panga boat is designed for the flats fisherman to go where few other boats the same size can navigate in very shallow waters. The 22 panga has large console with wide cushioned front sea it has storage for your fishing poles in the sides.

Over the past decade or so the Panga design has been westernized to where it is not a true Panga any more. As i understand it panga is spanish for small boat and everything is called a panga where the spanish had influence the plans i have seen on the net have been a v skiff type with a decent bow they are a fine craft but nothing like a jap fishing surfboat that is the asian design. The Corvina 225 is an near-shore and sheltered waters traditional fishing panga.

Or a Panga in name only. An efficient versatile skiff The Hill 16. This feature is what gives the boat fuel efficiency and performance with less hp easy planing as well as makes the boat ride on top of the chop instead of plowing through like a V hull.

A low-cost fuel-efficient boat that runs both shallow and deep and planes with low horsepower. This panga boat is comparable to any more expensive priced recreational panga brand model. To determine if a boat is a real Panga design or a modernized version is to see how it is powered.

Some boats today call themselves a Panga but in reality they only share some of the profile from the waterline up. Hull design allows for longer fishing trips over greater distances. That sailing boat was the ancestor of the panga The History of the Panga Heres how modern fiberglass pangas changed the world.