The Panga was originally designed by Yamaha with sponsorship from the World Bank around the year 1970.

Panga boat in rough water. Pangas have a unique ride. The boat would right itself into its upright position. The unique ride is due to a pad that starts at the bow.

-V-front aluminum boats like Lund Alaskan Starcraft Freedom or G3 177 outfitter. When anchored because of its shallow draft the PANGA does not rock as much as a deep V-hull boat does the deep V-hull needs the higher gunnels otherwise it would be scooping in every second wave that would come in from the side on top of that the deck of the PANGA is selfdraining lower gunnels save weight makes it a lot easyer to land that big fish and divers can easely enter the PANGA. A true Panga has structural foam around the entire rim cap of the boat.

The Banks Panga boat is the perfect all around boat to fit dynamic marine environments such as this. The Panga 32 introduces an international star to American shores. Very windy and it created choppy conditions today in Long Beach.

This is designed so that in case the fisherman found himself in truly rough water and capsized the boat. In La Paz and all over the world the panga is now the boat that drives the tourism industry. This is a shallow draft boat Panga.

Wherever you may travel within Central or South America pangas are will be used as water taxis fishing guide or diving excursion boats. Everything Roger stated the boat would do is true. The bow is not sharp but two inches flat that tapers wider to 14 inches at the rear and protrudes down from the center of the semi V hull about one inch.

I dont mean the majority of copy boats made to look like a panga from the water line up rather the panga design originally designed in Japan over 30 years ago. Crossing the Gulf Stream in 3 to 5 foot seas my confidence in the boat is unexplainable. 36 free board high side for rough water and safety with the wife and kids or knee high free board low side for the divers and hard core fishermen.