[1][2] Some of the essential design elements have also been adopted as a modern smaller multihull prototype variant.
[A] The Pacific Ocean and particularly Micronesia gave birth to many different forms of simple sailing craft.
A keel carved to a knife's edge was combined with a deep bow, giving it the ability to function in severe adverse weather, wind and waves.
Sailors would crowd aft, lifting the bow out of the water, and increasing hull speed.
A traditional kaep is double-ended with a reversible or pivoted (swiveling) mast, so that it can be sailed in either direction.