Marshall Island Canoe or Proa. The Walap is a traditional ocean-going sailing outrigger canoe from the Marshall Islands. It belongs to the Micronesian proa type whose main characteristics are: single main hull, outrigger-mounted float/ballast, and asymmetric hull profile. Walaps have a lee platform. Like all pacific proas, they are always sailed with the outrigger to windward, they do not tack but ""shunt"" (reverse direction), so both ends of the boat are identical. The distinction between bow and stern depends only on the heading of the boat.
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Marshall Island Canoe or Proa. The Walap is a traditional ocean-going sailing outrigger canoe from the Marshall Islands. It belongs to the Micronesian proa type whose main characteristics are: single main hull, outrigger-mounted float/ballast, and asymmetric hull profile. Walaps have a lee platform. Like all pacific proas, they are always sailed with the outrigger to windward, they do not tack but ""shunt"" (reverse direction), so both ends of the boat are identical. The distinction between bow and stern depends only on the heading of the boat.

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