[13] They traveled large distances of open ocean in outrigger canoes utilizing navigation approaches including stick charts.[14][fifteen] The windward sailing capacity of Austronesian boats authorized a method of sailing to windward on a voyage of exploration, using a return downwind either to report a discovery or if no land was https://www.whofish.org/Default.aspx?tabid=45&modid=379&action=detail&itemid=310505&rCode=18