It was a beautiful sight to see the silhouettes of sambulayang sails from
various Lepa-lepa boats as they skimmed across the sea water.
A typical Lepa boat measuring 5 meters in length and 1.5
meters wide.
These boats were used in almost every aspect of Bajau life - their floating
homes, their fishing boats and their transport vehicle.
Those you saw in in competitions are vary in size, some
were build for this annual competition.
The body of the Lepa consists 4 main parts :
1) the pointed bow (tujjah),
2) its boat body (lepa),
3) the walled-house structure (tapi) and
4) the sago palm leaves-made roofing (kajang).