It is constructed of horizontal and vertical keel plates and runs throughout the length of the hull, to the stem at its fore end and to the stern post at its after end .
Eli lungu lakhiwe ngezigqumi ezithe nkqo nezisityaba ezibaleka kubo bonke ubude besiqu senqanawa, zesiseko senqanawa ukuya kubude benqanawa bonke nokuya kwindawo yangasemva enqanaweni kwisiphelo sayo.