Blast From The Past – 1970’s Style Hawaiian Opelu Canoe
My friend Dallas spent some time on the Big Island in his younger days and wanted to build an outrigger fishing canoe like the opelu canoes he used to [...]
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Sep, 2019
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Mar, 2019
Hawaiian Style Three Plank Canoe
According to Tommy Holmes in "The Hawaiian Canoe': "The Hawaiians were quick to notice that the Europeans had new materials and techniques that could make life much simpler, especially [...]
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May, 2014
Origami Canoe – Cutting And Bending The Outrigger Canoe Into Shape
I had an idea for building an outrigger canoe - bend a sheet of plywood to form the middle section of the canoe, and the cut and 'fold' the [...]
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Oct, 2013
Hawaiian Style Opelu Outrigger Fishing Canoe
OK! I finished my opelu style outrigger canoe! It took 3 months from making the first model to putting the wa'a in the water. Pretty good time, I think! [...]
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Jul, 2013
Opelu Canoe Model
I’ve been studying the canoe designs in “The Hawaiian Canoe” by Tommy Holmes, as well as the Ulua by Gary Dierking, and the Waka Ama by Selway-Fisher. I’ve come [...]