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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]