Let’s Go Fishing – The New Updated Opelu Outrigger Fishing Canoe
Keli'i stopped by as Dallas and I were building Dallas' canoe and knew, then and there, that he wanted an outrigger fishing canoe! I shared a list of changes [...]
Keli'i stopped by as Dallas and I were building Dallas' canoe and knew, then and there, that he wanted an outrigger fishing canoe! I shared a list of changes [...]
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 [...]
Just after New Year's I was walking Hanalei Bay and stumbled on a Proa canoe shipwrecked on the beach! We had some heavy rains and local flooding and this [...]
Bali Hai Villas resort in Princeville, Kauai needs a Hawaiian style outrigger canoe for their lobby. Kule'a Canoes to the rescue!I'm trying something different here: custom cutting each plank to [...]
My friend, Tevita Kunato, was commissioned to build a canoe for the Rainbow Hilton in Waikiki. I guess it will be used in their private lagoon for photo shoots [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
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 [...]