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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Feb, 2019
Shipwrecked Proa Is A New Year’s Gift
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 [...]
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Oct, 2014
Pacific Fusion Outrigger Canoe For A Waikiki Hotel
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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May, 2013
Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes by Gary Dierking
After ‘The Hawaiian Canoe‘ – this is my favorite outrigger canoe book! Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes by Gary Dierking is well thought out, easy to read, chock full of great [...]
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May, 2013
Plans: Waka Ama Canoe – Selway-Fisher Design
Back in 2009 my friend, Tevita Kunato, and I purchased the plans for the Waka Ama outrigger canoe from Duckwork’s Builders Supply located in Harper, Texas. It is a Selway-Fisher [...]
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Apr, 2013
Traditional Outrigger Kanu by Tevita Kunato
A few years back (sometime in 2009) my friend Tevita Kunato decided to make a traditional style outrigger canoe; Tevita was born and raised in Papua New Guinea and [...]