Hokuloa Outrigger Canoe Club

Family of the Wa'a

The documentary Family of the Wa'a will be showing at the Topanga Film Festival on 7/28 at 11am at the Main Stage. The address is 22075 Topanga School Road, Topanga Ca. 90290. You can buy tickets at www.topangafilmfestival.com.

 

Do Your Share

Care should also be taken for the area surrounding the canoe. Pick up opala (rubbish) on and around your paena wa`a (canoe landing), halau wa`a (canoe house), or auha (canoe shed). Put things away that need to be stored without being asked. - Hoe aku i ka wa`a (literal meaning: move ahead the canoe; figurative meaning: do your share).

From THE HANA HOU SERIES found at www.holoholo.org Respecting Your Outrigger © 1999 Kawika Sands

Respect The Canoes

Respect every canoe as a family member. From the time a canoe is made and blessed, the canoe becomes an entity unto itself. Care for it as a loved one by maintaining it before setting out to sea and cleaning it after you return. Never sit on, or step over, a canoe (exceptions are sometimes made for dry-land training or demonstration purposes). If you must, support the hull along the kua`e/keel (the center line along the outside/bottom of the hull) in a way that will distribute the weight evenly to avoid placing too much stress at any one point. In Hawai`i, it is believed that to step over another is to cut their life shorter, therefore, the same applies to your canoe.

From THE HANA HOU SERIES found at www.holoholo.org Respecting Your Outrigger © 1999 Kawika Sands