Really Cool Sailing Canoe Models

We saw this at the Navy Exchange this morning -

Really nice - and if I didn't have too many projects going on right now, this is something I would like to get into -

Hawaiian References, Programs and Stories at Windward Community College

I took Marlon over to WCC on Saturday to compete in the Regional Science Olympiad. Walking through the buildings, there were tons of displays and info on Hawaiian sailing, navigation and farming. And they had tons of chickens running around.

Sailing Canoe

I am totally enamored by the sailing canoe. I saw this picture up on a wall last week - And it's a wood block - similar to gyotaku but harder (because you have to carve out the image from the block) - unless the fish you stalk are smart and often laugh at you... then gyotaku is harder. Not that I know anything about that...

Three-Man Canoe Perfection

I stopped in at Surfline on Puuhale Road (Kalihi) and what I saw made me cr@p my pants - Tiger Canoe from the Big Island is now making a three man canoe that you can rig with a sail! I am reposting these pictures from the Tiger Canoe website - but they don't have pictures up yet on what rig the canoe sails with (cat rig I am assuming). I am quickly arriving at a crossroads - we have our Weta and when La and the kids become proficient at helming that, I think we need to upgrade to a Farrier F-22R. But with this thing hanging out there, it certainly pulls my traditionalist heart strings... especially since it is a renaissance craft - blending the best of the old with the best of the new. If you go to the website, you'll see a picture of one of these loaded on top of a Tacoma. 30' LOA with a hull weight of 88 pounds - only 88 pounds!!! I'm definitely going to order one of these if we move to Oahu...