The Kaanapali Beach Hotel will hold a special canoe launching ceremony Tuesday. While the canoe wasn’t made with traditional Hawaiian tools it does have sentimental value.
The four person single hull canoe took four months to make and all 280 hotel employees helped.
Employees at Kaanapali Beach Hotel set aside the sheets and picked up a saw. In an effort to educate employees and guests about Hawaiian culture they are building a canoe from scratch.
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After last week’s quick diversion to bring you the news about ocean rowers around the world, Which we hope you enjoyed, excitement is reaching fever pitch for our Atlantic Rowing Race teams as we have a rush (in rowing terms!) Of activity towards the finish line.
Winning the pair’s class and finishing in second place overall, James Croome and Olli Back onboard QBE Insurance Challenger (photos above) crossed the finish line on Friday with a time of 59 days, 16 hours and 17 minutes. It seemed Neptune had taken a shine to the team, though. Even in the last few hundred miles at sea, he didn’t seem to want to say goodbye, and … Details
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You’ve seen the magazine articles over an over again. Most self-respecting outdoor magazines produce one every year or two. In the spirit of that tradition, here is a somewhat underresearched, methodologically hunch-based yet not entirely tongue-in-cheek look at the best places for sea kayakers to live in North America. Think of it as the first draft of the authoritative magazine article we’ll eventually produce, after you read this and straighten us out with your input … Details
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