LAHAINA – His dream is still alive. With the running of the Dougie Tihada Memorial Regatta last Saturday at Hanakao’o Beach Park (Canoe Beach), the fondest hopes of Dougie Tihada, one of the founders of Napili Canoe Club here on the West Side, continue to flourish. The cultural sport he loved is paid forward through the dedication of the Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association and his family.
Dougie’s son, Joey, stands at the forefront of … More
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It has now been more than six years since Geoff and Pam MacDonald of Calgary set out to paddle across Canada. They began in March, 2007, from Victoria, paddled up the B.C. coastline, portaged to the Nechako River, on to the Fraser, then the Columbia, and, with their dog harnessed to the canoe, they dragged it and their packs with ropes up three ranges covering more than 100 kilometres of “mountain portaging” until they reached the Continental Divide, whereupon they cracked open a bottle of champagne, raised a toast, did a little dance and then stared east into what seemed like eternity.
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Vicky Ellis (30) is the only woman out of the twelve professional skippers leading amateur teams in the race and only the third female skipper in the 17 year history of the Clipper Race.The only professional female sailor competing in the 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has been selected as the skipper for the Swiss yacht entry.
Following a rigorous selection process Vicky, from Bristol in the UK, has been chosen to lead … More
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