Building a six-person koa outrigger canoe requires a lot of time and money: about $20,000 for the log and $60,000 to turn it into a canoe.
“It’s not an overnight procedure,†says Bobby Puakea, 72, a canoe builder, educator and founder of the Puakea Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to perpetuating Hawaiian canoe traditions. “Once the log is cured, it takes about two to three years to build. I carve the boats by   … More
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