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The Dana Outrigger Canoe Club holds an annual competition in honor of Harrison. The Whitey Harrison Classic is an outrigger race of 20 miles with competitors of ages 12 to 70. It attracts over 900 competitors who are divided into 19 divisions.
The term Malia canoe now refers to a class of Hawaiian-style outrigger canoes that follow the design of the original Mālia, even when made of fiberglass. Every serious outrigger canoe club, however, aims to acquire at least one Mālia made of koa wood and other traditional materials. [2] [8] [9] [10] [11]
In 1963, Roy Kelley bought the old Outrigger Canoe Club from the estate of Queen Emma of Hawaii and built the Outrigger Waikiki on this site. In 1967, the Outrigger Waikiki On The Beach hotel opened, the first to carry the Outrigger name. During the 1970s, Outrigger grew into a chain of Hawaiian hotels.
In 1981, Hamilton Island entrepreneur Keith Williams, had founded Sea World, a Gold Coast-based tourist attraction and simultaneously created an outrigger crew largely composed of staff members, while local Gold Coast realtor and friend, Max Christmas was associated with the Outrigger Canoe Club of Australia, founded in 1978. Two rival crews ...
In modern sport outrigger canoeing, ships are classified according to the configuration and number of the hulls and the number of paddlers, including the OC1, OC2, OC3, OC4 and OC6 (with the respective number of paddlers using a single-hull outrigger canoe), and the DC12 or OC12 (with twelve paddlers using a double-hull outrigger canoe, two six ...
Takia are a traditional watercraft of Fiji.They are a type of outrigger canoe that is smaller than a camakau, which in turn is smaller than a drua.A takia hull is a dugout made from any suitable wood.
In March, 1921, swimming for the Outrigger Canoe Club, at a city-wide meet at the YMCA in Honolulu, Moses finished second in the 100-yard event behind Mariechen Wehselau, and first in the 160-yard relay with Outrigger members Helen Vernon, Estelle Cassidy, and Mariechen Wehselau setting a new record of 1:30.2. [2]
The Moloka'i Hoe is an annual outrigger canoe race between the islands of Molokai and Oahu, Hawaii. The race is one of Hawaii's largest annual sporting events, drawing participants from Hawaii and the U.S. mainland as well as internationally. Participating countries include Australia, New Zealand, England, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, and Tahiti. [1]