What a gorgeous canoe! The Hawaiian outrigger canoe I think is the most beautiful thing on the water. I helped make a few racing canoes in The Fiberglass Shop at 404 Piikoi back in the 70s. At the time we were making canoes from a mold taken off the Malia. And there's still plenty of those same canoes in Hilo Bay used by Outrigger Canoe clubs where I paddle today

Another gem for mankind

Very glad that Nainoa helped get this Wa'a to safe shores during the disaster at Lahaina.

@KanesaDuncanSeraphin

10 ай бұрын

An amazing accomplishment for sure! So grateful!

@Chaka1984

9 ай бұрын

Right on! I was curious if any of these Wa’a made it. Mahalo

Wow!!! Magnificent. Well done guys. Congratulations.

@billmoody9736

6 жыл бұрын

Seascape Asia k

To a sailor the sweetest words one can hear a woman ask is, "What's a jib?" Hahaha

Beautiful job!!! Some one pumping most of the time?! Wow!

I need a teacher I really want to see the world by sailing. A mid American man from missouri.

Thanks James Wharram

I want to ride on this

Sound a tad optimistic on the weight. What do you think the all up sailing weight would be?

Has it launched?

Beautiful boat/canoe but don’t you mean 30,000 pounds?

Master canoe builder of fiberglass!?

@alohathaxted

6 жыл бұрын

Jackson Rosser fiber wood glass. Vacuum bagged very strong.

@norml.hugh-mann

Жыл бұрын

GRP cold molding and vacuum bagging Is highly skilled labor..as complicated as any other material when building such quality and critical components

How much would something like this cost?

@norml.hugh-mann

Жыл бұрын

I would guess closer to 100$k when all is said and done if you add value to the labor time

Stuning boat. Wharram tried for 60 years to build a boat like this one and failed. You did it in a few years...congratulations..

@bizim_eller

4 жыл бұрын

😀😀😀😀😀 hard to believe that wharram tried and failed!!! And 60 years!!!

@trebledog

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think James Wharram would ever consider fiberglass? His designs have stood the test of time, especially where cost is concerned. I mean everything else was already thought out a couple thousand years ago by Pacific seafarers, Polynesians and Micronesians. But the single hull Proa asymetrical hull with ama on the windward side is strictly a Chamorro design. In the 1500s, Magellans mates documented the Proas they encountered when approaching Guam had speeds equivalent to 20 knots. This canoe here showing in fiberglass is a beautiful work of art and craftsmanship, but my guess, depending on the type of glass and layering at 62 ft is that it would tip the scales as little on the heavy side requiring a lot more sail area to drive the hulls, (I could be very off on this) whereas good ol wood would have the spring and flex to be able to absorb swells on heavy seas, the way struts do the job on cars.

@Antipodean33

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Spirit of Gaia a 60 + foot Wharram cat that sailed the world?

@bizim_eller

Жыл бұрын

@@rebuildingnoseas my friend! That comment was posted by me 3 years ago and it was a compliment to mr wharram, I think you should read it again till you catch it👍🙂

BRUH!!!! Get a gimbal!!!

@VoiceoftheSeaTV

3 жыл бұрын

We moved to two camera tripod shoots.

this was so awkward

This is all very pretty but what's the point of copying the prototypes? Perptuating the culture is one thing but evolving is vital; that's what got the craft to the level it is. Rebuilding the short comings like constant pumping, dual sweeps, lack of sun/rain shelter seems bizarre. A replica belongs in a museum. A working vessel that snubs innovation is looking for trouble. I've travelled the Pacific in Wharram cats and modern catamarans and trimarans and have enough respect for the ocean and my life and that of the crew to not go messing around in an artefact.

@Antipodean33

Жыл бұрын

"An artifact" hahahaha. Yeah it is all a bit strange

@norml.hugh-mann

Жыл бұрын

Well by definition an artifact wouldn't be a reproduction...an artifact would be a preserved historical canoe used long ago...of course a natural component artifact would not be be seaworthy as wood would break down too much to last... Just admit you are just scared of discomfort and and don't have seamanship skills...they worked just fine for 5000 years at least...don't think they don't bring radios and safety equipment...this boat is as safe as any as it must comply with tons of SOLAS regulations and is stronger built than most production boats...just requiring a crew that knows what its doing...if you dont have seamanship skills it really doesn't matter how well a boat is built...and the little petty creature comforts like electric bilge pumps have cost plenty of lives of those who didn't know how to fix them at sea or didn't have the parts..you can't use tech as a substitute for seamanship and last long...the ocean will eat your tech in second if you can't safely sail your vessel