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Hawaii's oldest and largest recreational kayak club
This site is the official source for the Day-Paddle Schedule for the
Hui Wa'a Kaukahi kayak club of Hawai'i,
as well as legal stuff, articles, photos, and news of note. When changes occur in the schedule, it will be posted here first, so before you throw your boat on top of the car, check the pertinent page here to see if the time has changed or the put-in has moved!
Sun Aug 1 - The "Super Kahuna" - our longest single paddle on Oahu, from Makapu'u to Kualoa Park.
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Sat Aug 14 - The Gold Coast - E-Z Glider from Maunalua Bay to Kahala
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Tues Aug 17 - "The Sea of Cortez" - Globetrotting Club member Mark Rognstad recently went on a solo kayak trip around the Gulf of California, and has some slides to prove it
Meeting Location: - Paki Hale, 3840 Paki Ave, Kapiolani Park, Honolulu- Here is a map
Sat Aug 7 - Paddler's Papio Open Fishing Tournament
Sun Aug 29 - Kayaking Skills Clinic
Tues Sept 7 - Steerage Board meeting
Sat Sept 18 weekend - K-Bay Bash & Papio Fishing Contest
Sat Sept 18 - Worldwide Water Quality Monitoring Day: Hui O Koolaupoko would like kayakers to help
Sat Sept 25 weekend - "Blue Angels" airshow in Kaneohe Bay
Sat Oct 23 weekend - Braggers' Rights Fishing Contest
Sat Nov 6 - 2011 Paddle schedule planning meeting
Sun Nov 14 - Clean The Stream
Tues Dec 21 - Club Christmas Party
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Once again, Steve Harris took away the "Big Fish" trophy as Fisherman Of The Year for 2009, as a result of virtually skunking the rest of the field. Second Place was the Fishmaster himself Norm Chun, followed by Chuck Ehrhorn in Third. Stan McCrea was humorously honored as "Best Oama Catcher" of the Club, and Nora & Yale Passamaneck were acclaimed the "Most Promising" fishermen, whatever that means.
Melanie Wong won Best Photograph of 2009 with her shot of a whale encounter in Sitka, while Terry Shimabukero followed with his study of pandemonium during the Tandem Team races at Easter.
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The "K-Bay Bash", or at least the papio fishing contest part of it, had a great turnout by both fish and fishermen! Newcomer Andrew Burge's 7lb.-7oz papio earned him a new Ocean Kayaks™ Prowler Trident 13! And weighing in at 18lb.-9oz, Ward Otake's ulua aukea took "Biggest Other Fish" category. Aquahunters' Dave Elgis a.k.a. "Boogie D" cleaned up the bay by bringing in a total of 9 papio, all by himself.
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The Progressive Fishing Tournament for 2010 is already starting with the first paddle on Dec 18. If you want to compete this year, you should read the rules first as there is a funny little scoring system for this. Check it out. Then check for your place in the Standings
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The Windbag Regatta 2009 was won by Paul Tibbetts
Please let me know ASAP if you
have a suggestion for an event. Please note that there are
still a few paddles that don't as yet have leaders, so please
think about volunteering.
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If you wish to receive my sporadic notices about upcoming events, etc., please send an email to subscribe(at)huiwaa.org with "kayak club" in the subject line (see note on email below) In the body of the email, simply tell me what your real name is, since it isn't always obvious from the email address...
An untoward hard-drive "event" caused me to lose all my collected e-mail addresses in September. Please send them to me again, if you want to get back in on the list
We now have a forum! Matt has kindly set up a Hui Wa'a Kaukahi page on HawaiiTalks® for both our members and the Oahu kayak community in general. It's just starting out, but with your participation, it could soon be a major resource for kayakers here in Hawaii. You will need to register before you can post, of course, but you can "lurk" without registering.
Join the discussion!
The 11th Annual Hui Wa'a Kaukahi Kane'ohe Bay Papio Fishing Contest! was another great event, although in a somewhat abbreviated form from the previous years (no Dingle Dunk this time...). the tournament pulled in 14 contestants, and newcomer Andrew Burge won the Grand Prize - a Ocean Kayaks™ Prowler Trident® kayak - with his 1st-day 7.5-lb. papio 'aukea (white papio), and Ward Otake took 2nd place with a 6-pounder, but took 1st Place in the "Other Fish" category with a 18-1/2-pound ulua 'aukea (Giant trevally).
, Details are in The Lifeline
- The Progressive Fishing Tournament(PFT) for 2010 will start with the Dec 18 (2009) paddle. Does that sound odd to you? Well it is the first paddle after the Xmas awards ceremony, and these guys don't want to have a single fish go uncounted! If you want to compete this year, you should read the rules first as there is a funny little scoring system for this. Check it out. Also check for your place in the Standings
“The Lifeline”
The Lifeline is a periodical newsletter of Hui Wa'a Kaukahi, published more-or-less quarterly, and distributed free to all members in both paper (B&W) and emailed in color PDF form. Articles and photographs for inclusion in the newsletter may be submitted by members and non-members alike, as long as they are kayak-related, of interest to the general membership, and are non-commercial. All submissions must be received by the Editor (Alan Calhoun) by the deadline date below. His email is kayak-fool(at)hawaii.rr.com
The following submissions are accepted:
- Articles, preferably with pictures
- Pictures with short captions (The Lifeline is presently printed in B&W, but emailed PDFs and Website reprints are in color)
- Classified ads - kayaking-related, noncommercial
- Announcements - kayaking-related
- Letters to the Editor
The deadline for the next issue is
Aug 17
next mailout is ...
Aug 25
Legal Stuff
General Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month (except December), and are open to the public. Meetings start at 7:00 PM and end at 9:00, and usually have special guest speakers in the second half of the meeting. We are presently meeting at Paki Hale in Kapiolani Park, 3840 Paki Ave, Honolulu, until we find a place we like better. Here's a map
Off again, on again: After a series of long-winded and emotional meetings at the end of 2009, the Board voted to discontinue participation in the ACA Paddle America Club program for several reasons, all of which ultimately were about liability insurance coverage. Then, less than a month later, a new interpretation of the requirements was presented, and the Board reversed itself. So now, once again, we are Members In Good Standing of ACA and PAC, and are snugly under their insurance umbrella. The good side to this process is that we have taken on a more active role in matters of safety and personal responsibility, and will shortly presenting new guidelines for the members to low on our paddles. They will be available here soon, and also printed in the Lifeline.
Trip Leader's Release and Waiver Form. THIS FORM HAS CHANGED! Please read the note above. All paddle leaders should have a copy of this at each event, and ensure that every paddler has signed it before joining the group. This is a PDF version of the waiver form that will print on three pages with all formatting intact. To view or print this form, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed as a plug-in on your computer. If you don't already have it and want to get it, you can download it for free by clicking this button.
Paddle Ratings: We spent a long time coming up with a system that made sense for the kind of kayaking we actually do here in Hawaiian waters, so please read it carefully. You can also click on the rating icon contained in the event description to see the whole page.
Notice to Non-members: Just because we have posted our schedule on the world stage is not to say that these events (other than the Meetings) are open to the public. Because of liability concerns, these paddles are for Members only. If you live in Hawaii and are interested in becoming a member and joining us, please e-mail Rusty at the address below for info about coming to one of our regular meetings. Please read the FAQs about the club before you do. There is a PDF version of our new Membership Form here that can be printed and mailed in. NOTE: Non-members are however welcome to tag along as "guests" but they will be required to read and sign the new waiver before they can go. The same is true for Club members who have not renewed their ACA membership.
Please Note: There has been a change in the Club dues structure recently - membership in ACA is still recommended but no longer required in order to participate in our outdoor activities, and thus is not included in your yearly dues. There is an explanation of the dues here. Don't panic. It's still a good deal...
Now read this:
The entire contents of this Website, including text, photographs and other graphics, are copyrighted 2010 by Hui Wa'a Kaukahi, a Hawaii nonprofit corporation, except as noted. No part of this Website may be copied, reproduced or retransmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Webmaster of this site. Even if permission is obtained, the content source and author must always be acknowledged.
Contact Us:
Comments, etc to contact@huiwaa.nospam.org (Remove the .nospam before sending, obviously). Any email sent MUST have the word "kayak" or "kayak club" in the Subject line, or it will be automatically deleted...
The same rule applies to all mail sent to these other Hui addresses:
the addy for the e-notices is subscribe@huiwaa.nospam.org and Lifeline article submissions is editor@huiwaa.nospam.orgRusty Lillico, Webmaster,
Hui Wa'a Kaukahi Kayak Club, PO Box 11588, Honolulu, HI 96828Membership applications and payments can be mailed to Steve Harris, at the same PO as above.
Mailing list queries to Paul Tibbetts at hwk_membership@hawaii.nospam.rr.com (same procedure as above)
