Team Hawaii

This made me curious about all the ropes stretched between the iako. What purpose do they serve?

#1 Wed, 12/15/2010 - 10:33pm

@jc : Net, for keeping paddlers underwater in case they huli.

#3 Wed, 12/15/2010 - 11:42pm

Hiro, that makes sense.

toa moana, the soundtrack makes it heaps better.

just be patient, at about 8:57 in the vid all hell breaks loose.

#5 Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:23am

At 7:27 seat 3 (in yellow ) misses a stroke.... could be why all hell breaks loose at 8:57 jc

Anyone guess what the clicking noise is .....?? ...give in..??? Ok it's the Gopro rattling on the mount "cos Pat forgot to put the orange Doohickey in to stop the movement. Most people throw it away thinking it's part of the packaging.

How did the canoe steer Jimmy, compared to say a Mirage?

R

#7 Thu, 12/16/2010 - 4:43pm

So it tracks pretty well then like most of the canoes designs from the Big Island... steerer friendly.

And the clicking I believe is me hitting the square cockpit area in five seat ( drumming the boat).

Good lord .... remind me never to lend you my carbon steering blade then ...hehe

Orange Dohickey

#9 Thu, 12/16/2010 - 5:33pm

They cane in a separate plastic bag, most people miss them and throw away as nothing in the manual about them. They look like a nose pincher swimmers wear, good for when changing nappies too.!!

R

#11 Thu, 12/16/2010 - 7:27pm

i just realized the reason i never heard the clicking noises is that i've always used the suction cup mount on my canoe or the handlebar mount on my iako.

but i still wish i had the doohickey so i could use the mounting clips too. wonder if it would work if i just jam some tape or silly putty in there.

#13 Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:35am

Thanks for sharing that! Were you guys tapering for Hawaiki nui at this point?

Notes:
- 60-63 stroke rate
- 14 strokes per side
- 3 is calling
- Technique seems to be a bit more vertical then I have seen them before, but could not get a good view of Kai, he has that big reach from the side normally, Mikes stroke is a bit different then the rest, but they are all hitting perfect.

Can you post the mph, heart rates and the program for the day? call it a Christmas gift to the ocpaddler community ;)

#15 Mon, 12/20/2010 - 9:34am

Eh Rambo,

Mahalos again for helping us video gumbys out.

aloha,
pog

#17 Fri, 12/17/2010 - 5:32pm

Thank you to all those with the technique critique. I didn't realize how many coaches were on ocpaddler.com...

The workout was 6 x 30', The average speed for this 30' piece was 9.1 mph, and I think heart rate is overrated.

#19 Sun, 12/19/2010 - 6:24am

just one overcast day and everyone gets all grumpy. good thing it doesn't snow in hawai'i. no telling what would happen without Chuckles here to regulate.

on a side note, i've seen single ropes stretched between iako on a conventional rig but never knew what that was for either... anyone have a theory on that? and why does the ama move with the pipe iako boat? do the iako need to be stiffer? it looks like it couldn't be the rigging that would shift. especially since the iako sink straight into the hull and the ama so no loose ropes... a year or two ago my buddy KJ was dreaming up a rig very similar to the one shown in the vid but he never got around to testing it. could the rig in the video be improved by laminating square wood iako in the same type of curve as the tubes? what the heck are those tube iako made out of anyway?

#21 Sun, 12/19/2010 - 1:23pm

Single string is for hanging the banana hammock on when riding bareback.

#23 Sun, 12/19/2010 - 2:08pm

What happen to that neat ILH surfski race video. That was a very inspiring video for a bunch of Middle School kids who enjoyed watching it and got me to launch the Scuppers so they could go paddle before the rain came. Too bad that it was removed, for it gave a glimpse of what high school solo kayak paddling is all about.

#25 Sun, 12/19/2010 - 4:37pm

Not much sense in stainless, too expensive. Aluminum tubing is cheap, readily available and very easy to work with.

#27 Mon, 12/20/2010 - 5:29am