TAHITI TOA VA'A RACE

November 28, 2009 from 8am to 1pm – Tahiti : Tautira to Papeete A 9 men race with change juste like Molokai Hoe on the East coast of Tahiti from Tautira (home of the great Maire Nui) to Papeete. A 68K's race. More info in couple week. This is an inaugural race....

Web site
http://www.tahiti-toavaa.com/

Need some new racks. I forgot the name of the company that makes those minimalist alu. tube rear truck racks--the ones with the back-bend and the radiuses' at the corners? Name and contact?

Are they solid and not shaky and noisy at speed? Any comments compared to Thules?

mahalo

The final results for 2009 Hawaiki Nui Va'a have been posted.....finally. See the attached link. Shell's overall time was approximately one minute faster than OPT, but OPT won because of higher placement in two of the races.

http://outriggercanoe.hawaikinuivaa.pf/results-2009.html

Aloha, a couple of years ago, after Hawaiki nui i remeber reading Danny Chings experience on the his race, it was great to hear all the details about it, i think it helps us day dreamers that one day want to bring a crew down this prestigious race.... how about this year? anybody of Team Hawaii would like to talk stories, and help with your experience to all of us who want to go ONE DAY?

MAHALO IN ADVANCE

Hey gang,

Nice race. We collected A LOT of canned goods...don't know how many pounds yet, but paddlers' generous donations will be greatly appreciated by some people who are less fortunate on Thanksgiving. Mahalo.

In case you are bored. This is what we do around here when there are no waves on the ocean.

Stingray OC1 for sale. Double Carbon fibre, Dark blue and light blue deck with white hull.
I live in Tsawwassen just outside of Vancouver. The canoe is 3 years old but never raced or in big water.
Very good condition, garage kept

$2700 can

Call Tom
604-218-9282

.. apart from Uncle Nap ( i'm sure he lives there)

Three cameramen this filming year , a bunch of special shoots and the usual Rambo gadgets. We're going "live" bouncing a signal off Trader Jacks roof on to the Moon and back to deliver video to the world .... nah we're not ... just kidding, but we are doing the days highlights at the end of each day and i've hocked the house on an awesome new main camera (don't tell Mrs Rambo)

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See ya there.
www.vakaeiva.com

Rambo

Now that the 2009 Hawaiki Nui Va'a is over, I was wondering about the makeup of Team Hawaii. Does anyone know the rationale behind taking eight paddlers to Tahiti (vs. 12, 13, or 14)? Although the final day's results have yet to be posted, it appears that Team Hawaii's finishes declined each day. The first day they did well, but then they started to slide back into the pack. From a distant observation, this would perhaps indicate fatigue but there might have been other factors as well. It seems like a strategic oversight to not paddle with a fresh crew each day (e.g.

Aloha nui gange, i couldn't find the complete results for Hawaiki nui, anybody get'em?

mahalos.