Due to weather concerns, the Na Holo Kai outrigger sailing canoe race has been rescheduled, according to Terry Galpin, a representative of the Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association. The event was set for tomorrow, but is being delayed possibly for several
Due to weather concerns, the Na Holo Kai outrigger sailing canoe race has been rescheduled, according to Terry Galpin, a representative of the Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association.
The event was set for tomorrow, but is being delayed possibly for several weeks due to a weather forecast of south winds and possible thunderstorms on Saturday, Galpin said in an e-mail from the organization’s headquarters in O‘ahu.
Aston Hotels and Resorts, and the Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association are sponsoring the event, which was first run in 1987 to celebrate the Year of the Hawaiian.
The race runs from Hale‘iwa on O‘ahu’s North Shore to a finish line at Nawiliwili.
This year marks the seventeenth annual running of the event.
The race usually begins at 7 a.m. and the first boats arrive by about 4 p.m. after crossing the Kaua‘i Channel using a combination of sail and paddling power.
The race came from the vision of long-time Kaua‘i surfer and voyaging canoe Hokule‘a crewmember Carlos Andrade, and was first organized and run by a group made up of a cross section of the outrigger canoe and Native Hawaiian communities.
Mike Kincaid, an original Na Holo Kai paddler, is the president of what is now called the Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association (http://www.hsca.biz).
The organization has also scheduled a “Sailing Canoe Festival” for Saturday, August 16 at Nawiliwili.
