| Maui Sailing Canoe Offers Other Services | | You may not know, but we offer many other services other than our daily sailing canoe tours. We do beautiful weddings, photo shoots, spreading of ashes, cultural & educational tours, and private charters. If theres anything that you have in mind, run it by us, and we will do our best to accomodate you. | |
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Yes, it's that time of year again- WHALE Season. It's absolutely facinating. Join us and experience whale watching the natural way.
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If you had a great time sailing with us please spread the word. One great way to do that is by posting a review on Trip Advisor.
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| Good Time to Visit Maui | | |
If you're thinking of coming to Maui, now's the time to do it. There are still lots of good deals on flights, accommodations, & dining out.
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Reservations
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(808) 281-9301or | Book A Tour
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| Contact Information |
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Email: info@ mauisailingcanoe.com
P.O. Box 791703
Paia, HI 96779
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| Newsletter # 5 | Spring 2011 |
Aloha Friends and Family,
Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and we wish all of you the very best for a happy and healthy new year! Let us help fulfill your New Years resolution by getting you out to spend more time on the water to relax, excercise, or just simply enjoy. Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Adventures (aka Maui Sailing Canoe) is going on six years of providing our unique Maui water adventure. Please come join us! |
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Sage with cousin Logan
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| New Stuff | |
Sage earned his Realtor Salesperson License early last year and does side work with Hawaii Life Real Estate Services. He works with a very good team at Hawaii Life and his Broker is president of the Hawaii Real Estate Association. For more information you can go to:
HawaiiLife.com
or email Sage at sage@hawaiilife.com
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| Wa'a Pe'a Technical Information | |
Canoe Molds
The molds are the first conception of builing a modern canoe and determine the main design structure of the "kino" or hull of the canoe. Molds are usually
made out of fiberglass, wood, and re-bar. Some of the most hi tech, fastest outrigger canoes on the ocean today are made in molds using carbon, epoxy resin, and vacuum bagging technology.
A legendary surfboard shaper named Ernie Tanaka (one of Sage's first surfboards was an Ernie Tanaka!) set out to make an experimental paddling canoe in the 1990's with his son, Tommy Tanaka. The shape they came up with was not the best for paddling, but had the unintended result of being the fastest sailing canoe hull around. There are very few "Tanaka's" in existence, and they are highly sought after by those in the sailing canoe racing community.
Sage's brother Sark Wetzel, was on the west side of Oahu one day when he noticed a six man canoe mold sitting in someone's yard in Maile. After finding the owner, he came to find out it was THE original Tanaka mold. Sark is one of very few sailing canoe builders in Hawaii, and he immediately knew the importance of what he had found. He bought the mold on the spot and shipped it off to his home on Kaua'i where he is now producing some of the fastest outrigger canoes on the water!
On a side note, our sailing canoe the "Hina," was built by master canoe builder Kirkwood Clark on Molokai. It is an experimental hull design, a modified "Bradley" canoe. The Bradley was invented by Sonny Bradley, and shattered the open ocean outrigger paddle racing record books when it first came out in the late 1980's. Kirkwood Clark made a modified Bradley mold, popped this one canoe out of it (Hina), and then destroyed the mold. So the Hina is what you would call a "one out," meaning one hull popped out of the mold, then pau!
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| Ko'i Awards Opening Ceremony |
 Escorting the Mo'olele
"Hina" was proud to be part of escorting the Mo'olele into Wailea Beach during the Ko'i Awards which honored Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson for his outstanding contributions to Hawaiian culture & the community.
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| Resources & References | |
Web sites, Books, etc....
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| Press | A MUST WATCH...Super Funny!!!
Ellen DeGeneres with Eric Stonestreet from Modern Family
Eric talks about his Maui Sailing Canoe Experience
Travel and Leisure Magazine October 2010
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| Personal Note | |
2010 was a very busy year for us. Kirra (6 years) started kindergarten at Kamehameha Schools campus here on Maui which she absolutely loves. She says her favorite thing at school is playing music. Cru (2 1/2 years) is quite an active little boy. He still loves to climb, and he loves trains. And yes it's true...even though our ohana works around the ocean with our business, and Liz now working tug boats, we still don't get as much water time as we would like. One of our family resolutions this year is to get more beach time =)
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Hope 2011 brings us all lots of time at the beach. A hui hou!
Aloha No,
Liz & Sage Spalding
Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Adventures/ Maui Sailing Canoe |
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