Hawaii's oldest and largest recreational kayak club
This site is the official source for the 2008 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!
Sat July 4 - Fireworks seen from ground zero - paddle out to the Ala Wai seawall!
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Sun July 12 - "The Big Kahuna"! - Kailua to Kualoa, around Mokapu Peninsula. (see also the same date in "Special Events" below)
Tues July 21 -Club members Yale & Nora Passamaneck will give a show about the recent Kaiuai Rivers expedition.
Until something else comes along, we've decided to keep meeting at Paki Hale in Kapiolani park, 3840 Paki Ave, Honolulu. Here is a map
to get you there.
Sun July 12 - "The Super Kahuna" - coinciding with the much tamer "Big Kahuna", this grinder goes on for 21 miles!
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Skills:
Sun Aug 23 - HWK Paddling Skills Clinic - all aspects of beginning ocean kayaking, by certified ACA Instructors. Veteran paddlers also invited.
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Fri July 17 - Mon July 20 - Oahu Kayak Tour: multi-night campout along the Windward Coast, in prep for the more strenuous off-island paddles. Make all your equipment mistakes now, not later!
Fishing:
To no one's surprise, Steve Harris won the coveted "Big Black Fish" trophy as the Fisherman Of The Year, largely on the basis of his incredible snagging of a 61# sailfish back in September. An article with pictures is here.
Other winners in various categories were Lois Miyashiro, Ed Rhinelander, Chuck "Earhorn" Ehrhorn, and of course the Fishmaster himself, Norm Chun. Congratulations all!
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The Progressive Fishing Tournament for 2009 is already under way, starting with the Dec 10 paddle around Mokapu. If you want to watch the competion is shaping up, check out our Fishing Pages.
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The Windbag Regatta 2008 was won by Ed Rhinelander
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...
The 2nd Annual Hui Wa'a Kaukahi Kane'ohe Bay Bash! was a roaring success, by anyone's standards. Plenty people turned out for the "Dingle Dunk" on Sat and the "Hat-'n-Back" relay race on Sunday. In addition, the 9th Annual Kayak Fishing Tournament pulled in 17 contestants, and Club member Steve Harris won the Grand Prize - a Scrambler XT Angler kayak - with his 2nd-day 8.4-lb. ulua 'aukea (Giant trevally), and Tim Sawyer took 2nd place with a 7-pounder.
The full results are here, Details are in The Lifeline
- The Progressive Fishing Tournament(PFT) for 2009 started with the Dec 10 (2008) paddle. Does that sound odd to you? Well it was 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 quarterly, and distributed free to all members in both paper and emailed 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) 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 Website reprints will be in color)
- Classified ads - kayaking-related, noncommercial
- Announcements - kayaking-related
- Letters to the Editor
The deadline for the next issue is
Past
next mailout is ...
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
Trip Leader's Release and Waiver Form. All paddle leaders should have a copy of this at each event, and ensure that every paddler has signed it before joining the group. Please see the requirement of ACA membership below. 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 insurance 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 pay a $10 fee per event for ACA coverage 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 required in order to participate in our outdoor activities, but is no longer "free" - as in, "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 2009 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.
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)
