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Tsunami Warnings
Mahalo nui to those who helped protect our canoes from a possible tsunami on Tuesday. Most of the world was spared from tidal waves from that huge release of energy in one of the biggest recorded earth quakes in history. It’s important to remember that material things are not as important as people, so don’t put yourself in harms way unnecessarily. And when it comes to tsunamis it’s best to ignore the skeptics and find higher ground for the duration. Fortunately we have the NOAA warning network with excellent analysis, sensors and simulations to provide accurate timely warnings. Check out the video re-creation based on live buoy data.
1st Place In State Division A
On Aug. 2, 6 crews with number 1 seeds went to Maui to compete at Hanaka’ō’ō Beach. There were on-shore breaking waves all day but most of the course was protected from the strong winds. However there was a strong rip tide running all through the course making for challenging steering especially for non-local crews.
There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that it takes the whole club pulling together to help propel these 6 crews to represent all of us at States. We fielded the M70, M65, W18, Mfr, Mjr and M55. It’s no easy feat to qualify for States and it’s not a cheap endeavor for crews or our club. All our crews trained hard and did a fantastic job at states in Division A.
We finished the regatta with 71 points, tying with a local club for first place. Full results here.
Congratulations to Zoe, one of our youth paddlers, who qualified for a $1,000 scholarship from HCRA based on an essay contest. Each year HCRA holds an essay contest for youth paddlers and the odds are good, so all you 18 and under paddlers submit one.
Dragon Boats in Hilo
Every 2 years Hilo hosts the Haarii Boat Festival and they need some steersmen to help out. They tend to provide some donations to clubs that help them. So if you’re interested, sign up and help them. There’s a practice day Aug. 15th and the race day is Aug. 16th. By all accounts from previous races volunteers have a great time an you typically only need to steer about 3 events.
Please contact Grant to assist:
Grant T. Miyashiro
Co-chair, 2025 Haarii Boat Festival
📧 gtmiyashiro@gmail.com
📞 (914) 721-0393