abstract:The outrigger canoe (Filipino and Indonesian: bangka; New Zealand Māori: waka ama; Cook Islands Maori: vaka; Hawaiian: waa; Tahitian and Samoan:vaa) is a type of canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull. Smaller canoes often employ a single outrigger on the port side, while larger canoes may employ a single-outrigger, double-outrigger, or double-hull configuration (see also catamaran).
With the fake thatched hut, tribal dancers in grass skirts and 20-foot outriggercanoe onstage, you might think you were in the middle of homecoming at Honolulu High.
Every October attention turns to the sea during the Hawaiki Nui Va'a, an outriggercanoe race that attracts more than 100 teams which navigate around the Society Islands between Huahine, Raiatea, Taha'a and Bora Bora.