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Hawaiian canoes offer life lessons to Na Pea pupils – West Hawaii Today

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Hawaiian canoes offer life lessons to Na Pea pupils
West Hawaii Today
Middle schoolers in the Na Pea program prepare to rig a sailing canoe at Kiholo Bay on Saturday.

Russell Roberts‘s insight:

The enthusiastic group of middle schoolers has been learning navigation, sailing techniques, and their connection to nature and Hawaiian culture since October 2013.  Na Pea instructor Dale Fergerstrom tells “West Hawaii Today” that “We’re trying to get the kids to learn on small, single hull canoes because you really have to pay attention…with small canoes…, you have smaller problems that you can fix quickly.”  Organizer Kalani Nakoa says he wants the lessons to be “deeper” than just learning the basics of navigation, adding that “Everything you need to know in life you can learn on a canoe:  sustainability, teamwork, observation, working with your environment instead of against it.”  Nakoa believes “It’s not just learning how to sail an ancient canoe, it’s learning how to move forward into the future.”  For more information on the “Na Pea” program, visit http://www.napea.info.  Aloha, Russ.

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