Developed by Hawaiian Nick Beck in the early ... shows tourists how to navigate the outrigger canoe through the lagoon, Galax unfurls the sail, lowers the sloping boom and pushes off from the ...

By sailing from Hawaii to Tahiti ... Jo Anne Van Tilburg "the quintessential symbol of Polynesian mastery of the sea. The outrigger canoe is today part of every Polynesian island child's ...

That vessel — a double-hulled sailing canoe called the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus — would even influence the Disney blockbuster “Moana” decades later.