Mahalo again, Richard .. That second link is dynamite .. a very nice looking sailing canoe. I'm going to ask a young Kailua friend (canoe fanatic) to go in on one with me.
Nick must have moved from Kauai to Truckee right after I moved from Truckee to Bend a few years ago ..
Coincidentally, the surf buddy I mentioned was winning most of the inter-island sailing canoe races during the '90s, teamed up with Cappie Sheelie. We did a couple Maui-Molokai-Lanai camping trips with his sailing canoe during those years, and the first 1-day Maui-around Kahoolawe-Maui paddle/sail that we know of.
.. pretty sure Mike was born with gills :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Spalding Funny thing, we couldn't get him to come out for canoe paddling when we were teenagers ..