Hey Doug, I grew up doing some boating / fishing with my father in Fla. Then got into surfing which eventually brought me to Hawaii in the early 70s. Looking around there, the folks that seemed to be having fun at work were the charter boat folks. That planted the seed for me. Soon I was working as. Beach boy at a special small resort called Kona Village Resort. Where I was able to build up the time on the water required for the test.
Once licensed and living a 25' engineless sailboat I started to explore the Islands in ernest. Leading to years of migrating up and down the chain seasonally, Kauai in the summers , big island in the winters. Lots of adventures along the way.
After many years of doing winter whale watching off of the kona coast, and Maui , and doing Kauai, Na Pali tours in the summer. My interests pushed me to persue South Pacific voyaging. Along came Tevake. Sorry scroll down a bit to see tevake
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/618910-voyaging-canoes-depart-hanalei.html
The perfect platform for cruising the S. Pacific. Looking for uncrowded waves, and trying to learn more about the Polyneisan migration across the pacific.
Yep a few stories along the way. Just can't find the pic of Tevake arriving in N Z under jury riged windsurf sails after dismasting half way from Fiji. But this is long enough allready.
Cheers Richard. AKA Captain Ono :-)