Show Davi aw J f Amazing Sea Bea Faring Accomplish Accomplishments ments menta of Polynesian Sailors HAWAII A MONG the great nautical AMONG x events scheduled for small boats nothing arouses more interest than the annual yacht races for sailing craft regIstered from Hawaiian ports from San Francisco across the Pacific As Asa Asa a betting proposition money goes down in 10 considerable amounts upon the mainland as among the islanders who de- de desIgn design de design sign and rig as wed as hack back each amateur mariner responsIble responsible responsible ble for the sailing of his ship When this race is on all trans trans- transPacific trans transpacific pacific liners carryon carry on a continuous radio chatter with one another reo re- recording re recording cording the positions of the trail frail hulls reaching rea ching tor for home Present in Honolulu last July when the race was on I heard more about boat racing than one hears in New York when the Amer Amer- America's Amer- Amer America's ica's leas Cup is being contended for forDe forlie lie De It known while on the subject those Honolulu people know more about what a yacht can and do on the bounding main than any other set of Island dwellers in the seven seas And why should they not not Ever since the Thirteenth century throughout the t h a Polynesian archipelago have been breaking canvas into the trade winds and making distance willy nilly through the uncharted deep Not in all history is there any any- anything anything thing to with the achieve achieve- achievements achievements ments of those savage mariners coming and going between v widey separated ports They were at work colonizing long before the Caucasians began exploration of the South Pacific It is regrettable that numberless accomplishments in early day navi navi- navigation navigation gation gatlon have been up to remain forever unrecorded Others ot of which indisputable evidence reo re- remains re remains mains have challenged duplication during the succeeding centuries While there Is still sUll doubt as to whether the people of the South came first to Hawaii or vice versa the fact remains that there was con continued continued intercourse across the twenty twenty- twentythree twenty three three hundred miles of ocean that lay between Paso a Columbus of Ills Day Setting aside prior myth and ex extravagance extravagance extravagance the maritime activities of the Samoan who quarrel quarreling quarreling quarrelIng ing with his brother decided to move into more agreeable atmos ph phere ere further north are worth look looking looking looking ing into Without definite information information tion as to where the promised land might be situated built a mighty canoe large enough to seat forty plus necessary space for tor himself and minor offs am among them a navigator an astronomer a trumpeter and s slIster sister lIster To augment the man power sails were also provided A few idols sacred stones and gadgets that went with the mysticism of ot the South seas served as ballast Despite dire curses and black arts launched from Samoa by his antagonistic brother the fearless after a matter of thirty days landed on Hawaii in inthe inthe inthe the district of Puna where he and hi his followers received cordial wel welcome welcome welcome come Later he be made his headquarters headquarters at It Is interesting to note that none of the voyagers suffered from hun hunger hunger ger thirst or Illness nor at any anytime anytime anytime time during the cruise did thy y wa waver waver waver ver in their determination to pro pro- proceed proceed proceed until land was sighted After a few years of observation came to the conclusion that the royal strain among the was sorely in need of replacements To readjust this state of affairs he decided to set sail for tor Tahiti and bring back a of noble bIrth preferably one tried trusted and by regarded as a suitable party to remake Hawaii into a PO powerful kingdom With the ratification of this pro proposal proposal proposal put back to the sea and five weeks later driven by fair fairwinds fairwinds fairwinds winds and strong arms dropped anchor In the Bay Day of ot kea Tahiti Hawaii Takes Front Seat But the e great grent lacking nerve to serve on a foreign throne sent Pill who made an in instantaneous instantaneous hit no sooner had he landed in Hawaii where he settled and Inthe established his bis government in the valley of Waipio with for tor a campaign manager Through these two accomplished getters go-getters go H Hawaii took look a front seat in the Pacific ocean canoes de- de designed de designed signed to tackle any weather and remain afloat for tor five centuries dominated all aU boat bUilding throughout the Polynesians Otner OLler famous navigators include I who is said to have visited all aU of the Islands known to the ancient Kaulu a n Kalana who keha 1 spanned the heavens and and Mol M o t- t keha who could smell land a thou sand miles mUes In any direction He and his brother loved the same woman Havoc That was five centuries ago h had hada a d da a son Kila who became the great great- greatest I Iest greatest est canoe builder of his time tame a master mariner an astronomer and geographer I e C U Uv Service v I |