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Boat Name: NA HUI HUI A MAKA LILI
Type/Rig/Power: Sailing Canoe
LOA: 16 ft. 0 in.
Beam: 2 ft. 6 in.
Home Port: Kona and Hilo Bay, Big Island, HI
Designer Name: Ben Travis
Builder Name: Ben Travis
Launching Date: 2001-04-30
NA HUI HUI A MAKA LILI is Hawaiian for "Seven Sister Stars". It is also the name of Ben Travis’ sailing outrigger canoe. Built in April of 2001, it is 16' long with a 30” beam. The unusual sail was cut from a parachute. Ben calls the rig a sprit-half-gaff rig. Construction is of fiberglass-covered plywood with a bamboo mast and outrigger. Ben says it is a “blast to sail and steer with a paddle and swim off of on the Kona coast.”
Type/Rig/Power: Sailing Canoe
LOA: 16 ft. 0 in.
Beam: 2 ft. 6 in.
Home Port: Kona and Hilo Bay, Big Island, HI
Designer Name: Ben Travis
Builder Name: Ben Travis
Launching Date: 2001-04-30
NA HUI HUI A MAKA LILI is Hawaiian for "Seven Sister Stars". It is also the name of Ben Travis’ sailing outrigger canoe. Built in April of 2001, it is 16' long with a 30” beam. The unusual sail was cut from a parachute. Ben calls the rig a sprit-half-gaff rig. Construction is of fiberglass-covered plywood with a bamboo mast and outrigger. Ben says it is a “blast to sail and steer with a paddle and swim off of on the Kona coast.”