Ua haʻi aku nā mea hana waʻa waʻa iā ʻoe he haʻuki palekana loa ka kayak. Ma muli o kaʻanoʻano o ke kaiapuni, i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole hiki ke pale loa i nā kūlana pōʻino inā ʻoe e mālama mua i ka palekana i nā manawa āpau a hahai i ka noʻonoʻo maʻamau i kēlā me kēia pae o ke ala.. No nā pōʻino hiki ʻole ke wānana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mea hoe e lawe mai i nā mea ola e pono ai ke hele i waho.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o mākou ma nā wai i mālama ʻia ma kahi kokoke i kahakai, i hiki ia kakou ke pale aku i ka makani nui, nā nalu a me nā mea kanu i hoʻoweliweli iā mākou, i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomoe i ka pō ma nā wahi mehameha me ka lako ʻole o nā lako hoʻopakele ola. pā'āluaʻoihana. Haʻi aku nā mea hana kayak waʻa plastik iā ʻoe i kēlā ʻano kūlana, ʻO kāu mau mea pono maikaʻi loa he lole ola, no laila mai poina e kau i kēlā me kēia manawa ma mua o ko mākou komo ʻana i ka wai. Inā hiki, Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomākaukau i ka whistle, wai a me kekahi mau mea momona. ʻOiai ʻaʻole manaʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi i mea hoʻopakele ola, pono kakou e maopopo – ʻO ka ikaika kino kūpono ke kumu o ka hauʻoli a me ke kumu o ka palekana.
I ka manawa pauʻoleʻoe, e hoʻomaopopo loa ʻoe i kou makemake wikiwiki i nā mea hoʻopakele i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna, a ʻo ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ke ola wao nahele āu e aʻo ai he mea pono loa. Ke haʻi aku nei nā mea hana kayak waʻa iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo ʻoe e hoe waʻa no kahi lōʻihi, a i ʻole e lanakila i nā kahakai hoʻopunipuni, ʻoiai inā manaʻo ʻoe he maikaʻi loa ʻoe i ka ʻauʻau, Ponoʻoe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūikawā. ʻO ka manaʻo o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui e pili ana: Pehea e pale ai i nā kūlana pōʻino i ka mua, Pehea e hoʻohana ai i nā mea ola ola likeʻole a pehea e pakele ai i ka wai.
I ka wā wela, Ua wela loa ka wai wai, a he mea pono loa e lawe mai i kekahi mau mea hooponopono ili ke holo makou i ka waapa ma ia ano. ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomaʻalili a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko mākou mau maka i ka lā wela. He mea koʻikoʻi loa ka pale lā, ʻo ia ka malu pale no ko mākou ʻili. A laila he mau mele. ʻOiaiʻaʻole ikaika ka lā i ke kakahiaka a iʻole ahiahi, e hoʻomālamalama ikaika ka wai. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻaʻahu i nā aniani, e hoopilikia loa ia i ko kakou mau maka. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i kouʻili mai nā uv rays e mālama iā ia i waho o ka lā. Ke haʻi aku nei ka mea hana kayak waʻa iā ʻoe ke hele mākou i ka hoe, ʻOiai inā he lā, Pono mākou e hoʻokomo i nā lole lōʻihi lōʻihi, a hoʻokomo i nā puʻupuʻu nylon maloʻo wikiwiki a me nā kāmaʻa. ʻO kēia ʻano lole pepehi ʻelua manu me ka pōhaku hoʻokahi: ʻAʻole ia e pale wale i ka ʻili, akā, loaʻa ka manaʻo ʻoluʻolu.
Hōʻike nā mea hana kayak waʻa plastik iā ʻoe i ka wā e ʻokoʻa loa ka mahana o ka wai a me ka mahana, a i ka wā wela, paʻakikī maoli ke koho ʻana i nā lole ʻoluʻolu. No ka mea, ʻoiai i ke kauwela wela, He kiʻekiʻe loa ka pae'āina, akā, ʻaʻole kiʻekiʻe loa ka mahana o ka wai. Ke hāʻuleʻole neiʻoe i ka wai, e pau koke ka wela o ke kino, a e kahe ana ke anu i ke kino holookoa, no laila e noʻonoʻo pono a koho i kahi lole kūpono no nā kūlana e like me kēia. He koho maikaʻi ia e hoʻohui i kahi lole wai i kou ʻaʻahu pili haole. Ke hāʻule mau ka mahana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokomo i ka lole wai a hoʻokomo i kekahi mau lole hou, a maikaʻi loa ka hopena o ka mālama ʻana.
Ke haʻi aku nei nā mea hana kayak waʻa i ka wā e haʻahaʻa ai ka ea a me ka mahana o ka wai, ʻO ka manaʻo nui loa no kā mākou mau waʻa hoe ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mahanahana. Ma lalo o kēlā mau kūlana, pono mākou e ʻōwili pono iā mākou iho a koho i kēlā mau lole wai ʻole me ke ʻano maikaʻi. I kēia manawa, ʻO ka hapa nui o nā lole wai wai ma ka mākeke i hana ʻia i nā mea synthetic, e like me ka polyester fiber a me nā mea neoprene, he mea kūpono loa ia no ka wai ʻana. He maikaʻi nō hoʻi nā lole ʻano huluhulu, akā loaʻa hoʻokahi drawback fatal – maloʻo mālie a kaumaha ke pulu. ʻO kēia kahi manaʻo e ʻōlelo ai: ʻOi aku koʻu makemake e olohelohe ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lole wai pulupulu. ʻO ia ka mea ʻino loa o nā lole wai ʻole. Ua maloʻo mālie ke pulu, a alakaʻi pū i ka wela o ke kino i waho. He maikaʻi ke koho i ka wā mahana. Inā makemake ʻoe e loaʻa kahi lole pale makani, Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i ka nylon waterproof top a me nā pants wai, ke komo ana, e manaʻo ʻoe aia ʻoe “paʻa lewa” a mehana loa ma ke kino. No ka pale kumu i ke anu, ʻO ka maikaʻi loa ke kūʻai ʻana i ka lole wai. Hoʻohana kēia lole i nā kaula peʻa latex ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae, pūhaka a me ka ʻāʻī kahi e paʻa ai ka makani i ka makani a me ka wai, he hopena koʻikoʻi i ka pale wai a me ka makani. He pipiʻi loa nā lole pale wai a pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia inā hele mau ʻoe i waho e hoe i ke anuanu.
ʻae nō hoʻi, ʻo ka mea nui, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka moku. No ka hana ʻana i kēia, pono mākou e hoe i ka waʻa ma kahi i hoʻomalu ʻia a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo e hōʻemi i nā neʻe e hiki ke hoʻohuli i ka waʻa i ka wā e hoe ai mākou.. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā wai maʻamau, ʻano paʻa ka kayak leʻaleʻa, koe na wai me ka makani ikaika a me ka ale. ʻO ka mea hana kayak waʻa plastik e haʻi iā ʻoe no ka palekana, hoe waapa nui makou ma kahakai kokoke. ʻOiai e kahuli ka waʻa, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i nā lako hoʻopakele ola i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e pae koke i uka a palekana. Eia pū pū kekahi, i ka wai anuanu, ʻo ka waʻa āu e koho ai e kuhikuhi pū i kou ʻaʻahu. Inā koho ʻoe i kahi waʻa paepae, ʻo ia hoʻi e pili kokoke ana ʻoe me ka wai, a ʻaʻohe pono e komo i ka lole wai. Ma ke kue, inā koho ʻoe i ka moku cockpit, e okoa ana.
Nui nā ʻano lole wai ʻole i hiki iā ʻoe ke koho mau i kāu mea makemake, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kayak he nui nā keʻena e mālama ai i nā mea āu e makemake ai. I ke anuanu, ʻO ke komo ʻana i ka pāpale huluhulu ua like ia me ke kau ʻana i nā mīkina lima ma kou poʻo. Ke haʻi aku nei ka mea hana kayak waʻa iā ʻoe inā ʻoe e hoe ana i ka waʻa cockpit, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kahi ʻāpana wai, maikaʻi loa ka hopena wai, a e pumehana loa ka hale, a inā ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka lā wela, he mea pono loa – no ka pale ʻana i ka lā.
