Outrigger Canoe Club Canoe Racing 1941-1963
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1940s Outrigger Canoe Club Paddlers
Paddling for the Outrigger Canoe Club in the 1940s were: front: Joe Pang, Sonny Young and Buster Shimm. Back: Unidentified, Reginald Nash and Turkey Love.
1940s Outrigger Canoe Club Paddling Crew
These Outrigger Canoe Club members were paddlers in the 1940s: Front: Sonny Young, Rabbit Kekai, Joe Pang, unidentified, Sol Mahoe and Jack Cross. Back: unidentified, Reggie Nash, Turkey Love, Calvin Campbell, Gomard and Ah Kong Pang.
1940s Outrigger Canoe Racing
This women's crew from the Outrigger Canoe Club has just finished a race: Yvonne "Blondie" Boyd (Erickson), Lois Gilman, Loretta Carter, unidentified, Lorraine Brown (Williams) and steered by Johnny Hollinger.
1940s Duke's Boys
A group of Outrigger Canoe Club paddlers in the 1940s became known as Duke's Boys as Duke Kahanamoku coached them to to many victories. In this canoe are Tommy O'Brien, Bob Bush, unidentified, Jimmy Pflueger, Tom Arnott and Turkey Love.
1940s Outrigger Canoe Racing
This women's crew at the Outrigger Canoe Club got a hand from Duke Kahanamoku: unidentified, Martha Smythe, Jean Taylor, Martha Stenberg, and unidentified.
1942 Kamehameha Day Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club's Junior Six came home with pineapples and other farm fair items after winning their race in the Kamehameha Day Regatta: William Prange, Toots Minvielle, Mickey Beggs, Bob Value, Bill Rolph, Johnny Crites.
1943 Outrigger Canoe Club Women's Crew
This women's crew from the Outrigger Canoe Club is ready to paddle. Jean Richert Taylor is in seat two and Herbert "Yabo" Taylor is holding the boat. If you can identify any of the other women, please let us know.
1944 Kamehameha Day Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club's Senior Men won their event in the 1944 Kamehameha Day Races: Tom Arnott, Thad Ekstrand, Jim Pflueger, Warren Ackerman, Tom O'Brien, Turkey Love.
1945 Kamehameha Day Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club crew: Front: Ah Kong Pang, Mike Mullahey, Bill Heilbron, Frenchie Lyons. Standing: Ronald Higgins, Edric Cook, Gay Harris, Johnny Holllinger, Bill Smith, Tommy Thomas, Turkey Love, Duke Kahanamoku.
1948 Kamehameha Day Regatta
The Outrigger Canoe Club Junior Men at the Kamehameha Day Races in June, 1948 were: front: "Bunny" Aldrich, Jack Sheehan and Alika Parish. Back: Bill Monahan, Peter Wilson, Bob Denton, Dennis O'Connor, "Birdnose" Wilson, Armand Smith, Bob Muirhead and Dan Tobin.
1950 Kamehameha Day Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club's Senior Women won their race: Anita Berg, Doris Berg, Joan Cooper, Helen Haxton, Gaynor Lloyd and Turkey Love, steersman.
1952 Koolaupoko Lions Club Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club's winning Men Fours at the Labor Day Koolaupoko Lions Club Regatta, were , front: Charlie Martin and Tommy Schroeder. Standing: Jim Smith and Rab Guild.
1952 Territorial Championship
Outrigger Canoe Club's Junior Men won the Territorial Championship at Kona: Jack Cross, Pat Wyman, Tom Haine, Breezer Bush, Mark Auerbach and Bill Cross.
1952 Oahu & Territorial Champions
Outrigger Canoe Club Junior Crew: Bottom row: Tom Haine, Seat 4; Charles K. Amalu, Race Strategy; Jack Cross, Captain, Steersman; Philip Kaaihui, Trainer; Henry Auerbach, Seat 3. Top Row: Bill Cross, Stroke; Mark Auerbach, Seat 2; Pat Wyman, Seat 5; Head Coach Dad Center; Ellsworth Bush, Seat 3; Jack Mattice, stroke; Bill Baird, Seat 2. The crew won the following races: Maritime Day, Honolulu Harbor; Walter Macfarlane Regatta; 4 man; Hawaiian Championship, Keehi Lagoon; Territorial Championship, Julian Yates Regatta, Kailua; Kona. Record established: 2 Miles, Time 17:15; Koolaupoko Race; Oahu.
1952 Outrigger Canoe Racing
The Outrigger Canoe Club Junior Girls crew in 1952 was: "Momo" Wysard, steerswoman; Dorothy Watt, stroke; Anajean Altman, Norma Andrade, Joan Martin, Mariette Gaspar and Gwen Davis.
1952 Outrigger Canoe Racing
Outrigger Canoe Club's Senior Six Girls on May 24, 1952: Barbara Blom, Mary Bagby, Pat Shanahan, Pat Honl, Rusty Thomas and Pam Anderson.
1952 Outrigger Canoe Racing
Outrigger Canoe Club's Junior Six crew on May 24, 1952 included: Dorothy Watt, Anajean Altman, Mariette Gaspar, Gwen Davis, Marlo Schneider and Norma Andrade.
1952 Maritime Day Regatta
Winning the Maritime Day trophy for the Senior 4 race were the Outrigger Canoe Club's Paul Dolan, stroke, Jim Pflueger, Bob Gill and Charlie Martin, steersman.
1952 Koolaupoko Lions Club Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club's winning Senior Men in the Koolaupoko Lions Club Regatta at Kailua were: Bill Cross, Mark Auerbach, E. Bush, Tom Haine, Pat Wyman and Jack Cross.
1952 Kamemahema Day Regatta
Showing off the pineapples they won in the Kamehameha Day Regatta in 1952 were members of the Boys 17 crew: Paul Dolan, Stanford Formes, Jim Smith, Jack Mattice and Charlie Martin.
1953 Territorial Championships
Outrigger Canoe Club's Junior Six won their event at the Territorial canoe racing championships on September 7, 1953 in Kailua-Kona. They are: Marcia Cross kissing Jack Cross, Bill Goodheart, Tom Haine, Bob Muirhead, Mark Auerbach and Bill Cross.
1953 Hawaii Canoe Race Championships
Outrigger Canoe Club's Junior Four won the Hawaiian Canoe Race Championships on July 12, 1953. They are: Jack Cross, Breezer Bush, Billy Goodheart and Jack Mattice.
1953 Maritime Day Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club's winning Boys 17 & under crew in the 1953 Maritime Day regatta were: Bobby Daniels, steersman; Stanwood Fermes, Tom Fink, Paul Kaufman, George Burmeister and Rick Steere, stroke.
1953 Maritime Day Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club's Freshmen Six won their race at the Maritime Day Regatta: Al Lemes, Holden DeHarne, Mike Mullahey, Curley Carswell, Charles Fischer and Sammy Kaaua.
1954 Outrigger Canoe Racing
The 1954 Outrigger Canoe Club Junior Women had a great season, scoring more points than any other crew: Kuuipo Hollinger, Aggie Quigg, Marlowe Schneider, Jane Wylie, Vickie Flexman, Billie Neal.
1954 Molokai to Oahu Race
Outrigger Canoe Club's team boards its flight to Molokai for its first entry in the Molokai Hoe in 1954: Paul Schmidt, Ed Robinson, Alan Woodell, John Russell, Roger Hall, Jim Smith. They finished fifth overall.
1954 Molokai to Oahu Race
Outrigger's first team to enter the Molokai to Oahu canoe racing was Paul Schmidt, Ed Robinson, Alan Woodell, John Russell, Roger Hall, Jim Smith. They finished fifth in the 1954 crossing.
1954 Molokai to Oahue Canoe Race
Outrigger Canoe Club paddlers slept alongside their canoes before the 1954 Molokai Channel crossing.
1954 Molokai to Oahu Canoe Race
Outrigger Canoe Club paddlers rig the Hanakeoki in preparation for the 1954 Molokai Channel crossing. It was OCC's first entry in the race.
1954 Molokai to Oahu Canoe Race
Outrigger Canoe Club first entered the Molokai to Oahu canoe race in 1954, finishing fifth. The crew was Paul Schmidt, Ed Robinson, Alan Woodell, John Russell, Roger Hall, Jim Smith. They raced in the Hanakeoki.
1956 Tom Haynie
Tom Haynie paddled a canoe at the Outrigger Canoe Club in 1956.
1957 Canoe Racing
Judging an outrigger canoe race in 1957 were Joe Maunakea, Wilmer Morris and Ell Steuber.
Kamehameha Day Regatta
Outrigger Canoe Club's Bob Fischer starts a race in the Kamehameha Day Regatta. Note the pineapples in the foreground. They were the prizes for the winners. Photo is undated but was from the 1940s.
1955 Molokai to Oahu Canoe Race
Paddlers retrieve a koa canoe in Kawakiu Nui Bay, Molokai, from big northwesterly surf prior to the start of the 1955 Molokai to Oahu Canoe Race. Shown in the photo, left ro right as faces shown: Arthur Otremba, Jams Alama, Tommy Schroeder, steersman, unknown, unknown, Toots Minvielle, OCC Coach; George Downing and Paul Dolan. Outrigger Canoe Club placed fourth in its first year competing in the race.
1957 Maritime Day Canoe Race
Outrigger Canoe Club's Boys 13 crew is shown at race at Honolulu Harbor: Fred Hemmings Jr., Pua Van Holt, Bobby Phipps, Mouse Smith, Huey Starr and Corky Fiskbeck.