2009 Domie Gose Koa Canoes & Paddles
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2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
Outrigger Canoe Club Master Craftsman Domie Gose displays a sailing canoe he crafted out of koa wood as a gift to members. Domie is the Club's Maintenance Department Supervisor.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
Outrigger Canoe Club Master Craftsman Domie Gose displays a sailing canoe he crafted out of koa wood as a gift to members. Domie is the Club's Maintenance Department Supervisor. Domie has upgraded all of the Club's koa canoes over the years to bring them into compliance with HCRA race rules.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
Manu of Ku was a gift to the members of the Outrigger Canoe Club from long-time employee Domie Gose. Domie was given a koa log from the Big Island by past president Karl Heyer IV. The log was three feet long, five inches wide and had a thickness of 2.5 feet. After 150 hours of cutting, shaping, grinding, chiseling, sanding and finishing, this Ali'i warrior canoe emerged, complete with sails and paddles.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
The canoe rests on a koa base resembling the island of Oahu with a koa honu (turtle) representing the members of the OCC.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
The koa sails on the canoe are spectacular. They are made from curly koa and the wood grain is exquisite.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
Domie shows the Kakina model he made of the Club's 73-year-old koa canoe. He remodeled the 38-foot Kakina in 2008 to bring it up to the new HCRA racing standards.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
The Kakina model.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
The Kakina model
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
Before the Manu O Ku, Domie built a scale-model replica of the Hokule'a voyaging canoe for his wife Lisa.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
Like the Manu O Ku, the Hokule'a model also rests on a koa replica of the island of Oahu, complete with paddles and honu. The four honu on the base represent his family.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
Domie has been crafting koa paddles for members for many years.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
These paddles sit on a koa base of Oahu, like his canoe models.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
The koa grain of the wood in the paddles is beautiful.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
The koa grain of the wood in the paddles is beautiful.
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles
2009 Domie Gose Canoes & Paddles