2015 Surfing Canoes 6-27-15
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2015 Surfing Canoes
This canoe was named for OCC Past President John Cline Mann who suggested names for many of the Club's canoes. When Cline passed away in 1996, there was an overwhelming desire in the Club to remember him with a canoe. Cline would have hated the idea and been the first to object. He was adamantly opposed to any Club canoe being named for a member, no matter who they were. He wasn't around to voice his displeasure but the irascible old curmudgeon's protests and revenge have not been lost on us. Of all our surfing canoes, the Cline has been damaged more often and more severely than any of our other surfing canoes. Most of the damage has been inflicted in front of the Club at or near Sand Bar which just happens to be where Cline's ashes lay at rest. The first Cline was dedicated in 1996. In 2008 when the Cline was again damaged, Cline's nephew Jay Dowsett donated one of his Kailuakanu Opelu mold canoes to replace the Cline, and offered lifetime repairs or replacement as long as the canoe was named the Cline. The Cline was replaced again on March 3, 2016 by Dowsett due to extensive damage.
2015 Surfing Canoes
The original `Elemakule was built in the late 1990s. It was replaced in 2014 with a Kailuakanu Opelu mold canoe. The canoe was named for "Old Man's" the surf spot near the Club.
2015 Surfing Canoes
The 'Elemakule and the Cline rest on the OCC beach ready for action.
2015 Surfing Canoes
Outrigger Canoe Club's 4-man surfing canoes Cline and 'Elemakule rest on the OCC beach.