tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post5906027710360730530..comments2024-03-13T08:16:23.560-07:00Comments on Indigenous Boats: Hōkūleʻa in Bar Harbor, MaineBob Holtzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-28539756352795797242016-07-27T04:45:31.944-07:002016-07-27T04:45:31.944-07:00Wade - good point about the sail material. One wou...Wade - good point about the sail material. One would assume that matting would behave quite differently from Dacron. Bob Holtzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-30103888590198594152016-07-26T18:47:45.274-07:002016-07-26T18:47:45.274-07:00I was glad to board the boat at Mystic, which I ha...I was glad to board the boat at Mystic, which I had waited to do ever since reading about it in the 1976 National Geographic. I understand its importance in the Hawaiian and general Polynesian Revival movements, but have been disappointed in one thing in the first function as a "performance replica" -- you can't quite call it that until you use the pandanus-leaf woven mat sails for an entire voyage. The performance of Dacron sails vs. the mat sails must be quite different. They used them very briefly, I believe, before abandoning them for Dacron. It was not because of availability -- Hawaiian women wove more than enough -- so much that some was donated to a museum(s). So that question will remain for the time being.Wade Tarziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876387351164907807noreply@blogger.com