Outrigger Canoe at Sunset in Kailua Kona

by Catherine Sherman

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Outrigger Canoe at Sunset in Kailua Kona

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Catherine Sherman

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"Outrigger Canoe at Sunset in Kailua Kona" by Catherine Sherman.

A crew paddles an outrigger canoe at sunset off the rocky shore of Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaii, which is also known as the state's Big Island. Kona is the name of a moku or district on the northwestern side of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the State of Hawaii.

In the Hawaiian language, kona means leeward or dry side of the island, as opposed to ko olau which means windward or the wet side of the island. In the times of Ancient Hawaiʻi, Kona was the name of the leeward district on each major island.

The Big Island is the largest and the southeastern-most of the Hawaiian islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,430 km2), it is larger than all of the other islands in the archipelago combined and is the largest island in the United States. The island is often referred to as the "Big Island" to reduce confusion between the island and the state.

As of the 2020 census, the population was 200,629. The county seat and largest city is Hilo.

Wikipedia: Outrigger boats were originally developed by the Austronesian-speaking peoples of the islands of Southeast Asia for sea travel. It is believed that the use of outriggers may have been initially caused by the need for stability on small watercraft after the invention of crab claw sails some time around 1500 BCE.

Outrigger boats were essential in the transportation of Austronesians both eastward to Polynesia and New Zealand and westward across the Indian Ocean as far as Madagascar during the Austronesian migration period. The Austronesian peoples (Malagasy, Maritime Southeast Asian, Micronesian, Melanesian, Taiwanese indigenous peoples, and Polynesian peoples) continue to be the primary users of the outrigger boats."

This photograph was taken in February 2011.

Third place tie: Sunrise -Sunset Reflections Silhouettes contest (Aug. 29, 2020)

Featured in "Sunrise and Sunset Seascapes" group; "Beauty Captured" group; "ABC Group" (01/12/2014); "FAA Featured Images" group (01/27/2014); "Images That Excite You" group (08/16/2015); "10 Plus" group (05/07/2018); "SunriseSunsets" group (02/29/2024)

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