http://francispimmel.com/blog The Art of the Hawaiian Canoe: Creating Canoes of Oceania Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:27:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_210" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Honoliuliu Trail."][/caption] A day up the Honoliuliu trail  along the Waianae mountains with my brother- in- law Ralph Morelli, computer science professor at Trinity College, CT, and author of Java, Java, Java, Object-Orientated Problem solving, and Duane B. former researcher, Dept. of Tropical Plant and  Soil science, ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2009/04/24/honoliuliu-trail/ I do not believe in gambling or in the stock market…well maybe yes if I would have money to burn. But I truly believe that there are treasures out there for one to scoop up, provided one is knowledgeable in the field in question, and keeps his eyes and ears wide open. In ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2009/04/19/asmat-mask/ It happens frequently, when surfing online about canoes, amongst others Hawaiian voyaging, surfing or racing canoes, that I come across websites using the picture of one of my earlier Hokule’a  model as an attention getter.  Some companies or webmasters asked permission to publish that picture on their site, others did not. This ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2009/04/14/hokulea-2/ [caption id="attachment_183" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Courtesy of Honolulu Star-Bulletin"][/caption] I am referring here to an article written by Gregg K. Kakesako in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin of Friday March 20/09 .     titled  < Kokule’a hits Palmyra, gets new crew members >. The article was illustrated with a photo of the Hokule’a under full sail near ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2009/04/12/jibs-used-on-hokulea/ Was it writers block or busy doing other things? I believe it’s a bit of both. Anyway I am back on the block after a sabbatical lasting a few months. I really like this word “sabbatical” as it translates with “Forshungsurlaub” in German, which really means a vacation of studies and research !Well, ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2009/04/11/back-on-the-block/ If living in Hawaii is a dream for many, dealing with flash floods and landslides is not what most people think about our islands. It all happened very fast, just a few days ago on December 11th at 5.30 AM. The heavens opened up to torrential rain causing extensive flash flooding and ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2008/12/15/need-a-workout/ The reason for my long absence writing on my blog was due to me upgrading my website and starting work on my Flickr and Picasa photos albums. Both the Flickr and the Picasa albums  run under the username “hawaiiancanoes”. The entire process of tending to those 3 sites at the same ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2008/12/10/upgraded-website-flickr-and-picasa-album/ What happen with my 28" Hawaiian double hull voyaging canoe you may ask ? Well I had to make a new sail and finished the rigging by August.. A few days later the canoe was sold and sailing, or rather shipped, to a collector on the mainland. And here I am again, thinking ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2008/09/05/sail-away/ Ten days have gone by since writing my last post. The building of the 28 inch double hull canoe I had designed a few days ago was finished yesterday August 2nd with the rigging being the remaining task to be done. I was near to mount the sail today would it ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2008/08/04/day-3-to-12/ The entire day I was occupied in finishing a Salomon Island war canoe, the famous “Tomako” used to go hunting for ‘heads”. But this model has been commissioned to serve as a gift to be offered to a famous author about Pacific history and culture .I am posting here a ... http://francispimmel.com/blog/2008/07/24/day-3-2/