{"id":3182,"date":"2019-12-23T10:02:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T20:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waikoloabeachresort.com\/?post_type=naupaka_news&p=3182"},"modified":"2019-12-23T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T19:56:47","slug":"seasmoke-a-racing-legend","status":"publish","type":"naupaka_news","link":"https:\/\/www.waikoloabeachresort.com\/naupaka_news\/seasmoke-a-racing-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasmoke: A Racing Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ocean faring has been a way of life for the Polynesian peoples throughout the Pacific since time immemorial. Indeed, those who originally populated the Hawaiian islands centuries ago undertook long ocean voyages in double-hulled sailing canoes to get here in the first place. Once here, their canoes were crucial for everything from fishing for sustenance to transportation around and between the islands.<\/p>\n
In more recent years, and with great technological advances, sailing the ocean blue has become a popular leisure activity, as well as a competitive sport, with dozens of boats pushing out on weekend days from any given harbor, and races such as the Transpac (San Pedro, Calif., to Honolulu), which started in 1906, drawing entries from around the globe.<\/p>\n