Wendall DeVera, Vietnam veteran, longtime paddler and president of Pu‘ali Koa Kahiko, listens to opening speeches and a blessing of a Hawaiian outrigger canoe on Friday morning in South Maui.
Kihei paddlers Raul Pacheco (left) and Ryan Kinnie talk Saturday afternoon after being rescued off the north shore from their broken canoe. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo KANAHA ...