Legacy 
 Newportm, you added this link, but do we really need that as a ref?  Holoholo.org isn't exactly the best source for us, and the statement about Shorty is already cited to  Finney 1979, pp. 206-207: "...Yet, Mau has only one really apt pupil, Milton Bertleman...One of the few crewmen with any sailing experience before signing on the canoe, Shorty has chosen to be Mau's understudy and personal servant...Shorty watches Mau's every move, trying to absorb in the island style of nonverbal learning all he can of our navigator's knowledge and skill...The gang believes that they are the true followers of Mau...Boogie [said]..."We Hawaiian members of the crew really respect Mau and follow him.  We know he has had thirty to thirty-five years of experience at sea and we respect him.  We wish that you others would follow him."     

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