Tommy Holmes

Tommy Holmes he kanaka hoe waʻa kaulana a he mea hoʻokele moana Hawaiʻi i make i ka lā 23 ʻAukake 1993. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kona lanakila ʻana i ka Molokai Hoe i ka makahiki 1967, kāna puke The Hawaiian Canoe, a me kona kōkua nui ʻana i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ke kālai waʻa Hawaiʻi.

 Ka Puke The Hawaiian Canoe 
Ua kākau ʻo Holmes i kekahi puke koʻikoʻi loa e pili ana i nā waʻa Hawaiʻi kahiko. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i nā mea like ʻole e pili ana i ke kālai waʻa, me ke kō pōhaku, nā mea hana waʻa kahiko, a me nā loina kahiko o ke kālai waʻa ʻana. Ua hoʻopuka mua ʻia ka puke i ka makahiki 1981 a ua hoʻopuka hou ʻia i ka makahiki 1993.

 Ke Kō Pōhaku 
Ma kāna puke, ua wehewehe ʻo Holmes i ke koʻikoʻi o ke kō pōhaku i ka hana waʻa Hawaiʻi. He mea hana koʻikoʻi ke kō pōhaku no ka poʻe kālai waʻa, a ua hana ʻia e kekahi papa kālai pōhaku. Ua loaʻa nā kō pōhaku mai nā lua kō ma Hawaiʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu, a me Kauaʻi. ʻO ka lua kō nui loa aia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Mauna Kea, ma kahi o 11,000 a 12,400 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe.

 Nā Hana Hoʻokele Moana 
Ua lanakila ʻo Holmes i ka heihei waʻa kaulana ʻo Molokai Hoe i ka makahiki 1967. ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea mua loa (me Aka Hemmings) i hoe papa mai Molokaʻi a i Oʻahu ma ka 1970s. Ua kaulana pū ʻo ia no ka hoe waʻa ʻana i nā nalu nui loa me kāna waʻa kaukahi, e like me ka Project Avalanche i ka makahiki 1980.

 Nā Hana Hoʻoilina 
He mea hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Polynesian Voyaging Society, kekahi hui i mālama i ka ʻike hoʻokele waʻa kahiko Polenesia ma o ka moku kaulana ʻo Hōkūleʻa. Ua kōkua nui ʻo ia i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka ʻike kālai waʻa Hawaiʻi ma o kāna puke a me kāna mau hana noiʻi.

 Ka Make ʻAna 
Ua make ʻo Holmes i ka lā 23 ʻAukake 1993 i ka wā e hoe ana i kāna waʻa kaukahi. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i ka Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame i ka makahiki 2017 no kona mau hana koʻikoʻi no ke kaiaulu moana Hawaiʻi.

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 Nā Loulou I Waho 
 Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame: Tommy Holmes

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 Hōkūleʻa
 Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame

Māhele:Mea Hoe Waʻa
Māhele:Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame
Māhele:Polynesian Voyaging Society
Māhele:Mea Kākau Hawaiʻi