In Hawai’i, the art of carving outrigger canoes has traditionally been a male pursuit. Many women have captained and paddled the canoes, but few have learned to build them—an undertaking that ...

Although the exact origin of outrigger canoes is lost in the mists of Polynesian history, they've been around for about 3,000 years. Whether shaped from wood or fibreglass, outrigger canoes are hefty.