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a float on a stick that lets boats laugh at physics and capsizing alike
means A projecting framework, beam, or float extending from the side of a boat to improve stability, or more broadly any structure that sticks out from a main body for support.
from An 18th-century English word built straightforwardly from 'out' plus 'rigger' (from 'rig,' the gear and ropes that work a ship). It first named the spars rigged outboard from a vessel's side; sailors later applied it to the now-famous stabilizing float seen on Pacific canoes, and eventually to any arm reaching out from a structure to hold something up.
- ocean roots
- Pacific islanders crossed thousands of miles with them
- speed demon
- adds stability without the drag of a wide hull
- canoe royalty
- Hawaiian outrigger racing is a competitive sport
- single arm
- name comes from the rigging that sticks out
- ama and aka
- the float and connecting beams have Polynesian names
outrigger canoe hawaii — traditional double-hulled canoe used in hawaiian and pacific island racing, featuring side floats for stability
hokulea — famous hawaiian double-hulled outrigger canoe that sailed 2,400 miles to tahiti in 1976 using only traditional navigation
outrigger waikiki hotel — historic beachfront resort opened in 1963 on oahu, hawaii, that pioneered the modern outrigger hotel chain