Sailing aboard a Fulaga Island Canoe, Fiji

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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • There aren't many authentic sailing canoes left in Fiji; there are just two in the Island of Faluga, southern Lau. I was lucky to get a sail with its builder, Meli, and was blown away by the experience and hugely impressed by Meli's skills.

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  • @firebird2
    @firebird2 2 года назад +5

    Beautiful film! Boats may be different but bailers are universal! Thank you for this gift, rest in peace.

  • @hakhakuuba5073
    @hakhakuuba5073 5 лет назад +27

    I am mongolian. It sad that in Mongolia no sea.

    • @redwolf7929
      @redwolf7929 3 года назад +7

      You have sea of grass

    • @hakhakuuba5073
      @hakhakuuba5073 3 года назад +4

      @@redwolf7929 I want to sail in our lakes. But I dont know how to make sail boat or catamaran.

    • @crispyapple6231
      @crispyapple6231 3 года назад +1

      @@hakhakuuba5073 easy to do bro, what materials are readily available

    • @carsonchan5102
      @carsonchan5102 Год назад

      you can dirtbike mongolia!

  • @pakde8002
    @pakde8002 5 лет назад +4

    Poetic sailing up towards the modern sailboat

  • @ntaginoa
    @ntaginoa 10 лет назад +20

    Hi Maunie,
    Thanks for taking video from Fulaga. I'm from Fulaga and we are also venturing into projects in trying to get funding and support for the preservation of canoe making in Fulaga. Grateful, if you can allow us to use your footage for our proposal and promotions.
    Vinaka
    Navi Halofaki

    • @Maunie38
      @Maunie38  9 лет назад +2

      Navitalai Halofaki
      Just returned from 7 weeks in Fulaga where we helped with the build and launch of Meli's canoe with his brothers Mini and Alifereti. Have a look at www.maunieofardwall.blogspot.com for photos and we'll post a new video soon
      Regards, Graham

    • @ntaginoa
      @ntaginoa 9 лет назад +2

      Thanks Maunieo, Much Appreciated.

  • @MrJanaRobi
    @MrJanaRobi Год назад +1

    The most enjoyable sailing video !

  • @RaySpainPlayer
    @RaySpainPlayer 2 месяца назад

    Beautiful. Thank you. 'Bula' to the wonderful people of Fiji.

  • @RobbsHomemadeLife
    @RobbsHomemadeLife 8 лет назад +9

    I was impressed at how easy it was to tack. Experience shows.

    • @JordanNeilly
      @JordanNeilly Год назад

      flipped the whole rig that was incredible

  • @ntaginoa
    @ntaginoa 10 лет назад +8

    Isa, RIP Meli..Me nomu na vakacegu ni noda turaga.

  • @gateinweb
    @gateinweb 24 дня назад

    this amazing

  • @Captain_Bartolo
    @Captain_Bartolo 2 года назад

    Look's like so much sailing fun! I must try it any day!

  • @jalewea6380
    @jalewea6380 9 лет назад +6

    RIP MELI

  • @laionemeihetahikoulakanate9515
    @laionemeihetahikoulakanate9515 7 лет назад +2

    VINAKA MELI NICE CANNOES BROTHER.

  • @pakde8002
    @pakde8002 4 года назад +1

    RIP Meli🙏

  • @nessaanggun1266
    @nessaanggun1266 4 года назад

    OMG such an amazing experience 😯

  • @colombilatus4157
    @colombilatus4157 5 лет назад +1

    Away away...🎵🎶🎶🎵

  • @SilentAlchemy1333
    @SilentAlchemy1333 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wilsonnnn!!!!!

  • @Forrest-Jackson
    @Forrest-Jackson Год назад

    I was going to add the comment "I want Meli's hat!" but I see I commented here two years ago that "I want that hat."

  • @mesomebody774
    @mesomebody774 2 года назад

    Can this sail in the ocean or is it a small coastal boat?

  • @josephtrainor3471
    @josephtrainor3471 4 года назад +1

    Anybody know what the the part off to the side of the boat is called?

    • @Maunie38
      @Maunie38  4 года назад +2

      No No in English we’d just call it an outrigger but the Fijian name is cama

    • @vaqerecolati6743
      @vaqerecolati6743 3 года назад +2

      its called "cama" for balanacing the canoe under any weather circumstances

  • @longpinkytoes
    @longpinkytoes 5 лет назад

    liked for diy palm leaf hat xD

  • @user-sy4pn3wm3d
    @user-sy4pn3wm3d 6 лет назад +1

    lo, tell me how to build such a ship?) I plan from Vladivostok to Guam Island for such a distance

    • @aleksanderduda8566
      @aleksanderduda8566 6 лет назад

      hi check facebook page "pjoa" i bought plans and sail there. Poland and baltic sea is clouser

    • @aleksanderduda8566
      @aleksanderduda8566 6 лет назад

      take a look on fanpage "morskie regaty plażowe"

    • @MrSurfa808
      @MrSurfa808 6 лет назад

      Александр Парсонс aloha

    • @urbnctrl
      @urbnctrl 2 года назад

      Youd be best off building a catamaran it is the ship that evolved from this model. We have been using this model in the pacific for over 10.000 years and even used it to cross the pacific ocean and indian ocean.

  • @Forrest-Jackson
    @Forrest-Jackson 4 года назад

    I want that hat.

  • @lukalukacic8098
    @lukalukacic8098 7 лет назад +1

    Great video! What was the music used?

  • @jeffreyglass859
    @jeffreyglass859 7 лет назад +2

    this is fijin colture so pay respect

  • @stardeint
    @stardeint 4 года назад +2

    Moana boat

    • @dvc6992
      @dvc6992 3 года назад +1

      Moana boat yo head

    • @vaqerecolati6743
      @vaqerecolati6743 3 года назад +3

      yes the concept of Moana was copied from this canoe

    • @laitiatemo5054
      @laitiatemo5054 2 года назад

      We had canoes larger than the Moana one. One was named the Rusaivanua built over seven years and was 36 metres in length and had the capacity to carry 200 warriors and 40 seamen. The warriors and seamen totalling to 240 had took with them 8 cows and pigs and some other provisions on their crossing from Vanualevu to Vitilevu. It's called a Fijian Drua. It was believed that canoes predating the Rusaivanua is far larger than it. The Rusaivanua was only one that was ever documented in our archives.

  • @rakim126
    @rakim126 3 года назад

    riding lowwwwww. add bouyancy??

    • @Maunie38
      @Maunie38  3 года назад +1

      Wave-piercing design!

  • @luxenetesilva8713
    @luxenetesilva8713 5 лет назад

    Sou grato irmão pelas fotos e vídeos