Yuri Kuchinsky wrote in message ...
carl wrote:


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you bet! and if you want to see a sea worthy Waka Hourua head on down
to the Auckland maritime museum , they look very little like a
canadian canoe and they go significantly faster.

Those who have studied both types of craft disagree.

No.

http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/culture/discovery-vintage-new-zealand/$profiles/hekenukumai-busby.cfm
is as much a real authority on the Waka as its possible to find.
The Canadian dug out
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/wa.../wad05eng.html resembles
the waka in no way what so ever.

The only claimant to the link between the canoe of Canada and the New
Zealand waka is an Australian who quotes heyerdahl at length.
A google search will lead you to those articles....

and, if you are -really- interested in the waka
http://www.nzbooks.com/nzbooks/produ...vans0790007150
and Jeff will be only to happy to sell you his book...