"Scott Bemis" wrote in message
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Your excellent local knowledge is much appreciated, at least by me,
and is far greater than mine (I live in Minnesota).
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Not to nitpick but the "Trade Winds" are from the north east.

I did not mean Trade Winds when indication wind direction off of
Lahaina, Maui when paddling just one afternoon.



Well, the Trade Winds do not always blow but they are the dominate wind
pattern here. They are the reason Hawai'i is such a pleasant place to live.
They keep the Islands comparatively cool and dry. Occasionally a storm
system to the north of the Islands block them and the wind direction
reverses. It's called "Kona Winds" (which is a misnomer because, basically,
we get no wind) and that is when we are reminded that we do live on a
tropical island. Of course, when mountains meet water (and Maui has some
d@mn impressive mountains) you can get all sorts of winds. So if you say
the winds were from the Northwest, I'll believe you.


suds

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"suds" sudsysadie@hawaii{is the #1 state for Spam eaters}.rr.com
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"Marcos" wrote in message
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i don't know how helpful it would be, but you might check out:

S-67 Sutherland, Audrey, Paddling Hawaii, Mountaineers, 1988.

-mark chilton

I'm sorry but this post doesn't make any sense to me.

to you.

but, it's a bibliographic entry.

Paddling Hawaii by Audrey Sutherland (published by the Mountaineers
Press in 1988) is a book.

She also wrote a book called "Paddling my own canoe". I haven't seen a copy
of either of them but I've heard Ms. Sutherland speak. She's an amazing
woman.