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Keauhou Canoe Club will sponsor the Seventh Annual Kauikeaouli Challenge Race for OC-6 Recreational Paddlers on Saturday, March 17. This event is expressly for non-racers as an opportunity for recreational paddlers to experience the excitement of Outrigger Canoe Racing and is held on the Saturday closest to March 17, the official birthday of Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha […]

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On Saturday (January 20) paddlers on the first relay leg started outside Keauhou Bay and completed their 6 mile leg at Kamakahonu Beach by Kailua Pier, then the second leg paddlers tagged off them at the beach and paddled the six mile return to the finish line inside Keauhou Bay.

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Keauhou Canoe Club is hosting the 20th Annual Abbott Galaher SeaMan Race for OC1 & OC2 canoes, V-1 Rudderless canoes, Surfskis and SUP (Standup Paddleboards) this coming Saturday, December 9, 2017.

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The short course was eight miles from Honaunau into Napoopoo and back to Honaunau, and included the women, juniors, and mixed crews. The keiki junior division was a four mile race from Honaunau, past Moinui point, then back.

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Results of the Stan Cann Race for OC-1 / OC-2 / V-1 Rudderless and Surfskis. Held on a very windy Saturday morning (Jan 7) in Hilo, the event has been held for the past 30 years! The paddlers on the short course raced 5 miles from Hilo Bayfront to Honoli’i and return, with the long […]

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Results of the 3rd Annual Miloli’i Long Distance canoe race held Saturday (Aug 27) at Milolii. The women and mixed teams paddled 6.6 miles to “Two Stone” and back to the finish line at Milolii with the men’s crews racing 9.2 miles to Kipahoehoe and return to Milolii.

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The 30th annual Calvin Kelekolio Long Distance Canoe Races were sponsored by Keoua Canoe Club and held at Honaunau Saturday (Aug 20). All races started and finished at Honaunau. The Juniors raced on a three mile course, Women and Mixed crews on an eight mile course, with the Men paddlers racing for 10 miles.

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This is the 22nd year the Heihei has been held in honor of Auntie Mary Jane Kahanamoku, one of the founders of Keauhou Canoe Club.

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Due to the high wind and waves, the course was changed to a down winder from Keauhou Bay to the Kona Pier for the first leg and from the Kona Pier to Honokohau Harbor for the second leg. The course was approximately 11 miles total.

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Both courses started at Richardson’s Park in Keaukaha with the 6 mile short course racers paddling straight to Hilo Bayfront with a turn under the Wailuku River Bridge. The competitors on the 10 mile long course headed southeast 1.5 miles to the “Big Rock” then turned to follow the same route to the finish line […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Island paddlers are invited to participate in the upcoming relay race for OC-1, OC-2, OC-3 and Surfskis, which will be held Saturday, Jan. 17. Sponsored by Jackie Rey’s Ohana Grill, this event features a two-leg relay with the first 6-mile course paddled from Keauhou Bay to Kamakahonu Beach in Kailua, and after […]

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Results of the 16th Annual Abbott Galaher SeaMan Race, sponsored by Keauhou Canoe Club, which took place on Saturday, December 13, 2014. This pre-season HIPA (Hawaii Island Paddlesports Association) event is held as an annual fund raiser and food raiser for the Hawaii Island Food Basket and offers courses that serve as an introduction to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE More than 2,000 paddlers in the Men’s and Women’s Divisions competed in Saturday’s Queen Liliuokalani Long Distance Outrigger Canoe Races, the world’s largest outrigger canoe race, hosted by Kai Opua Canoe Club in Kona. The first women’s crew to cross the 18-mile race from Kailua Bay to Honaunau went to Waikiki Beach Boys […]

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Both the Women’s and Mixed crews raced together first on the 10 mile course, which ran north from Anaehoomalu Bay then turned and went south to “Lone Palm” Point, and returned into the wind to finish at Anaehoomalu Bay, fronting the Waikoloa Canoe Club.

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