{"id":1727,"date":"2021-03-22T23:26:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T23:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2021-03-22T23:26:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T23:26:25","slug":"my-new-toy-an-ares-oc1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/22\/my-new-toy-an-ares-oc1\/","title":{"rendered":"My new toy &#8211; an ARES OC1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been waiting for this since August last year, when I placed the order for an Ares OC1 &#8211; a one-person outrigger canoe. I think COVID must have added some delays as it was first expected to be delivered in December, then January, then February and it finally showed up mid-March. A little frustrating, but well worth the wait. After collecting it from the local Polynesian Paddling Products store, I now have it in the storage rack at Keauhou Canoe Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223743562_iOS-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223743562_iOS-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1730\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223743562_iOS-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1730\" class=\"wp-image-1730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223743562_iOS-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223743562_iOS-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223743562_iOS-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223743562_iOS-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223743562_iOS-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223953931_iOS-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223953931_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1729\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223953931_iOS-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1729\" class=\"wp-image-1729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223953931_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223953931_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223953931_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223953931_iOS-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_223953931_iOS-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The Ares is finally here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_233610572_iOS-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_233610572_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1736\" width=\"503\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_233610572_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_233610572_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_233610572_iOS-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_233610572_iOS-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_233610572_iOS-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Safely in the rack at the club<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For my first paddle, I stayed within the bay and spent some time getting a feel for the canoe (quite different to the 6-person and 12-person canoes), and doing some huli practice, where you deliberately capsize the canoe and practice righting it and getting back in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m now paddling in the Ares three times a week in addition to joining the group paddle once a week. I&#8217;m still not totally comfortable as when the waves are up, the ama (outrigger) bounces quite a bit and although I haven&#8217;t had a huli yet, each time I&#8217;ve gone out I have had one or more close calls, where I had to quickly shift my weight more to the left to bring the ama back down before it completely flipped over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210315_190516687_iOS-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210315_190516687_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210315_190516687_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210315_190516687_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210315_190516687_iOS-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210315_190516687_iOS-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210315_190516687_iOS-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Back from my first paddle outside Keauhou Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, I&#8217;m slowly getting a little more confident and getting more of a feel for what happens depending on how the canoe is aligned to the waves and the wind. After my third successful paddle, I decided it was time to make the canoe a little more personal, and so affixed a couple of decals I had sent over from Australia. On the main hull I&#8217;ve added the boxing kangaroo, which was first used as the sporting battle flag on <em>Australia II<\/em> when it won the America&#8217;s Cup sailing competition. I also added the Southern Cross to the ama. I think these look great against the green hull, but of course that&#8217;s just my opinion \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190419768_iOS-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190419768_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1734\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190419768_iOS-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1734\" class=\"wp-image-1734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190419768_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190419768_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190419768_iOS-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190419768_iOS-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190419768_iOS-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190022827_iOS-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190022827_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1733\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190022827_iOS-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1733\" class=\"wp-image-1733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190022827_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190022827_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190022827_iOS-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190022827_iOS-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190022827_iOS-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190445728_iOS-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190445728_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190445728_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190445728_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190445728_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190445728_iOS-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210319_190445728_iOS-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Looking good!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been waiting for this since August last year, when I placed the order for an Ares OC1 &#8211; a one-person outrigger canoe. I think COVID must have added some delays as it was first expected to be delivered in December, then January, then February and it finally showed up mid-March. A little frustrating, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/22\/my-new-toy-an-ares-oc1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My new toy &#8211; an ARES OC1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1737,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/1737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}