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A RICH TRADITION OF FINE HAWAIIAN CANOES
It takes many years of experience to become a master model shipwright. Each model needs careful study of the original lines and a precise understanding of its construction and a grasp of the various type lashings used to secure any movable part on a Polynesian canoe, and still all this would not be sufficient to construct a superbly finished, scale model canoe without the skill to carve wood with great ease and precision. What then are the true reasons that an individual would want to build a ship model? Why would anyone subject himself to untold hours of eyestrain, cramped fingers, unlimited patience or frustration in the pursuit of scale model perfection? One needs but look at the ship model to find the answer. Here it is, finished at last, a thing of beauty; a joy forever. This creation is a model builder's child. It was conceived in his mind, born of his skill, delivered of his own hand. It is a canoe model for all to see and study, for all to admire for generations to come. Perhaps long after we are gone it will still manifest its beauty to all who lay eyes upon her.
Francis Pimmel
