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Pearl Harbor's broad protected waters attract many small pleasure craft.
When Jack London visited the Islands in his famous "Snark" he declared a yacht the best means of seeing the archipelago in an independent manner. Three trans-Pacific yacht races between San Pedro and Honolulu have been sailed under the auspices of the Hawaii Yacht Club.
There are two long-established boat clubs in Honolulu, the Myrtle and the Healani, while other islands have their associations, notably the Hilo yacht and boat club.
The Outrigger Canoe Club, at Waikiki, as its title implies, features the Hawaiian outrigger canoe, it also encourages the sport of surfboarding, riding the waves on a specially shaped board.
Some of these surfboards are made of koa (Hawaiian mahogany).

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Three and a half miles from Honolulu, reached by electric car or automobile, lies beautiful Waikiki beach, where every day of the year bathers and swimmers revel in the summery waves, and where surfboards and Hawaiian outrigger canoes are ever in evidence
 A great deal of skill is required to properly ride a surfboard, and between the feats of the experts and the antics of beginners
the spectator may count on no small entertainment.
It is distinctively a Hawaiian sport.
The surfboard rider swims out with his board and then,after some hard paddling, is carried swiftly shoreward on the crest of a wave, standing erect on his board.
Skillful Hawaiian paddlers guide the outrigger canoes.
The temperature of the water at Waikiki is close to 78 degrees the year round.
The distant barrier of the coral reef entirely protects the beach and lagoon from the intrusion of sharks.
The Moana and Seaside hotels are directly on the beach, and within easy reach are numerous other hotels, hotel cottages, and apartments.