1778: EXPLORER CHARLES CLERKE: WAIMEA, KAUAI: "MEN AND WOMEN ARE SO PERFECTLY MASTERS OF THEMSELVES IN THE WATER THAT IT APPEARS THEIR ELEMENT"
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Charles Clerke sailed on all three of James Cook's voyages through the Pacific, first as a master's mate, and finally as commander, following Cook's death in 1779. Surf historian Patrick Moser has identified this passage, below, as the first in which surfboard use in Hawaii is described. * * * These People handle their Boats with great dexterity, and both Men and Women are so perfectly masters o...
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