Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 8, 1 August 1986 — Logo, Caps Bind Kawaikini Club [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Logo, Caps Bind Kawaikini Club

"Without rigging, how ean a eanoe stay together? How ean a group stay together unless a purpose binds it?" asked Terry Makanani at a time when her eanoe club seemed to be losing its spirit. She knows eanoe lashings symbolize the bodily and mental commitment paddlers must make to themselves, their teammates and their eanoe in order for a crew to function. As the lashings must be tight and orderly to do their job, paddlers must be strong and disciplined to do theirs. If even one member's personal rigging loosens, the crew will fall apart and be useless.

This is Terry Makanani's logo and motto whieh she created for the Kawaikini Ccinoe Club. It now appears on caps selling for $8 eaeh. With these thoughts in mind, Terry drew a design whieh later became the logo of Kawaikini Canoe Club and adding the motto "E Malama I'a Na Pono O Ka 'Aina E Na 'Opio' or "the traditions of the land are perpetuated by its youth." What began as a eanoe club trademark took on a wider meaning; those who would perpetuate the Hawaiian culture must bind themselves tightly to it, lest its traditions disintegrate and disappear. She first printed her design on a few T-shirts for friends. Another paddler, however, saw a hat manufacturer's advertising in a magazine. A copy of the shirt was made and sent to the hat maker for transfer onto caps. And thereupon club members hit on a fundraiser after seeing the finish products. The club is selling the caps for $8 eaeh and more information may be obtained by telephoning Kauai numbers 822-7971 or 822-3113. They eome in Navy blue with the patch design being Navy on white. — CP