Ko te mea haumaru o te haere ki te ihu tonu o te hautūmū (headwind), ka whakahokia he waka e te paenga hau (downwind), ki te wāhi ahu mai ai ia. Kīia ai tēnei tikanga hōpara, ko te ‘rapu me te hoki’; me kī, ka wehe tētahi waka ki te hōpara i te moana uriuri, kia whakahokia mai e te paenga hau; ka taea e ngā waka o muri mai te whai i ngā tohutohu a te hunga i haere tuatahi. He mōrearea te haere me te paenga hau, nō te mea, ki te pūhia tawhitihia tōu waka, ki te kore e huri ngā hau, he mea uaua te hoki ki te wāhi wehe ake rā koe.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: Geoff Irwin, The prehistoric exploration and colonization of the Pacific. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, p. 169.
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