Ka taea e ēnei tohutohu horoi waka te āwhina i tō pēke moni, me tō haerenga hoki
Ka taea e te mīhini horoi waka aunoa te penapena wā me te raruraru. Engari he haumaru ngā horoi waka aunoa mō tō waka? Inaa, i roto i te nuinga o ngā wā, koinei te huarahi haumaru mō te nuinga o ngā kaipupuri waka e hiahia ana kia ma tonu ā rātou waka.
He maha ngā wā, kāore e whakamahia ana e ngā kaimahi-ā-ringa te wai hei tango haumaru i te paru; ka horoia rānei e rātou te motuka i te rā tika, ka whakangawari i te peita, ka puta hoki he ira wai. Ka whakamahia rānei e rātou te momo hopi hē (pērā i te hopi horoi rihi), ka tangohia te ware pi tiaki, ka waiho he toenga kirikiri ki te pito o te peita. Ka mutu, ko tētahi o ngā hapa noa ka nui ake te kino i te pai.
Mā te pupuri i tō waka kia ma, kia ātaahua hoki te āhua, ka nui ake te uara hoko anō ina tae ki te wā hei whakakapi. Mēnā he rite tonu, he 10-20 ōrau te iti iho o te utu hoko mō te waka kua memeha te peita, ā, he āhua paru te āhua, i te waka ōrite kua tiakina pai.
Nō reira, kia pēhea te auau o te horoi i tō waka? Kei te tere o te paru – me te paru hoki. Mō ētahi waka, kotahi te wā i te marama, he rawaka, inā koa mēnā he iti noa te whakamahinga o te waka, ā, kei roto i te karāti te wāhi e tū ana. Engari ko ētahi waka me kaukau pinepine ake; ko ērā e tū ana i waho, ā, e pāngia ana e ngā paru manu, e te wai rākau rānei, e taraiwahia ana rānei i ngā wāhi he roa, he kino te hotoke, e tāpirihia ana te tote ki ngā rori hei tango i te hukarere me/te hukapapa rānei. Anei ētahi mea nui hei maumahara ina tae mai ki te horoi waka aunoa:
Ko te kore paraihe te mea pai rawa atu
Kei te whakamahi tonu ētahi whare horoi waka tawhito i ngā paraihe whakakoi (kaua ki te kakahu), ka waiho pea he karawarawa iti ki te whakaotinga o te waka. Mō ngā waka tawhito he peita kotahi te wāhanga (arā, kāore he paninga mārama i runga ake i te paninga tae), ka taea te whakakanapa i ngā karawarawa māmā. Heoi, ka whakamahia e ngā waka hou katoa he pūnaha "turanga/mārama" me te paparanga angiangi, mārama o te paninga mārama i runga ake i te paninga tae o raro hei whakarato i te kanapa. Kia pakaru tēnei paninga mārama angiangi, ko te huarahi anake hei whakahoki i te kanapa ko te peita anō i te wāhi kua pakaru.
Ko tētahi atu huarahi haumaru ko te horoi waka kore pā, e whakamahi ana i ngā wai pēhanga teitei me ngā hopi horoi hei horoi i te waka – me te kore e pā ki te waka. Mā tēnei pūnaha, kāore rawa he tūponotanga ka pāngia tō waka e tetahi kino o te āhua. Waihoki, kei ētahi wāhi he horoi ringa mahi-moni, he mea pai mō te rehu i te paru nui. Engari, me kawe mai e koe tāu ake peere, he kakahu horoi/hautai me ngā tauera maroke.
Kia tūpato ki te horoi i muri i te horoinga.
Ko te nuinga o ngā mīhini horoi waka aunoa ka whakamahi i te hau wera kaha hei pana i te wai nui i muri i te horoinga o te waka. He maha ngā whare horoi waka ratonga-katoa ka taraiwa koe i te waka (ka taraiwa rānei māu) kia matara atu i te wāhi horoi kia horoia ā-ringa e ngā kaimahi. He pai tonu tēnei – mena kei te whakamahi ngā kaimahi i ngā tauera hou, ma (me te ngohengohe) hei mahi i tēnā. Kia tūpato i ngā rā pukumahi, ina kua haere ētahi atu waka i mua i a koe. Ki te kite koe i ngā kaimahi e whakamahi ana i ngā tauera paru hei horoi i te waka, me kī koe "ngā mihi, engari kāo" – ka taraiwa atu i roto i te waka mākū. Ka taea e te paru me ētahi atu mea whakakoi i roto i ngā tauera te rakuraku i te whakaotinga pērā i te pepa kirikiri. Ko te taraiwa noa atu i te horoinga me te tuku i te hau kia rere ki runga i te waka hei whakamaroke i te wai e toe ana, kāore e kino ki tetahi mea, ā, koinei te taurangi pai rawa atu mō te wheako kore pakaru. Ka taea te horoi ngāwari i ngā tohu e toe ana i te kāinga mā te whakamahi i ngā kaihoroi rehu e wātea ana mō tēnei kaupapa. He pepeke, he uku me te paru rori, me ētahi atu me te kore wai.
Wā tuku: Oketopa-14-2021