Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao Palani o ke Kanal, ʻo Cap Gris-Nez kahi haʻihaʻi pōhaku maikaʻi loa e hāʻawi ana i kekahi mau ʻāpana ikaika no ka huli ʻana a me nā hacks ke kau ʻia nā kūlana. Haʻi ka nalu ma ʻaneʻi a hiki i 100 mika a ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka heʻenalu. Mālama maikaʻi kēia wahi i ka nui a manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa ma ke kahakai ʻĀkau o Farani.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Cap Gris-Nez?
Loaʻa maikaʻi mai ka pūhaka-kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ka ʻekolu ma luna. Manaʻo mākou e holo i kahi papa lōʻihi ma ʻaneʻi i ka wā liʻiliʻi a me kahi papa pōkole ke piʻi ka nui. Ua kūpono kēia hoʻomaha no ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a me ka holomua. ʻAʻole nahā pinepine ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (3/10) a he poʻe holo moku ma luna o ia mea (7/10). No ka Hema mai ka makani maikai. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ke komohana ʻĀkau, Komohana Hema, a me ke Komohana. Hana ma waena o ke kai.
Manaʻo mākou e hoʻokomo i kahi wetsuit 4/3 i ke kauwela ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 16 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka 4/3 no ka mea e hāʻule wale ka mahana o ka wai i 10 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.