ʻEhā mau mile wale nō ma ka ʻākau o Santa Cruz ma Kaleponi Waena ka wahi heʻenalu ʻEhā Mile (creative I know). He haki lae lima ʻākau kēia e ʻili ana ma luna o kahi papa pōhaku pāpaʻu. Hiki i nā nalu maʻaneʻi ke paʻakikī i ka heʻenalu ʻana, a wikiwiki hoʻi i ka laina a hiki i 200 mika e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻāpana hakahaka no nā barela hohonu.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no ʻEhā Mile?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ke poʻo kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ke poʻo ʻekolu. Manaʻo mākou i kahi papa lōʻihi no nā lā liʻiliʻi a me kahi papa pōkole no ka wā e puka ai. ʻEhā Mile ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a kiʻekiʻe. ʻAʻole paʻa loa ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (4/10) a piha ka heʻenalu i ka wā maikaʻi (8/10). Mālama ʻia ʻo ʻEhā Mile mai nā makani HK e hoʻopau i ka hapa nui o nā haʻihaʻi ʻē aʻe ma ia wahi, no laila e nānā ma aneʻi ke puhi ʻia ma kahi ʻē aʻe. Mai ka Hikina mai ka makani maikai. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ke komohana hema, komohana, a me ke komohana ʻākau. ʻO ka nui aʻe o ka ʻĀkau i ka ʻōhū ʻoi aku ka nui. ʻO ke kai waena a haʻahaʻa no nā barela.
Paipai mākou i kahi 4/3 i ke kauwela ma ʻaneʻi ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai ma kahi o 15 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka 5/4 ke hāʻule ka mahana o ka wai ma kahi o 12 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.