The outrigger canoe waa is a sacred tradition what was the first thing that touched land on the hawaiian islands a canoe modern outrigger canoes like their ancestors are canoes that are supported by one or more floats called outriggers that add stability they can be sailed but at anelakai adventures we paddle them around keauhou baywhy one of the best ways to experience the big island is from the ocean and in an outrigger canoe you can explore the kona coast and the pacific