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“In 1899, Gorokichi Nakasugi, a shipwright and fisherman from Wakayama Prefecture in Japan, arrived by steamer in Hawai‘i. Nakasugi brought with him a small 34-foot Japanese sailing sampan. What is a sampan? It is an adopted term, coming originally from the Chinese language, meaning three (san) boards (ban), describing a small simple skiff, many with a single mast and sail. Nakasugi’s sampan possessed elements of the Yamato-gata fishing vessel, a traditional Japanese craft still built at that time in small fishing villages of the southern Japanese islands. Early sampans await use in Honolulu Harbor with lowered The original sailing sampans were quickly adapted to local conditions. Engines replaced sail and shortly thereafter, a prominent deckhouse made its appearance; the bow was enlarged for the rough seas. Long-range sampans grew to lengths of 75 to 90 feet or more. Shipwrights like Gorokichi Nakasugi, Seichi Funai, Joichi Tanimura, Mankichi Murakami, and Kametaro Nishimura incorporated these modifications on an individual basis, often at family-run island boatyards. A long-range aku fishing sampan motors to sea with Diamondhead in the background. The emerging commercial tuna fishery, centered at Kewalo Basin on O‘ahu, provided an avenue for Japanese migrants, and larger amounts of ahi (yellowfin) and aku (skipjack) soon began to reach the docks. It was the ability to process (can) tuna for the distant market that made possible the expansion and modernization of Hawaii’s offshore fishing fleet. Hawaiian Tuna Packers Ltd. Was established in 1916, starting with a fleet of six motorized fishing sampans. These bright blue picturesque boats, now called Hawaiian sampans, eventually became known abroad. President Roosevelt went deep-sea fishing aboard local sampans while on vacation in 1934. Jack London traveled inter-island on local Hawaiian sampans.” https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/may20/sampans-of-hawaii.html SAMPAM Design: Isao Honda Paper: notepad, 5”x5” #origami #instaorigami #paperflexn #origami #instaorigami #paperflexn #sampan #sampam #boats #boatsofinstagram #boat #boatlife (at Palmdale, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHSxTJlJtHM/?igshid=9xy1tevnmlzc