Ruahine Ohana W4 Waka intermediate 9m and a beam of

9m and a beam of 530mm

an exhilarating kayak crafted to cater to paddlers seeking liveliness without the need for mountain-goat agility

Can be fitted with front or rear steering

and increasingly

Ruahine Ohana W4 Waka intermediate 9m and a beam ofOhana means 'family' in an extended sense in Hawaiian and we think that's a pretty fitting description for this waka. We were often told that finding enough paddlers for a W6 was an issue, and clubs wanted a W4 to allow for smaller, "family", groups. So we put our thinking caps on and figured out we could squeeze in an extra seat into the W3, making it the W4 configuration. We also had to build an entirely new ama to suit the modified tomanu