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Posted at 9:42 p.m., Sunday, July 1, 2007

Kaneohe captures Koa Kai Regatta crown

By KYLE SAKAMOTO
Advertiser Staff Writer

The Kaneohe Canoe Club, if anything, is predictable during the Na 'Ohana O Na Hui Wa'a regatta season.

The club gets off to a quick start behind its youth crews and, midway through, Kaneohe pours it on with more youthful dominance.

It's a formula that has added up to Kaneohe winning the first six Hui Wa'a regattas of the season, including today's Koa Kai Regatta at Ke'ehi Lagoon.

Kaneohe finished with 85 points to win the AAA Division for clubs with 25 or more crews. Manu O Ke Kai was second with 50 and Na Keiki O Ka Mo'i third with 43.

Kaneohe's youth crews won nine of 13 events today, including five of the regatta's first seven races.