Joseph “Nappy” Napoleon (Born 1941) is well known for his participation in waʻa canoe racing in Hawaiʻi. Uncle Nappy paddled in his first Moloka'i Hoe, the annual long-distance open ocean canoe race from Moloka'i to O'ahu, at the age of 17 in 1958.



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