During huli:

Hold your paddle

Do not push away from boat as it goes over.  The ama will be passing over your heads and you need to stay close to boat to ensure you do not get hit.

This demonstration team is deliberately causing a huli.

After Huli:

Immediately after the huli, the captain asks for a head count and each seat, in order, loudly calls out his or her seat number for the captain to ensure everyone is okay.  If someone is hurt or unable to help in righting the boat, seat 1 or 6 assists the injured person, keeping close to the end of the boat out of the way.  The captain may assign a teammate to assist the disabled paddler and reassign duties to right the boat.  The remaining paddlers must fill the positions with two paddlers on the hull and two paddlers below ama for the recovery.

If the waves are big, the entire team turns the boat into the waves before the huli recovery.

Be sure everyone stays with the boat.  Do not leave the boat to get gear. 

Everyone must get in position and wait for others to get in position.  Captain ensures everyone is ready and counts down to ensure team works together.

Each seat has a specific duty for a huli recovery. 

Seat 6 is the Captain. After taking the headcount and assessing for injuries, the captain will assist in the huli recovery verbally and physically but stay at the stern and out of the way.  Keep everyone working together and focussed, instructing the paddlers throughout the recovery to get the boat quickly upright, bailed and moving.

Be sure you know what your job is before you go out. These jobs do not need to be done by a specific seat.  If there are reasons you want to do a job that is assigned to another seat (size, strength or ability) be sure this is clear before you go out.

Work together.  This must be done as a team with one leader. 

Seat 1 – Gather paddles and gear adrift, being sure to stay close to the bow of boat out of the way.  Either seat 1, 3, 4 or 6 can hold extra paddles

Seat 2 and Seat 5 – Pass your paddles to a teammate. Climb onto hull using the iako and straddle hull.

2 and 5 now step on muku and swing second leg behind keeping your weight low over the hull. 

Still standing on muku, lay stomach on hull and reach to grab iako or gunnel. 

On the captains instructions, when everyone is ready, seats 2 and 5 use their body weight to pull the iakus up, watching not to get hit by the iakos and ama as they pass over.

At the same time, seats 3 & 4 push up on the ama. Get low in the water and use your legs and kick hard to lift the ama.  Be aligned with the aiko so you can continue to push up on the aiko to ensure the boat goes over.  Always watch the ama to be sure that it does not come back down and hit you. 

Once boat is upright put the paddles in the boat.  Stay close to the boat and swim around the end of the boat to get in on the ama side.

Getting in:

Keep boat aligned into waves

Everyone must enter from the ama side to prevent another huli and get in as quickly as possible and sit as soon as they are in the boat

Everyone gets into any seat except the captain who gets in the back to steer. Captain/steers gets in quickly and keeps boat directed into the waves and give directions to the rest of the crew.

First paddler in boat starts bailing quickly with largest bailer. 
BAIL WHILE SEATED, THROW WATER TOWARDS THE AMA TO BE SURE YOUR BODY WEIGHT IS KEPT TO THE LEFT.

Paddlers get in as quickly as possible to get out of the cold water. Paddlers can use the iako to help get in.  Be aware of your team mates and help them into the boat if required.

All paddlers as they get in the boat start bailing to empty the boat as quickly as possible

Once everyone is in, captain will call paddlers to start paddling starting at the front.

Seats 1, 2, 5 and 6 will soon be paddling while seats 3 and 4 continue to bail

Be sure everyone is busy, either bailing or paddling to get warm

Seat 3 continues to bails until 80% of water is out.  Seat 4 continues to bail until 95% of water is out