Kāore pea koe e whai whakaaro nui ki ngā rīwhi hōu o tōu waka, engari he matua herehere ki te whakapūmau i tōu waka haumaru, noho pai ai. Ko te rīwhi e rite ana ki ngā hōu o tōu waka e here ana i te ua, te hau, ā, he kaitiaki rerehua anō hoki. Boman Pā Rūpahu kei te whakauru hoki i te wera, he iti noa rānei te hau ki roto i tōu waka. Koia nei kua tika ai kia tiaki koe i ērā heka tāpapa māmā o tōu waka, kia mau tonu ai ki te tikanga pai me te mahi pai.
Tiaki i ngā heka tāpapa māmā o tōu waka: Mēnā kei te tīmata ngā heka māmā o ngā tāpapa o tōu waka kia pakaru, he iti noa rānei te marara, ka huri te wai me te parurenga hei uru atu ki roto i tōu waka. Ki te taea e te wai, he iti noa rānei te hau te whakawhitinga i runga i ngā heka, he nui pea te whara e puta mai ana ki te mahi pai o tōu waka. Ka taea hoki e ia te whakaputangia ngā take pērā i te rewharewha, he iti noa rānei te mātā ki roto i tōu waka. Koia nei kua tika ai kia arotake tūtonu koe i āu heka tāpapa māmā, kia tiaki ai i ērā mea e kitea ana.
Ka mōhio koe ina timata te whakapai ake i te waru o ōu karu wai i roto i tōu waka mēnā ka kitea e koe ka timata te waru ki te whanake i ngā āpiti, ngā taraweti, te wāhi e wātea ana ki tōna hanganga. Ina kitea e koe he tohu e whai ana koe kaore i te tika te mahi ake o ngā taraiwa o te pōhī ake, kua wā ia ki te whakamau, ki te whakakapi rānei i ērā. Mō ngā āpiti iti, ngā wāhi e wātea ana i te waru, he tōwari tāpiri tētahi kete whakatika i ngā taraiwa waru he tino pai. Mēnā ko ngā taraiwa hui tino pārenga kia taea te whakatika, kua hiahiatia pea kia whakakapihia ki ētahi hou. Ko tēnei tētahi mea ka taea e koe te whiwhi i tētahi tohunga whakapai waka hei whakamahi, heoi anō ka taea e koe te whakamahi māu anō mēnā kei a koe te mātauranga ki te whakamahi i te kī tōtika.
E ēketia ana ngā mea e rua e taea e koe kia tiakina ai te roa o te wā e mau ai te rāpoi o ngā huinga wipere o tō kāwhe. Ko tētahi take nui ko te noho tonu ki te pupuri i te Boman pūoro rorohiko kuaea horoi tika. A, ki te whakatuwhera koe i ōu matapihi tōrā, he māmā te kōnguru me te whakapai i te rāpae kia marino ake ai te kāpia, nō reira ka whakatenatena koe ki te horoi i ōu pōpō ki te rāpae me te wai. Ka taea hoki e koe te whakamahi i te kōnguru rāpae e āhua muramura ana hei whakapau tō te pōpō kia pōuri, kia māmā. Ki te noho koe ki tētahi wāhi e rereke ana te rāhui, pērā i ngā wāhi e iti nei, e rereke ana te āhu, ka hiahiatia pea koe e whakatenatena te kāpia hei whakapau i te kounga.
Ko ngā pōpō rāpae e āwhāwhā ana i ngā matapihi o ōu waka he pōnaha here here e wāia ana hei tiaki i ngā mea pērā i te ua, te hau me te kōnguru i te roto. Ki te kāore i te mahi tika, ka taea e ēnei tāngata te eke atu ki roto i tō waka ka whai raru koe. Ka waihoa pea ngā tatau waka ki te whakatuwhera ki te wareware koe, ka waihoa te ua i te waka ki te rere, ki te māpua, ka taea e te hau te waka e hauhia ana, e raru ana, me te kōnguru ka taea te waka e whakakī ana i te kōnguru kiriutao, rānei. Ko te āhua rānei. Nō reira koa kia tūpato kia tūturu koe ki te pōpō Boman karepe hākui pūoro kei te maumahara paihikara kia mātua whakapono ki te mahi e tiaki ana i tōu waka i ngā āhuatanga.
Ki te hiahia koe ki te whirinakitanga i tōu waka kia noho ai koe me te iti ake te nui o te hiko, ka taea e koe te whakauru i te rīwhi hōu kounga tikangia. I hangaia mai i te rīwhi taupua, he roa ake te ora, he aha hoki i te wā roa ka tiaki i ngā āhuatanga. Boman kaiwhakarite rama karaka whiuwhiu ka āwhina anō ia i te whakapaukaroa ake i tōu waka, e noho ai te wa reri me te makariri ake i te tau. Ka taea e koe te penapena moni ki te whakaputa i te hukapapa—me te whakanui ake i tōu waka mō ngā haerenga roa. Ki te kee atu koe ki te whakakapi i ngā rīwhi hōu o tōu waka me matua whiriwhiri kē tētahi toa pono pērā i a Boman kia mōhio ai koe ka hoko koe i tētahi hua kounga e āki ai te wā.