Ko te tiaki i ngā potae o tō waka tētahi o ngā mea tino nui hei pupuri i a rātou kia pai te āhua. Ehara i te mea ka pai ake te mahi a te potae, engari ka āwhina hoki i a koe kia noho haumaru i runga i te rori. Mō tēnei, me whai taputapu koe hei āwhina i a koe ki te tango me te tāuta i ngā potae i te tere me te whai hua - hekaiwhakakapi potae. A kaiwhakakapi potae tarakahe mīhini i hangaia hei whakahaere i te tukanga tango me te tāuta potae ki ngā awhi. Ka mahi mā te whakamahi i te huinga o ngā tikanga waipēhi me ngā tikanga miihini, ā, ka taea te whakahaere i ngā rahi me ngā momo potae rerekē. Mā te whakamahi i te mīhini whakawhiti potae, ka taea e koe te whakawhiti potae me te kore e kawe ki te mīhini, ki te toa potae rānei. Ko tētahi o ngā painga o te whai mīhini whakawhiti potae ko te penapena wā me te moni i te wā roa. He mea tika kia whakakapia ngā potae i ia wā kia rite ai te kakahu me te roa ake. Mā te whakamahi i te mīhini whakawhiti potae, ka taea e koe te mahi i te mahi, kaua ki te utu i tētahi tohunga hei mahi māu. Ko tētahi atu painga o te whai i tētahimīhini whakawhiti potae tarakaKo te mea nui, ka taea e koe te whakawhiti potae mai i te whakamarie o tō ake karāti, o tō ake ara waka rānei. Ko te tikanga ka taea e koe te karo i te raruraru o te tatari i te rārangi i te toa potae, te utu rānei mō te taraka tō hei kawe i tō waka ki te mīhini. I te wā e whiriwhiri ana koe i tētahi kaiwhakakapi potae, he mea nui kia whakaarohia ō hiahia me tō tahua. He rerekē ngā momo kaiwhakakapi potae, mai i ngā mīhini ā-ringa māmā ki ngā tauira aunoa uaua. Tērā pea ka tae mai ngā tauira matatau ake me ngā āhuatanga tāpiri pēnei i ngā pupuhi pītiti, ngā pēhi hau, me ngā whakaaturanga matihiko. I te katoa, he mea nui te whai i tētahi kaiwhakakapi potae mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te mahi i ngā potae o tā rātou waka. Mā te kaiwhakakapi potae, ka taea e koe te penapena wā me te moni, me te whakarite kei te pai te āhua o ō potae. Nō reira, ki te mea kei te rapu koe i tētahi kaiwhakakapi potae, whakaarohia te haumi ki tētahi inaianei.