I te hanganga o tetaputapu wetewete potae, kāore anō kia ngāwari ake te tiaki i tō waka. He mea nui ēnei taputapu mō ngā mīhini, ngā tohunga whakatika, ngā rangatira waka rānei e hiahia ana ki te whakawhiti potae. Kāore e hiahiatia ana te whakamahi i ngā taputapu ringa uaua, roa hoki mō te tukanga whakawhiti potae. Mā te taputapu whakawhiti potae, ka māmā ake, ka tere ake, ka whai hua ake te tukanga katoa. Mena kāore koe i te mōhio ki ēnei taputapu, ka whakamahia hei tāuta me te tango i ngā potae mai i ngā awhi. Te tāutanga potae - he maha ngā whirihoranga o ngā taputapu tango, engari ka whakarite katoa i te tango haumaru me te tere o te tāutanga potae. He mea hanga ki ngā rauemi pakari ka taea te tu atu ki te ahotea, kia mau tonu ai te āhua pai mō ngā wā roa o te whakamahinga. Mā te ngāwari o te tukanga tāutanga, ka taea e ngā rangatira waka te whakawhiti potae i te kāinga, ka taea rānei e te mīhini te whakaoti tere i te whakawhiti potae i waenganui o te rā pukumahi. Ko tetrukatriridte whakapūmautpūrotuKa whakaitihia hoki te tūponotanga o te pakaru o te awhi o te potae. Mā te hoahoa o te taputapu ka pēhia te potae kia ōrite, kia kore ai e piko, e pakaru rānei te awhi. Mō te kaiwhakahaere waka, mō te toa whakatika rānei, mā te whai taputapu whakawhiti potae ka āwhina i te whakapiki i te hua me te whakaiti i ngā utu mahi. Ka āwhina i te whakahaere i te tukanga whakawhiti potae, ā, ka whakarite kia hoki wawe te waka ki te huarahi. Mā tēnei ka āwhina i ngā kaihoko kia harikoa, kia mau tonu hoki te tiaki o ā rātou waka.