Ko te rerekētanga i waenga i te waka hoe me te waka poti ko te tūnga noho o te hoe me te maha o ngā mata i runga i te papa hoe. Ko te waka hoe he poti āhua waka poti wai iti e noho ana te kaihoe e anga whakamua ana me ngā waewae e anga whakamua ana, e whakamahi ana i ngā hoe hei kukume i te taha kē ki mua, ki muri rānei, kātahi ka huri. He papa kati tō te nuinga o ngā waka hoe, ahakoa kei te piki haere te rongonui o ngā waka hoe noho-ake me ngā waka hoe pupuhi.
Ka taea hoki te whakarōpū i ngā waka hoe i runga i te hoahoa me ngā rauemi i hangaia ai. He painga motuhake tō ia hoahoa, tae atu ki te mahi, te ngāwari ki te nekeneke, te pumau me te momo hoe. Ka taea te hanga waka hoe ki te konganuku, te muka karāhe, te rakau, te kirihou, te papanga, me ngā papanga pupuhi pērā i te PVC, i te rapa rānei, he nui ake te utu i ēnei rā, engari he muka waro māmā te huruhuru manu. He painga motuhake anō tō ia rauemi, tae atu ki te kaha, te roa, te kawe, te ngāwari, te ātete ki te UV me ngā whakaritenga rokiroki. Hei tauira, ka taea te hanga waka hoe rakau mai i ngā kete, te hanga ā-ringa rānei. Mā te tuitui me te kāpia, ka māmā ake ngā waka hoe plywood i tētahi atu rauemi, engari ko te anga e piri ana ki te kiri. Ka memeha ngā waka hoe pupuhi i hangaia mai i ngā papanga māmā, he ngāwari ki te kawe me te penapena, ā, e kiia ana he tino pakari ake, he roa ake i ētahi poti mata-mārō.