Maui really wanted to go with them; he wanted to prove he was a good fisherman. so, one day, he his in the bottom of his brothers' fishing boat.After they had rowed out sea, the brothers discovered Maui hiding in the boat. They wanted to take him back to shore, but Maui used his powers to make the shore seem very far away. Because they thought returning to shore would take a long time, Maui's brothers decided to let him stay.