by Bryson Hoe | Jul 18, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Lurline McGregor We left Salem, Massachusetts at the crack of dawn for the forty or so mile sail to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. There was not a lot of wind, but we still had a clear and beautiful day, perfect to be on the water as the air temperature was...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 18, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Catherine Fuller Many believe that touch has the power to heal…but can it heal cultural wounds? On a visit to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, we had the opportunity to test this idea. The giver of this gift, Karen Kramer, one of the...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 12, 2016 | Cultural, Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Legendary voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa is continuing to visit communities in the New England area. The canoe was greeted by representatives from the Massachusett Tribe and a large crowd of residents when she arrived in Boston at Fan Pier on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. EST (11:00...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 11, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Featured, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Jesse Yonover Beating drums and the unfamiliar chorus of Native American voices echo into the air. The sun moves slowly overhead as dried tobacco is thrown to the lone fire as an offering to the spirits. Men draped in eagle-feathered headdresses and...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 1, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Catherine Fuller On Friday, July 1st, we sailed perhaps the shortest portion of our leg from Martha’s Vineyard to Woods Hole, being approximately 8 miles. The departure ceremony was very moving, and it was obvious how much our visit had meant to Tobias...
by Bryson Hoe | Jun 29, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Catherine Fuller Forty-one years ago, a small group of men conceived an idea to recreate a Polynesian voyaging canoe. This was a vessel that had not been built in over six hundred years, and there were many who said it could not be done. It was. Those...