by Alison Andrews | Feb 3, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Featured, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, World Wide Voyage
By ʻAulani Wilhelm Twelve strangers and a dog boarded Hōkūleʻa when we arrived into Puerto Baquerizo on San Cristobal Island, the capital town of the Galapagos and first port of entry for foreign vessels entering National Park waters. They arrived by water taxi as we...
by Alison Andrews | Feb 2, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, World Wide Voyage
By Shawn Mālia Kanaʻiaupuni Greetings from the Galapagos islands to all of our ʻohana at home in Hawaiʻi and around the world. I started writing this blog on our fifth day on the ocean after leaving Panamá. We were heading South for the most part, turning westward on...
by Todd Yamashita | Feb 1, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, World Wide Voyage
By Shawn Mālia Kanaʻiaupuni Hōkūleʻa’s visit to Panamá was chock full of activity spotlighting ocean and indigenous connections. For Leg 27 crew, Sunday, January 15, 2017 celebrated these connections with the community, who gathered to honor the arrival of the...
by Alison Andrews | Jan 23, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Featured, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
By ʻAulani Wilhelm We sat at the bow looking out toward a late afternoon horizon. After discussing various perspectives about when we might actually see Malpelo, a small Colombian island 500 miles from the mainland, the apprentice navigators collectively decided it...
by Todd Yamashita | Jan 22, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Featured, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
By ʻAulani Wilhelm The smell of bacon and butter greeted me this morning as I emerged from the makeshift cabin that we each are extremely fortunate to call home when aboard Hōkūleʻa. Those on the 6-to-10 watch were at the sweep adeptly steering Hōkūleʻa in a SSW...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 23, 2016 | Education, Featured, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
ARVE error: Mode: lazyload not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode Maui, the pan-Polynesian demigod, has caused wonder and awe for generations of Polynesian families. Hearthside stories of Maui and the amazing feats he accomplished with his...