by Bryson Hoe | Mar 23, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Written by Michelle Knoetgen: On Saturday, March 18, Hōkūleʻa Captain and Pwo Navigator Bruce Blankenfield held crew training for Leg 19 of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage at Hui Nalu O Hawaii, a historic canoe club founded by Duke Kahanamoku and others in 1908....
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 15, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Written by Mark Ellis Preparation and planning for a voyage has always been key. Under the leadership of pwo navigator Bruce Blankenfeld, crew members of Leg 19 of the Worldwide Voyage have been actively preparing to take Hōkūle’a into the Intercoastal Waterway...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 15, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Aloha mai kākou, this is crewmember Todd Yamashita on board Hōkūleʻa for Leg 18 sailing towards Cuba. We actually had our first sighting of Cuba last night, and are currently sailing off to the northeast corner. As you can tell, winds are pretty light today and we...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 14, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Written by Eric Co Sailing Hōkūle‘a is an intensely emotional experience. It is humbling to be with her, knowing what she means to people back home in Hawaiʻi, and increasingly, people around the world, too. It is an honor to be part of something so much greater...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 4, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Written by Heidi Guth As Hōkūleʻa sailed into the Caribbean Sea, headed from the Atlantic Ocean toward the channel between St. Lucia and Martinique, we seemed to be chasing a vibrant double rainbow, always just ahead of us, arcing from port to starboard. It lasted...
by Bryson Hoe | Feb 23, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kawika Crivello The relationship between our voyaging canoes and birds is well-documented, although sometimes the occurrences seem more magical and story-like than realistic. But isnʻt that the beauty of our moʻolelo, of our living stories? That our every...