Hikianalia Update by Hana Yoshihata

Aloha Kākou!

This is Hana Yoshihata, writing to you from the decks Hikianalia. I am honored to serve as the communications officer for Leg 2 of Hikianalia’s Alahula Kai o Maleka voyage.

On this, our first morning here in California, the crew tackled preparations to relocate Hikianalia from Hyde Street Pier, downtown San Francisco, to Sausalito, Marin County, and departed around 2 p.m. in the afternoon.

We had sunny weather, with moderate winds as we made our way across the bay, making for a great first sail together. Sailing from Hyde Pier to Sausalito was interesting because we experienced a rather drastic change in temperature between the two locations. Most of the crew was cold in San Francisco, and definitely cold with the windchill on the way across the bay, but by the time we approached Sausalito, sheltered in the lee of the surrounding mountains, we all found ourselves shedding layers of capilene and nano-puff (mahalo Patagonia!), and agreed the warmer conditions of Sausalito kind of remind of us sailing back home in Hawaiʻi.

Hikianalia arrived in Sausalito around 3 p.m. and was greeted warmly by members and supporters of the organization “Call of the Sea,” who are currently constructing the traditional wooden tall ship to which Hikianalia is currently tied off to. The tall ship is named Matthew Turner after an American sea captain, shipbuilder, and designer. Matthew Turner is a replica of the Galilee, ship built in the late 1800s by designer Matthew Turner. For many years, the Galilee held a San Francisco to Tahiti passage record of 19 days.

Once tied-off, both crews excitedly toured each other’s vessels, admiring both the similarities and differences. Seeing Hikianalia and Matthew Turner side by side is a beautiful sight, and one that embodies the kind of cross-cultural exchanges and relationships that the Alahula Kai o Maleka voyage strives to kindle.

To learn more about the crew of this voyage, check out our crew roster here.

Mahalo and aloha nō from Hikianalia and crew!

© 2018 Chris Leung for the Polynesian Voyaging Society

© 2018 Hana Yoshihata Polynesian Voyaging Society

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