Hōkūleʻa is on her way back to Hawaiʻi from Long Beach, California on a Matson container ship expected to arrive in Honolulu late this evening. The canoe will be unloaded into the water at Honolulu Harbor tomorrow morning and then towed to her home at the Marine Education Training Center (METC) at Sand Island. The public will have an opportunity to welcome Hawaiʻi’s canoe home at a brief ceremony scheduled tomorrow afternoon at METC at 4pm.

Hōkūleʻa Returns to METC

*Not open to the public. PVS and Matson will send photos and video

METC Dockside, 10 Sand Island Parkway
Thursday, December 7, 2023

7:30am – Hōkūleʻa hoisted off Matson container ship
8:00am – Hōkūleʻa towed to METC at Sand Island

Brief Ceremony to welcome Hōkūleʻa home (open to the public)

METC Dockside, 10 Sand Island Parkway
Thursday, December 7, 2023

Event Schedule:

3pm – Canoe clean-up
4pm – Cultural ceremony

• Pikai and ʻAwa Ceremony for Hōkūleʻa
• Remarks by:
  • Nainoa Thompson, Pwo Navigator and CEO of Polynesian Voyaging Society
  • Bruce Blankenfeld, Pwo Navigator