Voyage Updates
Crew Reflection: Cat Fuller
About ten years ago, fellow crew member and Pwo navigator Tua Pittman said something that has stuck with me ever since. He said that wa'a is not just the vehicle we sail but that 'wa'a is the movement of people.' As Hōkūle'a departs Juneau to start the next chapter in...
Hōkūleʻa Crewmembers Visit NOAA in Juneau
On Day 2 Leg 3 of the Moananuiākea voyage Hōkūleʻa crewmembers visited the local Juneau NOAA National Weather Service station. They met with the NOAA team, who presented their local forecast models that match our (Leg 3) tentative sail plan. We were able to see wind,...
Hōkūleʻa Departs Juneau Launching Moananuiākea Voyage
The weather cleared and voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa departed Statter Harbor in Juneau early this morning at 4:15 am (Alaska Time), officially starting her four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific. The canoe and voyage received a grand ceremonial blessing and launch...
Hōkūleʻa Given Grand Ceremonial Send-off
Cultural blessings, celebratory dances, and protocol were conducted yesterday at the Global Launch Ceremony to send-off legendary voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa on her four-year Moananuiākea Voyage. The 10-hour event was originally planned to take place at Auke Bay in...
Moananuiākea Voyage Global Launch Livestream
Thursday, June 15 – 11am-2pm HST / 1pm-4pm AK The Global Launch event will include Alaska Native and Hawaiian cultural protocols, dances, chants and prayers for a ceremonial send-off for Hōkūleʻa and her crew before they embark on the four-year voyage around the...
Hōkūleʻa Greeted by Hundreds at Auke Bay
Hundreds lined the shore of Auke Bay yesterday to welcome voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa under the leadership of Captain and Pwo Navigator Bruce Blankenfeld. Hōkūleʻa approached the traditional lands of the A'aakw Kwaan to the sounds of chanting, singing and drumming at...
Hōkūleʻa Welcoming Ceremony Livestream
Saturday, June 10 – 12:30pm HST / 2:30pm AK Alaska hosts conduct tribal welcome ceremony and Hawaiʻi delegation offers ceremonial greeting, voyaging dances, and a special tribute to the Áak’w Kwáan. The Hōkūleʻa Welcoming Ceremony livestream is produced by KTOO...
Mahalo Nui Loa to Our Major Moananuiākea Voyage Sponsors
The 47-month Moananuiākea circumnavigation of the Pacific is propelled by volunteer crew and funding sponsors who are committed to planetary renaissance. Mahalo nui loa to these major sponsors who are generously supporting the Polynesian Voyaging Society and the...
PVS to Launch Moananuiākea Voyage from Juneau
Hōkūleʻa, the legendary voyaging canoe that revived the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation and sparked a cultural renaissance in Hawaiʻi, is preparing to embark on a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific. This Moananuiākea Voyage, led by the Polynesian...
Hōkūleʻa Arrives in Yakutat on Alaska Heritage Sail
On May 21, after a nearly 30-hour sail from Juneau and into the Gulf of Alaska, voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa arrived at her first stop on the Alaska Heritage Sail, Yakutat, the northernmost Southeast Alaska community, and the furthest north the canoe has ever voyaged. The...
Hōkūleʻa to Start First Leg of Alaska Heritage Sail
Voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa is scheduled to depart Juneau for Yakutat tomorrow morning (May 19, 2023) and begin the first leg of the Alaska Heritage Sail, a pre-voyage through the Southeast region of Alaska before the Global Launch of the Moananuiākea Voyage...
PVS Kicks Off its Moananuiākea Voyage #voyage4earth Campaign
#voyage4earth Campaign PVS kicked off its Moananuiākea Voyage #voyage4earth campaign at Saturday’s Hōkūleʻa send-off event. As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia sail around the Pacific, PVS will collect pledges from individuals who would like to share how they plan to “voyage...