by Alison Andrews | Dec 19, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Brad Wong For the past two days the Leg 26 crew has been continuing preparations for their voyage to Panama. Crew have begun to make their bunks feel like home and get familiar with the locations of all necessary canoe gear. A few lashings and repairs were...
by Alison Andrews | Dec 19, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Brad Wong Early in the morning, around 8am, we left Coconut Grove, Miami on our way to Key West. A small group of local canoe paddlers, the hui at Shake-A-Leg Marina, and Nā Kelamoku sent us off as Julie’s Cat pulled us off the dock. After our oli...
by Alison Andrews | Dec 14, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
After arriving in Miami, crewmembers prepare Hōkūle‘a for departure on Leg 26 from Miami to Panama. Crewmember Kaipo Kīʻaha faithfully documents the crew’s work, the weather and more. Day 25 & 26: December 5 & 6 We started off Monday, December 5, by...
by Alison Andrews | Dec 11, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kālepa Baybayan Tuesday, December 6, 2016 A quiet warm south wind blows over the stern of Hōkūleʻa, lifting the canoe as we silently rock back and forth on the floating dock we are secured to. We arrived in Miami Saturday afternoon at 4p and are now...
by Alison Andrews | Dec 8, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blogs by Kaipo Kīʻaha Day 24:December 3 After 1100 miles and 16 stops we made it to Miami today. This will be the final stop for Leg 25. The day itself was a 9.5 hour run, 77 miles from West Palm Beach. We ducked under several very low bridges and passed through some...