by Bryson Hoe | Jan 8, 2016 | Education, Nav Reports, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
English Aloha mai kākou, eia nō wau ʻo Kaleomanuiwa Wong live and direct to you from the waʻa Hōkūleʻa just outside of St. Helena. As you can see, right next to us, this tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic was reached by this waʻa. We left Cape Town, South...
by Bryson Hoe | Jan 7, 2016 | Education, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Nav Reports, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
English Aloha ahiahi kākou, eia nō wau ʻo Kaleomanuiwa Wong on Hōkūleʻa as we are traveling across on this Leg 16 sailing from South Africa to St. Helena. We are calculating our position to being fairly close to St. Helena, and we two nights ago we got a good sight of...
by Bryson Hoe | Jan 7, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Lohiao Paoa Hōkūleʻa has always been a part of my life, but voyaging has been in my genealogy long before my time. The Paoa name is found all over the Pacific, from Rapa Nui to Aotearoa (New Zealand) to the beautiful island of Molokai. Renowned as watermen,...
by Bryson Hoe | Jan 6, 2016 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Bruce Black Last night was cloud-filled with no moon or star to steer by. Instead, we followed the wind and quartered the swells. The 10-2 watch got hammered by malolo (flying fish). Kealoha and Kaleo got hit, and there were a dozen on the deck. Most of the...