by Bryson Hoe | Dec 25, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Legendary voyaging canoe Hokulea, which is now almost exactly halfway around the world from the starting point of Honolulu, Hawaii, set sail today for Brazil, South America’s largest country both geographically and in terms of its...
by Bryson Hoe | Dec 4, 2015 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Bruce Blankenfeld Day 1: November 23, 2015 http://www.hokulea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/20151125_Soc_Media_Cape-Town-Haul-Out_30sec.mp4 Today we towed Hōkūle’a by dinghy from the quay at the V&A Marina to Granger Bay. We passed a couple...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 14, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha and good morning from beautiful Mauritius, an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This is Bruce Blankenfeld on board Hōkūleʻa. We spotted the lights of Mauritius last night around 8pm or 9pm. The weather was really lousy for the last two or three days out...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 10, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld from the deck of Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean. Right now is close to the end of Day 13 on our voyage from Cocos Keeling Island to Mauritius. Just a few hours ago, we sighted the island of Rodrigues, which is a waypoint on the way to...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 9, 2015 | Education, Nav Reports, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld from the deck of Hōkūleʻa on the Indian Ocean. This is our update for Sunday, September 6th 2015. Here is our estimated position in the Indian Ocean: from a reference course that started in Cocos Keeling our last stop, all the way to...