by Bryson Hoe | Aug 31, 2015 | Education, Nav Reports, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld aboard Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean with an update about where we are at now. We are enjoying steady south, south-east winds about 15 knots, sometimes up to 20 knots. The seas were a little bigger yesterday, and they were...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 28, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
This is Bruce Blankenfeld from the deck of Hōkūleʻa anchored off of Direction Island and Coco’s Keeling out here on the Indian Ocean. We’re getting ready to depart and our destination is Mauritius, 2,300 miles away. Our expected course is going to be a little south of...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 20, 2015 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld on board Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean. We spotted land this morning by sighting Christmas Island, which is 550 miles along our track out from Bali, Indonesia. Last night at sunset, we knew by all of our deduced reckoning, which is just...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 20, 2015 | Education, Nav Reports, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
So a little discussion about our course. We received a tracking map today from the office, and that’s pretty much what we intended to do and how it went. So initially, we just steered our course, which is one star house south of west. For our type of navigation...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 19, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld on board Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean. We are still getting beautiful winds, seas, and overall weather. We are making good speed, averaging 5-6 knots. And our escort boat Gershon II is keeping up, and they’re doing just fine. We...