by hokulea | Jun 20, 2023 | Crew Reflection, Moananuiākea Voyage, Newsletter
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...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 18, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Catherine Fuller Many believe that touch has the power to heal…but can it heal cultural wounds? On a visit to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, we had the opportunity to test this idea. The giver of this gift, Karen Kramer, one of the...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 1, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Catherine Fuller On Friday, July 1st, we sailed perhaps the shortest portion of our leg from Martha’s Vineyard to Woods Hole, being approximately 8 miles. The departure ceremony was very moving, and it was obvious how much our visit had meant to Tobias...
by Bryson Hoe | Jun 29, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Catherine Fuller Forty-one years ago, a small group of men conceived an idea to recreate a Polynesian voyaging canoe. This was a vessel that had not been built in over six hundred years, and there were many who said it could not be done. It was. Those...
by Bryson Hoe | Jun 17, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Hikianalia Updates, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Hikianalia, sister canoe to the legendary voyaging vessel Hōkūleʻa, sailed into Honolulu on Tuesday after traveling across the Pacific Ocean for over a year. The crewmembers most recently left Papeʻete in French Polynesia and were at sea for nearly a month before...