by Bryson Hoe | Sep 4, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony “Whatʻs it like to live on the canoe?” We often hear this question from people we meet, in port, at home, and now over video and satellite phone calls with students around the world. Everyone has a hard time imagining when we explain our...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 2, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony Is it day four or five since we left Cocos Keeling Island? I forget as the days start to blend. This is the way it’s supposed to be, I think. Our days are marked by our watch system that is in place 24/7. We stand watch for four hours with...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 2, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony “Iʻm the best version of myself when Iʻm out here.” Almost two decades ago, when I began voyaging, I first heard those words spoken by another. So many times over the years, Iʻve reflected on how much Iʻve come to know and live that...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 1, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony In the black of night, when we’re steering by the stars and counting the miles with bubbles racing by our speeding canoe, we are reminded how truly analog voyaging was for centuries. What we call “art” now, a bundle of...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 29, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony On the cusp of a departure that will take us deeper into the unknown, the captains allow us all to come to Direction Island one last time. While I hang back in a hammock, thinking about what to write, it dawns on me that what I should be...