by Bryson Hoe | Aug 28, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Craig Thomas For almost a week, Hōkūleʻa and her crew have been safely separated from the lumpy seas of the Indian Ocean, enjoying Direction Island, a calm corner of Cocos Lagoon that functions as a park and marine reserve. Surrounded by cruising sailboats...
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 28, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Kalei Velasco here on Hōkūleʻa anchored over here at Direction Island in the Coco’s Keeling Island group. It’s about time for us to get out of here and get on the move and start making our way over to Mauritius. But before we go, I just want to get a...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 27, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony. I was writing at my edit station last night when I was compelled to stop and listen to everything going on around me. The tone of the crew’s conversation had shifted. Some were in quiet song strumming a guitar looking for chords that...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 26, 2015 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Naʻalehu Anthony. Leave it better than you found it. Today we all stayed on board Hōkūleʻa to take care of minor maintenance such as dropping our rig to check the anchor light and washing the deck of the canoe so we can leave Cocos with a clean house. There...