by Bryson Hoe | Nov 3, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Kālepa Baybayan on board Hawaiʻi’s famed voyaging canoe, Hōkūleʻa. We have just departed Port Elizabeth on the southeast coast of South Africa. We have to transit 186 miles to get to our next destination Mossel Bay before continuing around the Cape of...
by Bryson Hoe | Oct 5, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS – The crew of the Hōkūleʻa set sail for South Africa, the most ambitious leg of the Mālama Honua Worldwide voyage yet. The performance-accurate deep sea voyaging canoe was built in the tradition of ancient Polynesian navigators 40 years ago...
by Todd Yamashita | Aug 16, 2015 | Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony. We departed Bali today at noon. Our plan to continue west on our 50,000 nautical mile circumnavigation takes us through the Indian Ocean from Bali to Mauritius. This 3,500 mile leg is the single longest voyage without a scheduled crew...
by Todd Yamashita | Aug 16, 2015 | Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Naʻalehu Anthony. The weather here in Bali, Indonesia has been steady for some time and Captain Bruce Blankenfeld is comfortable with the conditions for a noon departure tomorrow with the high tide. A 3,500 mile voyage to Mauritius lies ahead and we are...
by Bryson Hoe | Apr 30, 2015 | Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
HONOLULU – The Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa and her crewmembers have departed New Zealand today, leaving the Pacific Ocean for the first time in her 40-year history. The canoe’s master navigator will use traditional Polynesian navigation techniques to sail to...