by Bryson Hoe | Aug 21, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Naʻalehu Anthony. Miles since departing Christmas Island: 186 as of sunset Weather: Clouds on the horizon are few. Overhead is clear with a waxing moon and many stars visible. Birdlife: We had a red footed booby on the back deck this morning. We fed him a...
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...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 18, 2015 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Naʻalehu Anthony. AM Report It’s colder at night than I would have thought. In contrast, the days are really hot at about nine degrees south latitude. We’re making our way more west than south, so we have many more days of this weather ahead. ...