by Bryson Hoe | Mar 9, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Stephanie Guyer-Stevens, National Public Radio TRANSCIPT LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Relying on only sails for power, a Polynesian sailing canoe, which left Hawaii two years ago, has docked in the U.S. Virgin Islands. But it’s not your typical...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 8, 2016 | Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
On March 8, the iconic deep-sea voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa celebrates her 41st birthday! Our master navigators use the stars, waves, winds, and birds to find their way, following in the wake of their ancestors. Hōkūleʻa has journeyed more than 150,000 miles over the past...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 4, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha from the deck of Hōkūleʻa. Today, we are leaving St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands as you can see. We have been here for almost a week, and we had a chance to speak at schools and interact with the community and the people. Itʻs hard for us to leave. We form...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 4, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
After spending five days at St. John, USVI, their first Caribbean touchpoint, traditional voyaging canoe Hokulea set sail again this morning for its next destination: the neighboring British Virgin Islands. The crew left the US Virgin Islands at 2:00 p.m. (Friday,...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 4, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Written by Heidi Guth As Hōkūleʻa sailed into the Caribbean Sea, headed from the Atlantic Ocean toward the channel between St. Lucia and Martinique, we seemed to be chasing a vibrant double rainbow, always just ahead of us, arcing from port to starboard. It lasted...