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 31, 2015 | Education, Nav Reports, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld aboard Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean with an update about where we are at now. We are enjoying steady south, south-east winds about 15 knots, sometimes up to 20 knots. The seas were a little bigger yesterday, and they were...
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...
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...