by Bryson Hoe | Oct 6, 2015 | Education, Nav Reports, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Nainoa Thompson on board the voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa. We are en route from the island of Mauritius to the island of Madagascar. This is our second day out, and we are in pretty light winds. By tonight we should be almost halfway to Madagascar. The first...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 12, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nā’ālehu Anthony Itʻs sunset. We have about 100 miles to go, thinking we’ll be sighting Mauritius by morning, bringing this segment of the Worldwide Voyage to a close. For reference, we have recalibrated the number of miles traveled on course since...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 10, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld from the deck of Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean. Right now is close to the end of Day 13 on our voyage from Cocos Keeling Island to Mauritius. Just a few hours ago, we sighted the island of Rodrigues, which is a waypoint on the way to...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 9, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nā’ālehu Anthony Aloha all, This will be a short update tonight. It’s Day 25 of Leg 14 of the Worldwide Voyage, and we approximate we are a little over 1800 miles in on the course line from Mauritius, which means just about 500 miles left to...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 9, 2015 | Education, Nav Reports, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld from the deck of Hōkūleʻa on the Indian Ocean. This is our update for Sunday, September 6th 2015. Here is our estimated position in the Indian Ocean: from a reference course that started in Cocos Keeling our last stop, all the way to...