by Bryson Hoe | Sep 9, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Education, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Craig Thomas Life on Hōkūleʻa is unlike any other I have ever imagined. Splashing along at 6 knots through the bumpy and lumpy Indian Ocean, this 12 ft wide and 42 ft long open deck is our entire community. Our escort vessel Gershon II in the distance, a...
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 28, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Craig Thomas For almost a week, Hōkūleʻa and her crew have been safely separated from the lumpy seas of the Indian Ocean, enjoying Direction Island, a calm corner of Cocos Lagoon that functions as a park and marine reserve. Surrounded by cruising sailboats...
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 24, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
We are now anchored in Cocos (Keeling) Island, approximately 500 miles west-south west of Christmas Island. Cocos is a territory of Australia, and the small, isolated atoll resembles many we have seen throughout the Pacific. The lagoon is on the lee side of the atoll,...