by Bryson Hoe | Feb 24, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kawika Crivello We all stare intently into the horizon looking for the island of Barbados. There is an unspoken competition for who can spot land first as if somehow his name becomes written in infinite history. But as it should be, like a teacher to his...
by Bryson Hoe | Feb 24, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kawika Crivello It’s been 12 days and 1,700 miles since departure from Natal, Brazil, and according to our calculations of our captain and navigator Kālepa Baybayan and his haumana Brad Wong, we should be seeing the island of Barbados tomorrow...
by Bryson Hoe | Feb 22, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha, this is Kālepa Baybayan on board the Hōkūleʻa sailing towards the Caribbean from Natal, Brazil. We are more than halfway to our target destination, roughly about 7º north and 51º west. The crew is doing fine, and the canoe is functioning well. We are now...
by Bryson Hoe | Feb 17, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nakua Konohia Lind I woke up to the early morning sounds of Hōkūleʻa’s hulls slicing through rising swells, which flowed from three different houses – Haka, Manu and Lā, all out of the Koʻolau quadrant of the star compass. The 2-6 watch, led by...
by Bryson Hoe | Feb 16, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kālepa Baybayan At 1700 hours local time (10am HST) and pacing at 6 knots, Hōkūleʻa entered the blue waters of the North Atlantic after a 20-month sojourn in oceans south of the equator. She was greeted by clear skies after skirting the Intertropical...