by hokulea | Aug 31, 2023 | Moananuiākea Voyage, Newsletter
Hōkūleʻa departed Seattle’s Bell Harbor Marina yesterday at approximately 8:00 am for a four-hour sail to Tacoma, the next port of call on the Moananuiākea Voyage. The iconic voyaging canoe approached Brown’s Point at around 11:00 am to request permission of the...
by hokulea | Aug 27, 2023 | Moananuiākea Voyage, Newsletter
More than 2,000 people gathered at Pier 62 yesterday to welcome legendary voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa and her crew to Seattle, Washington. The canoe sailed into Elliott Bay at approximately 8:30 am escorted by several traditional Suquamish canoes and were greeted on the...
by hokulea | Aug 25, 2023 | Crew Update, Moananuiākea Voyage, Newsletter
Looking back with appreciation at our visit to Suquamish, WA. August 24 & 25, 2023 | Leg 6, Days 17 & 18. Suquamish, WA. Around 3pm we rounded the corner in Suquamish. Home to the “”People of Clear Salt Water”” and the tribe of Chief...
by hokulea | Aug 23, 2023 | Crew Update, Moananuiākea Voyage, Newsletter
August 23, 2023 | Leg 6, Day 16. Victoria, B.C. Our trees of life connected us. Cedar to the Songhees people and niu (coconut) to the Pasifika peoples. Melissa from the Songhees Nation with her beaming smile greeted me as she commented on my niu papale. It kicked off...
by hokulea | Aug 22, 2023 | Crew Update, Newsletter
August 22, 2023 | Leg 6, Day 15. Victoria, B.C. Hōkūle’a and the Leg 6 crew were given a beautiful greeting by the Songhees into the lək̓ʷəŋən traditional territory and what is now known to many as Victoria’s Inner Harbor. Tucked into the corner of the...