by Todd Yamashita | Sep 17, 2015 | Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
MAURITIUS – The crew of the Hōkūleʻa, received a warm welcome this week upon reaching the island nation of Mauritius. The stop is a critical waypoint on the dangerous Indian Ocean leg of the Worldwide Voyage. “Mauritius is a very strategic port of call for the...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 14, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha and good morning from beautiful Mauritius, an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This is Bruce Blankenfeld on board Hōkūleʻa. We spotted the lights of Mauritius last night around 8pm or 9pm. The weather was really lousy for the last two or three days out...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 13, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha all, Patience. That’s the word of the day. This morning at 2 am when we came up for watch Hōkūleʻa was still steering herself. We knew we were south of our course line from the time we left Rodrigues a couple of days ago, as the weather has forced us to have...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 18, 2015 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Naʻalehu Anthony. AM Report It’s colder at night than I would have thought. In contrast, the days are really hot at about nine degrees south latitude. We’re making our way more west than south, so we have many more days of this weather ahead. ...
by Todd Yamashita | Aug 16, 2015 | Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony. We departed Bali today at noon. Our plan to continue west on our 50,000 nautical mile circumnavigation takes us through the Indian Ocean from Bali to Mauritius. This 3,500 mile leg is the single longest voyage without a scheduled crew...