by Alison Andrews | Jul 27, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Education, Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Michelle Knoetgen One of the stops on Leg 21 of the Worldwide Voyage, Hurricane Island has been called a “ghost island” because, one day in 1914, an entire community of rock quarry workers evacuated, and not due to a violent storm. They dropped their tools,...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 25, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Education, Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Michelle Knoetgen On the rocky shores of Appledore Island, Maine, we were greeted with periwinkle shells held fast by sea grass, hand made by a college student named Athena: one of the many touches that made us feel welcome. A peaceful bird sanctuary...
by Bryson Hoe | Jun 30, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Michelle Knoetgen Leading up to Hōkūleʻa’s landfall in Martha’s Vineyard, I’d been receiving frequent emails from Sam Low, Hōkūleʻa crewmember, and author of Hawaiki Rising, about ways our crew could engage with the community. Sam started planning this...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 23, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Written by Michelle Knoetgen: On Saturday, March 18, Hōkūleʻa Captain and Pwo Navigator Bruce Blankenfield held crew training for Leg 19 of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage at Hui Nalu O Hawaii, a historic canoe club founded by Duke Kahanamoku and others in 1908....
by Bryson Hoe | Dec 15, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Education, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Michelle Knoetgen “It was after I went to South Africa that I became what I am now.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi When crossing the tumultuous Mozambique Channel and rounding Africa’s treacherous Cape of Good Hope, Hōkūle’a needed a light crew of seasoned...