by Alison Andrews | Mar 28, 2017 | Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Joey Mallott Hōkūleʻa, thankfully, has been a large part of my life dating back to the mid 1990’s when PVS leadership approached a respected elder of my tribe about the possibility of logs for a voyaging canoe. My people, the Tlingits from Southeast...
by Alison Andrews | Mar 28, 2017 | Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Crew blog by Keoni Kuoha It’s been a while since I’ve sailed long-distance aboard Hōkūleʻa. Actually, it’s been exactly ten years. Spring 2007. We were sailing through Micronesia on our way to Satawal and the ceremonial graduation of our Hawaiian...
by Alison Andrews | Mar 24, 2017 | Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
After 11 full days on the ocean, Hōkūleʻa and her crew arrived on Pitcairn Island for the first time in nearly 20 years. During their one-day visit with the Pitcairn community, the crew engaged with one of the families the crew met when Hokulea last visited in 1998....
by Alison Andrews | Mar 21, 2017 | Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Moku Puulei-Chandler Busy Busy Life on the waʻa has been very busy even though the winds have lightened up for the last couple of days. My morning starts in the dark, where a small triangle star cluster (Kaus Borealis, Media, Kaus Australis; names told to me...
by Alison Andrews | Mar 15, 2017 | Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Heidi Kai Guth Early in the day, our navigator, Kaleo, says we are a quarter of the way to Pitcairn. Everyone seems a little lighter in spirit and more comfortable at the start of our third full day at sea. People are grooving into their rhythms and blending...