by Todd Yamashita | Mar 31, 2017 | Nav Reports, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Hōkūleʻa crewmember Russell Amimoto is with us today as crewmembers site Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. He describes a long night of changing conditions, variable winds, squalls and heavy seas keeping crewmembers active in changing sails and responding to...
by Todd Yamashita | Mar 31, 2017 | ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Nav Reports, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
The search for Fatuhiva continues despite rough conditions at sea. Here’s Navigator, Kaleo Wong with a report from the deck Hōkūleʻa. For more, view the clip above or photos of the day below. And remember you can tracks Hōkūleʻa’s progress in real time from the...
by Alison Andrews | Mar 30, 2017 | Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Crew blog by Kekama Helm As the anchor set and we turn to shore, we see small ATVs coming down a steep valley road. Minutes later we are greeted with the sounds of aloha, “Welcome to our island home of Pitcairn!” About fifteen people come to meet us at the pier, a...
by Alison Andrews | Mar 28, 2017 | Newsletter, Promise to Paeaina, Science, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Recently, Hōkūleʻa and her crew visited the Pitcairn Islands for the second time in Hōkūleʻa’s 42-year voyaging history, sailing through the Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve. At roughly 3 ½ times the size of the land area of the U.K., the Pitcairn Islands Marine...
by Todd Yamashita | Mar 27, 2017 | ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Nav Reports, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Hōkūleʻa and her crew have been at sea for four days now after departing Pitcairn for Tahiti. They are very near to the Marquesas Islands, here’s Kaleo Wong with your navigation update. For more, view the clip above or photos of the day below. And remember you...