The Star Compass by Nainoa ThompsonThe star compass is the basic mental construct for navigation. We have Hawaiian names for the houses of the stars—the place where they come out of the ocean and go back into the ocean. If you can identify the stars as they rise and...
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Hōkūleʻa Continues Engagements with Communities in Southeast Alaska
Since departing Juneau last month, Hōkūleʻa has been sailing through Southeast Alaska, engaging with villages throughout the region. Yesterday afternoon at 5pm Alaska Time (3pm HST) the canoe arrived in Metlakatla after a six-hour journey from Ketchikan. The crew is...
Polynesian Wayfinding
Polynesian WayfindingModern Methods and Techniques of Non‑Instrument NavigationBefore the invention of the compass, sextant and clocks, or more recently, the satellite-dependant Global Positioning System (GPS), Pacific Islanders navigated open-ocean voyages...
Hōkūleʻa Receives Large, Heartfelt Welcome in Seattle
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...
Moananuiākea Voyage Crew Blog: Cat Fuller
About ten years ago, fellow crew member and Pwo navigator Tua Pittman said something that has stuck with me ever since. He said that wa'a is not just the vehicle we sail but that 'wa'a is the movement of people.' As Hōkūle'a departs Juneau to start the next chapter in...
PVS to Launch Moananuiākea Voyage from Juneau
Hōkūleʻa, the legendary voyaging canoe that revived the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation and sparked a cultural renaissance in Hawaiʻi, is preparing to embark on a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific. This Moananuiākea Voyage, led by the Polynesian...
History
HistoryThe Story of Hōkūle‘aEmbedded in the story of Hōkūle‘a and the culture that created her is the story of a 2000-year-old relationship with special islands and the sea. It is a story that was almost lost and was close to extinction. But ultimately it is a story...