What does success look like

Hōkūle‘a has successfully navigated through hundreds of thousands of miles of oceans, the equivalent to six times around the Earth. Yet, her deep-sea training voyage to Palmyra Atoll promises to be one of her most challenging.

Why? Taking into account that Palmyra is a tiny spec of land that barely peaks out of the water (its highest point is a coconut tree) and that it is surrounded by submerged coral reefs, this voyage will not only be difficult, but dangerous.

Navigator Nainoa Thompson shared with us some of the challenges of finding Palmyra and his vision of success for this voyage.