Hōkūleʻa Voyage to Kahoʻolawe and Kalaupapa Reflection
Thursday, June 10 – Wednesday, June 16, 2010
For the past 2 weeks, E Ala, Hokuleʻa and Kamauheheu have sailed along the Waiʻanae Coast and stayed in Pokaʻi Bay for canoe tours and education outreach sails. On Day 1 of the sail, family members greeted crew members in Makua for a nighttime potluck on the beach. On Day 2, 800 students from Kawaihona Charter School welcomed the crew members at Nanakuli Beach, and on Day 3, family and community members welcomed all three canoes for a beautiful arrival ceremony at Pokaʻi Bay.
On Tuesday, April 20th, the wa‘a E Ala, Hōkūle‘a and Kama will voyage from Sand Island to the Wai‘anae Coast captained by Kaina Holomalia, Sam Kapoi and Waimea McKeague (all born and raised in Wai‘anae & Nānākuli). Students and teachers from Wai‘anae and Nānākuli High School, Kamaile Academy, Wai‘anae and Nanakuli Intermediate will sail these three voyaging canoes along the Wai‘anae coast and will arrive in Pōka‘i Bay on Thursday, April 22.
Photos by Michelle Marineau and Bob Wood
Reflection by Ira “Kawika” Zunin Candidate Medical Officer
WWV Crew Reflections: By Tina Daehler-Masifilo March 6, 2010
I have come to realize that as I write my name on a Worldwide Voyage Training sail sign-up sheet, I feel a sense of excitement, wonder, anticipation and an honest pause to reconsider.
Captain Mike Taylor gives a canoe tour to Na Pualani Preschool students:
Stillness came in the early hours of morning… the wind softened and whales surrounded the canoe. I was drifting between dream wanderings when the whales began to sing. Their song traveled through the hulls where I lay with my eyes closed.
Pictures by Bob Wood, Music by Darin Leong
Journal from Matt Limtiaco's First Overnight Sail
Photos by Sam Low
Music by Darin Leong
Crew training for the Worldwide Voyage (WWV) is at an exciting point.
Well over 100 brand new crewmembers are conducting numerous overnight sails weekly as well as classroom sessions twice a week. Meanwhile, other crews who have been training together for up to two years are beginning to conduct a series of deep-sea sails as the culmination of the required program to qualify for the WWV (at least ten coastal sails, four inter-island crossings and the deep-sea voyage simulation).
