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Worldwide Voyage Sponsored by Hawaiian Airlines and Education Sponsor KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY MāLAMA HONUA WORLDWIDE VOYAGE SPONSORED BY HAWAIIAN AIRLINES AND EDUCATION SPONSOR KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS WWW.HOKULEA.Com @HOKULEAWWV 1 2 Table of Contents FROM THE PACIFIC 1 From the Pacific to the World 3 Voyaging 101 Hōkūleʻa 4 Meet the Crew: Nainoa Thompson Hōkūleʻa TO THE WORLD 5 Circling the Globe: The Voyaging Plan 7 Port Stops 8 Meet the Crew: Haunani Kane 9 Follow Us/Support Us EDITOR . Letise LaFeir www.hokulea.com www.hokulea.com DESIGN/LAYOUT Torie Ketcham Matt McIntosh Traditional Voyaging Todd Yamashita COPY EDITOR . Letise LaFeir in Modern Times CONTRIBUTORS Matt Dozier Sam Low Marisa Hayase Michiko Martin canoe for the first time in centuries. The idea brought together people of diverse backgrounds Bryson Hoe Kate Thompson ust as the Polynesian voyagers populated the Pacific Islands, and professions to form the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS). Polynesian Voyaging Letise LaFeir Maya Walton Jmost cultures around the earth expanded outward over the Society On March 8, 1975, PVS launched its first vessel— Hōkūleʻa —from the sacred shores of Hakipuʻu/ PHOTO CREDITS sea. We all share a voyage of discovery in our past, and now Kualoa in Kāneʻohe Bay on the island of Oʻahu. Its design was a replica based on sketches of Founded: 1973 ancient canoes of the Pacific Islands. The successful arrival of Hōkūleʻa to Tahiti in 1976 via non- ʻŌiwi TV the Polynesian Voyaging Society is leading a voyage of hope instrument navigation marked a renewal of traditional voyaging and wayfinding. Mission: To perpetuate the art and science Polynesian Voyaging Society to bring us all together. of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the Hōkūleʻa continues to bring people together from all walks of life. The winds of the Pacific Ocean spirit of exploration through experiential have carried her over 140,000 miles and to several different countries during the past 40 years. educational programs that inspire students Ancient Voyaging Hōkūleʻa is more than a voyaging canoe—she represents a desire shared by the people of Hawaiʻi, and their communities to respect and care the Pacific, and the world to protect our most cherished values and places from disappearing. for themselves, each other, and their natu- The blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean is unbroken except for a few small dots of terra ral and cultural environments. This publication was produced in partnership firma. Thousands of years ago, it became the stage for one of the greatest feats in human Navigating the World with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric history. Early Polynesian seafarers journeyed beyond the shores of home to explore Vision: Hawai i, our special island home, is Administration’s (NOAA) Office of National more than 10 million square miles. Carrying in open canoes all provisions needed for Today, a new generation of navigators is using the same traditional knowledge and techniques ʻ a place where the land and sea are cared Marine Sanctuaries . NOAA is an agency of the the voyage and a new life, Polynesians discovered and settled on thousands of distant that steered their ancestors before them. Hōkūleʻa is now joined by its sister canoe Hikianalia, for, and people and communities are Department of Commerce . islands, some less than a mile in diameter. There were no maps, compasses, or global launched by PVS in 2012. Together the two vessels will travel 47,000 nautical miles to 85 ports healthy and safe. positioning systems (GPS). Instead, these intrepid wayfinders used stars, winds, waves, and 26 nations on their Mālama Honua* Worldwide Voyage sponsored by Hawaiian Airlines. The birds, weather and other patterns of nature to chart their course. voyage, which started in 2013 and will continue through 2017, is a means to engage all of Island Earth — practicing how to live sustainably while sharing Polynesian culture, learning from the past Leaders: Information about PVS founders, A Tradition Revived and from each other, creating global relationships, and discovering the wonders of this precious teachers, master navigators, and board place we call home. members can be found at: The last of the Polynesian voyaging canoes, or waʻa kaulua, disappeared in the 1400s. http://www.hokulea.com/leadership/ Then in 1973, artist and author Herb Kāne dreamed of building a double-hulled sailing *Mālama Honua is a Hawaiian phrase that means “to care for our Island Earth.” Vessels: Hōkūleʻa (1975) & Hikianalia (2012) 1200 B.C.- British explorer s the Polynesian Voyaging Society 1200 A.D. Polynesians progressively 1778 Captain James Cook 1950 The Polynesian 1973 Voyaging Society celebrates 40 years, it launches the settle islands throughout arrives in Hawaiʻi. the Pacific Ocean is founded by artist Eighteen-year- Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, from Sāmoa to Rapa Herb Kawainui Kāne, old Mau Piailug is Nui (Easter Island), the anthropologist Ben one of many seafaring expeditions in the long and initiated as a master eastern-most island of Finney, and sailor navigator in a pwo storied maritime history of the Polynesian culture . the Polynesian Triangle. Charles Tommy ceremony on the Holmes. A island of Satawal. 3 4 Hōkūle’a Hōkūleʻa VOYAGING 101 Hōkūle’a Polynesian navigators, or wayfinders, were advanced in observing stars, clouds, seabird behavior, ocean swells, and other natural patterns to guide them across MEET THE CREW: vast ocean expanses . Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will be navigated using these tradi- THOMPSON tional techniques during the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage . Nainoa Nainoa Thompson is the President of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and a master in the traditional Polynesian art of non-instrument navigating. Inspired by his father and by numerous important www.hokulea.com www.hokulea.com www.hokulea.com HōKūLEʻA kūpuna (elders), Nainoa has dedicated LAUNCHED: 1975 CREW CAPACITY: 12-14 LENGTH: 62’ WIDTH: 20’ his life to exploring the universal values of voyaging – vision, self-discipline, The voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa is named after the “star of preparation, courage, risk-taking and the gladness,” also known as Arcturus, that marks the latitude spirit of aloha to bind a crew on arduous of Hawaiʻi when the star is at its highest point in the sky. journeys. Hōkūleʻa’s twin hulls allow it to handle large swells and recover easily in the troughs of waves, and its triangular Long voyages have taught Nainoa canvas sails can harness winds of up to 20 knots. to appreciate the Hawaiian concept of “mālama” or care-taking. “Our Today, Hōkūle a combines traditional elements with ʻ ancestors learned that if they took care new materials, such as fiberglass hulls, canvas sails of their canoe and each other,” he and synthetic lashings, for unparalleled strength and has often told his crew, “they would seaworthiness. Hōkūle a will travel over 47,000 nautical ʻ arrive safely at their designation.” miles during the four years of the Worldwide Voyage. Astronaut Lacy Veach, who observed the Hōkūleʻa technical illustration: Dave Swann, Hawaiian Islands from space, helped courtesy Polynesian Voyaging Society Nainoa understand “mālama” from a planetary perspective. “The best place to Clouds think about the fate of our planet is right HIKIANALIA here in our islands,” Veach told Nainoa. LAUNCHED: 2012 CREW CAPACITY: 12-16 LENGTH: 72’ WIDTH: 23’ Stars Navigators observe the shape, height, and color of clouds for directional and weather cues. Clouds also tend to accumulate over land in specific patterns, which From all these teachings comes the Hikianalia is the Hawaiian name for the star, also known as navigators look for as they sail. next great voyage of exploration – the The “star compass” is a central Spica, that rises together with the star Hōkūle a in Hawai i. Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage to ʻ ʻ part of navigation. Navigators The vessel combines the latest eco-friendly technology care for Island Earth. memorize the positions of over with the heritage of the voyaging tradition. Each of its Seabird Behavior Ocean Swells 200 stars and watch the ris- Learn more about Nainoa and other hulls contains an electric motor powered by sunlight, ing and setting of stars to help The behavior of seabirds provides Ocean swells are generated from crewmembers at: resulting in a zero carbon footprint. determine the location of the important clues on the direction of a great distance, and they help the http://www.hokulea.com/category/crew/. During the Worldwide Voyage, Hikianalia’s crew will canoe in relation to the destina- nearby islands and atolls. Experienced navigator maintain orientation and conduct six ongoing science research projects and tion. Marked grooves in the ves- navigators can distinguish land-based determine direction when celestial – By Sam Low, author of Hawaiki Rising: promote sustainability and conservation through edu- sel are lined up with stars near seabirds that travel away from the bodies are not visible. In the Pacific, Hōkūleʻa, Nainoa Thompson, and the cational programs and outreach. the horizon to provide a point coast at dawn to feed and return to the northeast trade winds generate a Hawaiian Renaissance of reference and help maintain their nests at night, indicating the di- northeast swell and the southeast trade orientation to the course. rection of land. winds create a southeast swell. Hōkūle a is launched Hōkūleʻa voyages ʻ Nainoa Thompson 1975 for the first time from 1976 1978 1980 1985 to New Zealand, 1991 PVS and the world navigates Hōkūleʻa to venturing outside of Hakipuʻu/Kualoa, mourn the passing Tahiti, making him the tropical waters for the Oʻahu. of crew member and first Native Hawaiian first time. Hōkūle a voyages renowned big wave since the 14th ʻ Hawai i astronaut to Tahiti for the first surfer Eddie Aikau when century to complete ʻ Lacy Veach, who loved traditional open- Hōkūle a capsizes off the a voyage using only ʻ Hawaiian voyaging ocean voyage from coast of Lāna i.
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