2025年1月6日 · After a week of education and community tours, Hōkūleʻa departed Ko ʻOlina Marina yesterday for a return visit to Waiʻanae’s Pōkaʻi Bay. The voyaging canoe arrived in the afternoon and will be moored in the Bay while crew participate in Hoʻākea Mauka to Makai, an...

On March 8, 1975, Hōkūle‘a, a performance-accurate deep sea voyaging canoe built in the tradition of ancient Hawaiian wa‘a kaulua (double-hulled voyaging canoe), was launched from the sacred shores of Hakipu‘u-Kualoa, in Kāne‘ohe Bay on the island of O‘ahu. She was designed by artist and historian Herb Kawainui Kāne, one of the ...

On March 8, 1975, Hōkūle‘a, a performance-accurate deep sea voyaging canoe built in the tradition of ancient Hawaiian wa‘a kaulua (double-hulled voyaging canoe), was launched from the sacred shores of Hakipu‘u-Kualoa, in Kāne‘ohe Bay on the island of O‘ahu.

Hōkūleʻa[2][3] is a performance-accurate waʻa kaulua, [4][5] a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. [6][7] Launched on 8 March 1975 [8] by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, it is best known for its 1976 Hawaiʻi to Tahiti voyage completed with exclusively traditional navigation techniques. [9][10] The primary goal of the voyage was to explore ...

"Wa'a kaukahi" was a single-hulled canoe; "wa'a kaulua" was a double-hulled canoe. The various parts of a canoe had the following names: 'aha: braided or twisted cord used in lashing the canoe, made of pulu-niu (coconut husk fiber), olona fiber, or hau (hibiscus bark fiber); 'aha-niu: cordage made of pulu-niu

Moananuiākea is Hōkūle‘a’s 15th major voyage in her first 50 years. At the core of Hōkūle‘a’s creation was exploration – to uncover, recover, and reclaim. Reclaim our culture, traditions, and our relationship to home and our island earth.

'Iako (Connecting Cross-beams): A true replication of an ancient canoe should have crossbeams shaped from straight poles-the method most widely distributed. The arched crossbeam is a feature of the classical Hawaiian double canoe, invented only four centuries ago by the designer Kanuha in the time of Keawe.4

Evolution of the Hawaiian Canoe (1998) Herb Kawainui Kāne. Changes in the primary power mode of the larger canoes of the Hawaiian Islands from sail to paddling, followed by a return to sail. Ancient Polynesian sail; Hawaiian specialization; fore-and-aft sprits: adopted after 1790 The Ancient Sailing Canoes

2024年11月22日 · Aboard Hōkūleʻa, a sixty-two-foot Polynesian voyaging canoe, the twelve-person crew uses no navigational instruments. Instead, they function as their own compass, orienting through the signs nature provides. Their training contains the knowledge and practices that keep the science of Hawaiian wayfinding alive. *****

Hokule'a, a pioneer in its own right, was conceived in 1974 following a visionary proposal by the Polynesian Voyaging Society. The proposal aimed to construct a replica of an ancient Polynesian voyaging canoe and embark on a round-trip voyage between Hawaii and Tahiti.