by DND | May 22, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
My kuleana as quartermaster is to inventory every single thing that passes the rails onto the canoe. While the ladies have done their job of repacking the food that will go on the first two voyaging legs, it is now up to the guys to load it all onto the waʻa....
by DND | May 18, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
May 17, 2014 marked the beginning of a new chapter for history here in Hawaiʻi. Hundreds gathered at the dock of the Marine Education Training Center, from which Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia, and their crew would bid farewell to Oʻahu for the last time as they embark on their...
by DND | May 15, 2014 | Music, Polynesian Voyaging Society
With Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia making their way for another leg in the Worldwide Voyage, the Polynesian Voyaging Society reflects back on the many types of donations that have helped to spread the message of Mālama Honua thus far. “There are times when you are...
by DND | May 9, 2014 | Culture, Polynesian Voyaging Society
I loko nō o ka hoʻomākaukau kino ʻana no huakaʻi holo puni honua ma luna o nā waʻa kaulua kaulana o Hawaiʻi nei, ua like a ʻoi aku paha ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo a...
by DND | May 7, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
With no refrigeration onboard the waʻa, majority of the crew’s meals consist of dried, packaged, or canned goods. But how do you supply a crew of thirty who will be out on the ocean for thirty days? Thanks to Aunty Lita Blankenfeld and her gang, these goods are being...
