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The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and President of Republic of Palau, Tommy E. Remengesau Jr., sailed aboard Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia.

Hōkūle’a and Hikianalia, after successfully departing American Samoa yesterday, have  made landfall in Apia, Samoa early this morning. Read more

We wrestle with the need to fulfill the voyage's mission and the issue of putting the canoes and crews at risk. In the end the decision is simple: it's all about safety.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia receive some TLC while holding in American Samoa due to the weather.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia encounter rough weather between Bora Bora and Rarotonga.

For the youngest crewmember on this leg, It's a lot of work to earn the invitation onto the canoe, but it’s not impossible. For him, it has been worth all the blood, sweat, and tears.

On the morning of August 21, 2014, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived in Pago Pago, American Samoa.

I find myself back under a night sky full of stars, but they aren’t just stars anymore. They’re the ancient maps of our ancestors who sailed the same paths we on are today.