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I walked into it my first day here and saw boxes literally from floor to ceiling. Wow. A daunting task for us, considering we had more food than boxes to pack it in. Here is where we truly had to find our way.

This leg of the Mālama Honua voyage will celebrate the theme Nā Waka: A Tribe Returning Home

I am filled with awe of dazzling atolls, the vast expanse of deep blue, the navigator silhouette against the heavens, the spirit of dance and hā, strength, perseverance, courage, bumps, bruises, blood and sweat, muscles aching, hearts yearning.

For myself, it has been a great pleasure meeting old friends as we sailed across the central Pacific and to introduce new crew members to the many island communities we visited.

Hōkūleʻa master navigator Bruce Blankenfeld talks with kindergarten students at Punahou School.

Hikianalia navigator Cat Fuller talks to students at ʻIolani School about the preparations in Pago Pago, American Samoa and anticipated journey to Tonga and Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Hikianalia crewmember Keli Takenaga talks to students of the Ehuola Program at Kōkua Kalihi Valley about the preparations in Pago Pago, American Samoa and anticipated journey to Tonga and Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Hailing from Yokosuka, Japan, Saki Uchida is one of the most seasoned crewmembers having sailed from Hawai'i through French Polynesia to Samoa now onto Aotearoa.