Hōkūleʻa — Bryson Hoe, Author at Hōkūleʻa

Hōkūleʻa Update | August 21, 2015

Miles since departing Christmas Island: 186 as of sunset
Weather: Clouds on the horizon are few. Overhead is clear with a waxing moon and many stars visible.
Birdlife: We had a red footed booby on the back deck this morning. We fed him a malolo we “caught” and he left soon after.

As it turns out, the update I wrote will have to wait for tomorrow to allow for the tale of this afternoon’s exploits. But first a quick breakfast tale. I’m really not sure if Gary was just bored or if he had an idea brewing. But I had to ask him what he was making for breakfast when I saw him kneading dough and rolling it out with the can of spray oil. When he told me he was making pop tarts from scratch, I was really intrigued. As it turns out he did. Sort of. There weren’t any colorful sprinkles on top, but he made us pop tarts filled with peanut butter and jelly for breakfast. They were really good, and we had enough for second breakfast as well.

Apparently we only catch fish after Gary commits to a meal that already has a protein. I promise not to write about our fish meal every time we catch a fish, but this rendition of incorporating a fish into an already on going meal was epic. The 6 pound mahimahi came up on the port line at about 4pm. Gary was already well into the prep for a simple saimin dinner with some side dishes including Patagonia salmon. The mushrooms had been soaking for a few hours to get them tender and easier to cut, and the stock was in the process of production when the fish got on. Gary was the one who yelled “MAHI!” and ran to the back of the canoe to retrieve the line. We had had a bite earlier in the day, and the fish took the lure so everyone was trying to be cautious to land this precious creature. Once on board, Bruce and Gary took care of the mahi jumping about. Once the jumping was done, Gary and Kealoha got to work. Gary was very excited about the possibility of mahi fish head saimin soup.

I must say Gary and Kealoha make a potent team. They are both top canoe chefs in their own right, but when they start in together it’s really fun to watch. Gary went to break down the head of the fish for the soup stock and Kealoha took to the rest of the fish to break down cubes to cook and sashimi as and entrée for the buffet.

Fast forward about an hour later and we had the following for dinner:
-Saimin noodles with a mahi base broth
-Cooked squash
-Mushrooms
-Nori as a garnish
-Cubed tofu
-Cole Slaw
-Mahimahi sashimi with two different shoyu sauces on a bed of cabbage and assorted cooked mahimahi.

The moral of the story: mahalo i ka loa’a – be thankful for what you got. We got two guys on board who love to cook and they turned a perfectly fine meal into a stunning one using the 6 pound gift from Kanaloa, and for that we are truly blessed and grateful as a crew.

Please help keep us sailing for future generations. All contributions make a difference for our voyage. Mahalo nui loa!

Posted on 21 Aug 2015
By Bryson Hoe
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Hōkūleʻa Update | August 19, 2015: Christmas Island Sighted

Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld on board Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean. We spotted land this morning by sighting Christmas Island, which is 550 miles along our track out from Bali, Indonesia. Last night at sunset, we knew by all of our deduced reckoning, which is just an estimate of keeping track of speed and course, that we were 430 miles from Christmas. We also knew that we were a little south of our course line, and we made an adjustment a few days back. So we reached back up to where our course is, and we expected to see the island today after sunrise. So we had a really good course and the crew was steering so well this whole time. And couple things happened. Just before sunrise, we saw tons of birds passing us going out to fish, and we knew they were heading out from the island. So we are going into the island and seeing tons of birds. and then right after sunrise, our two crewmembers from Japan – Kazu Nishimura and Tomoki Oku – spotted the island. And Tomo is also doing apprentice navigation, and he is also a tall ship captain in Japan and has tremendous knowledge of the sea and working out our style of navigation with what he knows. So we sighted the island of Christmas. And it was everyone’s success on board because they did such a great job. So we are heading in to say aloha and then continue moving on down the line to Cocos. Thank you for following us, and keep on watching us at Hokulea.com.

About Christmas Island

Christmas Island is a territory of Australia, named by European discoverers after it was sighted on Christmas Day (December 25, 1643). Over half of the island is an Australian National Park. The park protects and preserves the rainforests, ocean shores and reefs. A spectacular array of endemic and native plants and animals inhabit the island, amongst them a diversity of land crabs which has earned Christmas Island the nickname “Kingdom of the Crabs”.

Christmas Island is host to the highest density of red crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis), and their annual mass migration to the sea to spawn has been described by enthusiasts as one of the wonders of the natural world. Christmas Island red crabs live primarily in the forest, eating fallen leaves and fruit. At the start of the wet season, the migration begins, with males leaving the forest a few days before the females to prepare burrows at the shoreline. After releasing their eggs into the water, the adults return to the forests. A month after hatching, and after passing through several larval stages, the surviving young crabs emerge from the ocean and make their way mauka to the forests. Although several years may pass without a successful hatch and emergence, the population remains stable.

Please help keep us sailing for future generations. All contributions make a difference for our voyage. Mahalo nui loa!

Posted on 20 Aug 2015
By Bryson Hoe
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Navigation Update | Course Line to Christmas Island

So a little discussion about our course. We received a tracking map today from the office, and that’s pretty much what we intended to do and how it went. So initially, we just steered our course, which is one star house south of west. For our type of navigation we call that star house Lā Kona. Kona is the southwestern quadrant, and Lā is the first star house on either side of Komohana which is west. So we’re in Lā Kona, the southwestern quadrant. For a good two to three days, we were steady on that course. There’s a couple variables, one is the weather, the wind and the seas. We can only sail given what that allows us to sail. Another factor is our escort vessel, they’re a different type of vessel. They have totally different sailing dynamics than we do. So at one point, I think on the third day, we adjusted our course one star house south of our course of Lā Kona to ʻĀina Kona, just so they could have a good sailing angle and keep up speed. So we knew we deviated south of our course line. And then at some point went back to our reference course paralleling our course line which was Lā Kona, but we knew we were south. So last night, we knew we had to get back up, so we reached up and basically steered Komohana, to reach back up to the course line to go find the island. So it just worked out wonderfully, but that was the strategy. You can see it on our reference course, and it worked out fabulous. I have to say thanks to the crew for steering so well and being diligent and on it whenever they’re on watch. Thank you for following us and keep with us on Hokulea.com.

Please help keep us sailing for future generations. All contributions make a difference for our voyage. Mahalo nui loa!

Posted on 20 Aug 2015
By Bryson Hoe
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Hōkūleʻa Update | August 19, 2015

Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld on board Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean. We are still getting beautiful winds, seas, and overall weather. We are making good speed, averaging 5-6 knots. And our escort boat Gershon II is keeping up, and they’re doing just fine. We had a visitor today – an aircraft from Australia that does regular surveys of the surrounding waters. They came by and made contact with the two vessels. That was awesome that they do that. No fish today, but yesterday we caught a beautiful aku that our 10 star chef Gary Yuen used to make a beautiful sashimi platter, fried fish, and a wonderful soup. So we are keeping the voyage healthy. Thank you for following us and share your mālama honua stories at Hokulea.com.

None of us dares to move or speak lest we ruin the moment. It’s about 4am, and only three of us are on the watch. The thousands of points of light overhead are alive and bright, showing us the way just a little south of west. The only artificial light comes from high atop our mizzen spar, high enough for our escort boat to keep an eye on us. But our scene is anything but dark. We’ve been on watch for a couple of hours, most will either use no light or only red light to move about and do their work. Now that our eyes have adjusted to low light conditions, we can see the seeming glow of every splashing wave around us. At first I’m not sure if the white froth in contrast to the black sea just stands out or of the waves are truly glowing. Upon closer inspection I can see that the canoes hulls are invigorating the bioluminescent field that we are sailing through. We leave a glowing wake of these little critters about 60 feet back, the splash deck where we clean the fish and wash the dishes is glowing with these green specks of light. This is a magical morning, with not much more than couple of clouds to darken our sky.

She slips effortlessly through the water, everything is in rhythm, the steering is anticipatory in nature and gentle, just a touch here and there as if to suggest to Hoku to move just a bit to port or starboard. Our watch captain watches the course but hasn’t spoken in many minutes, as everything is in sync and locked on our destination. Our captain and navigator is down in the bunk taking a quick cat nap as he does only when he feels comfortable enough to rest his mind and his senses long enough to ease quickly into a deep sleep. This helps to keep the thousands of decisions he has to make everyday in order and his reflexes as sharp as he can. For us, it is the ultimate compliment that he would rest his mind and let us carry the burden of the course and speed, even if only for a short time. It means that he knows he will wake and everything will be as he left it, so as not to have missing information in the data set that is now more than 400 miles long filed with countless choices and hard decisions.

Our senses are heightened due to our eyes having to work so hard in the dim light. The sounds on the canoe give us directional clues. The constant splash of the 200 pound steering paddle tells us we are on course. When she goes quite and everything becomes still, we’ve gone too far down the wind and stalled. Likewise when you hear the paddle strain against the canoe running down a wave we can tell she’s gained speed run too far up. It feels like nature and us intruding in to this realm on this craft are finally in sync. Kanaloa has accepted us and now we are finally on our way. I can feel the movement of the canoe through my feet become more regular, and as the swells continue to pick us up from our port stern quarter, gently pushing us up into the wind. This rhythm lasts for maybe 15 minutes. Jarring us from this space is a call from the escort boat: We’re still too fast, we need to keep the distance close in this darkness. The call is heeded, and we close our mizzen to comply. The canoe slows and falls out of lock with her surroundings, still happy that we had this time for mutuality if even for a few minutes.

Please help keep us sailing for future generations. All contributions make a difference for our voyage. Mahalo nui loa!

Posted on 19 Aug 2015
By Bryson Hoe
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Hōkūleʻa Update | August 18, 2015

AM Report

It’s colder at night than I would have thought. In contrast, the days are really hot at about nine degrees south latitude. We’re making our way more west than south, so we have many more days of this weather ahead.

Currently it’s about mid-day and Gary is just setting down his omelet station for the day. He awoke around 6 a.m. and started preparing for omelets with Patagonia Provisions bagged salmon, dried veggies, onions, tomatoes and fresh eggs. He could have made a bunch of eggs and thrown some ingredients in the pan, and the crew would have been happy. Instead he made 11 individual omelets for each crew member, served hot when you were ready. The entire process took many hours, where his every movement was intentional and measured at every step. This is not easy. First of all, he only has two burners and he’s making coffee and tea to go with the eggs. Second, winds are blowing 20 knots across his kitchen. Third, the kitchen floor is swaying from side to side as he’s trying to cut, whisk, and cook. Finally, he has to sit on a bucket while cooking as his stove is on the deck of the canoe. All of this would lend for the crew to be forgiving of the meal’s aesthetics. But none of these factors prevent Gary from making the whole process maiau a maʻemaʻe. Clean as you go, the professionals say, and this is the only way this works as anything else will leave you with a deck awash with sticky eggs and cut tomatoes.

Because of our watch system, some of our crew were sleeping during the meal. Rather than cook everything and serving the meal cold, Gary held the entire process until every last crew member was fed a hot meal. Talk about commitment to excellence. Thank you Gary for the wonderful meal.

We can’t wait to see what happens when you have a fish to work with. All we have to do now is catch one. Speaking of fish, we had six malolo fly onboard. Only the original rugged crew would have asked for shoyu and a rusty knife. We just threw ours back in hopes of a bigger catch. So far no nibbles, no birds, no nothing. Patience will prevail, and we will send back pics as soon as we have one on the deck.

This morning’s watch was an active one. Wind kept switching, and we saw a handful of sail changes. At one point we had too much speed and ran away from the Gershon II. After hovering for a few minutes, they were back, and we were on our way again. The conditions have picked up somewhat. The wind is up and with that the swells have become more sizable. The seas are confusing, but we basically have a following dominant swell rolling through our port stern quarter, lazily picking us up and turning us upwind every so often. Did I mention it’s hot? It’s hot. We’re about half way to Christmas Island, which we will look for and sight for reference for our next stop, Cocos. We’re about 320 miles in with around 3,000 more to go. All we can hope for is more meals and weather like this.

PM Report

The deep blue hue of the water has finally arrived, kai hohonu. The hue is more familiar than the green that we have seen since departure. It’s a relatively small shift but one that is welcomed and makes us feel more at home on such a strange ocean. With the blue water came the first fish! A 17 lb. aku.

Gary had just finished dinner, rice and corned beef and cabbage when the aku hit our rootbeer colored lure. Bruce brought the fish in on the hand line with ease. Gary and Kealoha went to work on the fish. We documented the size as well as the stomach contents for the ongoing science projects. There were two malolo in the stomach. We threw those back like the rest. Gary and Kealoha left very little of the fish to throw out.

They are preparing some fish to dry. Kealoha immediately made a bed of cabbage for the sashimi, while Gary broke the entire fish down to slabs, head and bones in just a few minutes. Sashimi and fried aku were served with dinner. There is a massive fish head simmering in a soup pot at current, and the meat for drying has been prepped and finally we will have some use for that hot, hot sun.

We’re not perfect by any means, but we do practice mālama honua as much as possible. It is a curious thing to see an avid fisherman such as Bruce pull in all the lines as soon as we had one fish on board. It was late in the day, and all we needed was one. More than enough to enjoy together as a crew and that’s it. Some would be temped to try to hit another as soon as possible, but the reality is that we would end up with more fish than we could consume, and it would go to waste. Better to wait until we need more to look for more. Imagine if that was the attitude with everything that we consumed as a people…

Mahalo nui for tuning in,
Nāʻālehu

Please help keep us sailing for future generations. All contributions make a difference for our voyage. Mahalo nui loa!

Posted on 18 Aug 2015
By Bryson Hoe
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Reef Guardians

“This world is changing extraordinarily fast. You can’t be chasing change from behind. You have to get our children in front of the changing curve.”

“If we desire a safe and healthy thriving world for our children, it has to be taught. And so we arrived here, at this school. And so what’s here at the core of the school is value-based education,” said master navigator Nainoa Thompson.

“It’s called the Reef Guardian School’s Program, and it encompasses three hundred and ten schools throughout the Great Barrier Reef who are all committed to being stewards to the reef. They could be inland, along the mountains, they could be along a creek or they could be right along the reef,” said Jenna Ishii, an apprentice navigator on Hōkūleʻa.

“Reef Guardians, for us, it’s all about making it real. We find over the years that with us making science real for the kids instead of them looking at a picture on a screen or in a book, if we can make the reef real and it’s actually there in their classroom. They can see the interaction. It just makes it that little bit more real. The good thing about this room and these hands on activities, we found over the years, is a lot of the kids that haven’t enjoyed school are now enjoying school because it’s something different and it ignites that excitement, and we’re trying to make it real life learning and we’re teaching the kids that they can make a difference,” said Brett Murphy, a teacher at the Belgian Gardens State School.

“Tara was one of the amazing students who you could just tell got it. She understood who she was, why she was here, what she loved about her community, and how to take action,” said Jenna.

“So if we don’t look after it then, we’re not going to have anything left with the reef. So with all the tanks the clownfish, we’re breeding them and selling them,” said Tara Dirden, a student at the Belgian Gardens State School.

“I said why are you breeding these beautiful clown fish, what is the purpose, and they said you know a lot of people are taking these beautiful fish from the reef and putting in their aquariums. This is our way to stop that from happening, and I said what are you doing when you sell the fish, where does the money go. They said all the money they raise from growing their fish goes back to sustaining their programs,” said Jenna.

“I really enjoy the programs of BCG, the students actually get to feed the fish and clean the tanks, which I think is a great opportunity. We’re the only school in the world to be breeding clownfish and to actually have a full room of just tanks of fish that we breed” said Tara.

“Tara has got a real interest in fish. and she’s wanting to actually sell the fish and donate the money back to the school. So we’re actually talking about setting up a tank here and calling it the Tara tank,” said Brett.

“For us, it was fascinating to see children – primary school age – to make these big connections into their world that it wasn’t just about learning math for math and science for science. But they were learning their core subjects through caring for the reef and they were connecting all the dots and they can further outreach into their community,” said Jenna.

“I saw children from kindergarten through sixth grade that are learning science, that are learning technology, they’re learning hydroponics. They’re learning marine biology. They’re learning how to raise birds in these gardens, and it’s all tied to this place. It’s all tied to the schools being a tool to build better communities. It’s kind of like the blueprint that we’re looking for as we go around the planet,” said Nainoa.

“These kids are set to be innovators, to be visionaries to take ownership of their own learning. And if all of our kids in Hawaiʻi could feel empowered to look at their ahupuaʻa, to look at their reefs, their forests, their creeks and look how everything is connected, I think that is one of the biggest lessons we’re going to take home,” said Jenna.

“We arrived, at a destination that I think is what we’re seeking on this Worldwide Voyage, places that are nurturing children to be prepared and knowledgeable and skilled and educated to take care of the earth,” said Nainoa.

Please help keep us sailing for future generations. All contributions make a difference for our voyage. Mahalo nui loa!

Posted on 18 Aug 2015
By Bryson Hoe
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Crew Blog | Anis Hamidati: A Yogyakarta Homecoming

The city that I was born, Salatiga, is about two hours drive from Yogyakarta. So when I heard of the plan for Hōkūleʻa’s crew to visit Yogyakarta to pay respect to the land and to visit the Borobudur temple, I jumped at the opportunity to introduce the crew to my home culture. More importantly, for myself as a sojourner, it was a chance to connect between my homeland and my current home in Hawaiʻi.

[Bahasa] Saya terlahir di Salatiga, sekitar dua jam perjalanan dari Yogyakarta. Oleh karena itu, setelah mendengar rencana awak Hokulea untuk mengunjungi kota Yogyakarta sebagai bentuk penghormatan dan juga untuk mengunjungi candi Borobudur, saya langsung mengambil kesempatan untuk ikut. Adalah suatu kehormatan untuk dapat mengenalkan budaya sendiri kepada para awak. Ini juga menjadi kesempatan saya untuk bisa menghubungkan antara kampung halaman dengan tempat saya tinggal saat ini di Hawaii.

The Indonesian planning team assisting Hōkūleʻa’s Mālama Honua voyage from the East-West Center and Hawaii-Indonesia Chamber of Commerce (HICHAM) connected us to those whom we would be meeting during our visit. We were privileged to meet with Borobudur Conservation Office and Yogyakarta’s Governor, His Majesty Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X.

Tim perencana kunjungan Hokulea ke Indonesia yang berasal dari East West Center dan Kamar Dagang Hawaii-Indonesia (HICHAM) menjadi penghubung dengan pihak-pihak yang akan kami temui dalam kunjungan ke Yogyakarta. Kami mendapatkan kesempatan untuk bertemu dengan Balai Konservasi Borobudur dan juga Gubernur Yogyakarta, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X.

Our day began before the sun was up. We hiked to Punthuk Situmbu, a hill facing Borobudur temple, and waited for the sun to rise. Our effort was awarded with a majestic view of Borobudur temple amongst the flora as the misty morning cleared up when light and heat gradually descended.

Going to Borobudur in the morning presented us the opportunity to see those who were working to conserve the temple. Restoration and renovation are never ending in the largest Buddhist temple in the world, as evident in the work of Mr. Werdi, a retiree whom we met supervising and teaching the younger generation of workers. He has been working on the temple since 1973, and although retired in 2010, his knowledge and skills are still much needed.

Hari kunjungan kami dimulai sebelum matahari terbit dengan menaiki bukit Punthuk Situmbu yang menghadap ke candi Borobudur. Seiring naiknya matahari yang membawa cahaya dan kehangatan, kami mendapati pemandangan indah Borobudur diantara hijaunya daerah disekeliling candi.

Kedatangan kami ke candi pada pagi hari membuat kami bisa melihat mereka yang melakukan konservasi. Kegiatan restorasi dan renovasi seakan tidak ada selesainya di candi Buddha terbesar didunia ini. Ini tercermin dari Pak Werdi, seorang pensiunan saat kami temui sedang melakukan pengawasan dan mengajari generasi muda pekerja. Beliau telah bekerja di candi sejak 1973. Walaupun sudah pensiun sejak 2010, beliau masih terus dipanggil untuk menularkan pengetahuan dan keterampilannya.

What was most interesting for the crew was perhaps the Samudra Raksa ship, housed in a museum within the temple compound. The traditional ship was constructed based on the reliefs of ships found in the temple. Although the reliefs were based on a Buddhist holy book, they are thought to reflect the living conditions of Borobudur’s surrounding when the temple was built in the 9^th century.

The story of Samudra Raksa ship parallels that of Hōkūleʻa, in which the intention for it to be built was to prove the greatness of the seafaring ancestors. In 2003, the ship sailed the ancient Cinnamon Shipping Route to Madagascar and reaching Ghana before it was dismantled and then reassembled in the museum. I was proud to learn of Samudra Raksa’s successful voyage, and the feeling was reinforced further after hearing visitors express their pride upon learning that Indonesia’s seafaring ancestors were able to travel great distance by using similar traditional boats. This enabled me to understand even more of the pride that Hōkūleʻa has given to the Hawaiians, as Samudra Raksa has done amongst Indonesians.

Yang paling menarik bagi awak Hokulea mungkin adalah kapal Samudra Raksa yang berada dalam museum disekitaran candi. Kapal tradisional ini dibangun berdasarkan relief kapal-kapal yang ditemukan di dinding candi. Walaupun relief di candi didasarkan dari kitab suci agama Buddha, penggambarannya diperkirakan merefleksikan kondisi kehidupan masyarakat disekitar saat candi dibangun di abad ke-9.

Cerita kapal Samudra Raksa mirip dengan Hokulea, dimana tujuan pembangunannya adalah untuk membuktikan kebesaran maritim para leluhur. Kapal tersebut berlayar di tahun 2013 mengikuti Jalur Kayu Manis ke Madagaskar sebelum akhirnya sampai di Ghana. Setelah dari sana, kapal tersebut dibongkar dan dipasang kembali di museum. Rasa bangga saya terhadap keberhasilan anak bangsa makin menjadi setelah mendengar para pengunjung museum lainnya mengekpresikan kebanggaan mereka saat mengetahui bahwa nenek moyang orang Indonesia yang adalah pelaut handal mampu berlayar jauh dengan kapal tradisional yang serupa. Ini membuat saya lebih mengerti akan rasa bangga yang ditimbulkan oleh Hokulea untuk orang Hawaii, seperti halnya kapal Samudra Raksa untuk orang Indonesia.

In the afternoon, we met His Majesty Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, the Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region. It was a great honor to meet the man who is both a leader of perhaps the most prominent Sultanate in Indonesia and a leader of a modern provincial government. Because of this, we thought that the meeting would be strictly formal. What we found was contrary. Ngarso Dalem, as he is affectionately referred to as, had welcomed us warmly into his office. We shared the story of Hōkūleʻa and the Mālama Honua voyage while he shared stories about Yogyakarta and the culture of the people. The crew presented several gifts including patchwork from the children of Hawaiʻi among other gifts from the islands, and he gave to the crew a silver miniature of a ship to bless the voyage.

Di siang harinya kami menemui Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, yang adalah Gubernur Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Adalah kehormatan bagi kami untuk dapat bertemu dengan sosok yang adalah pemimpin dari yang mungkin adalah Kesultanan paling terkemuka di Indonesia dan juga pemimpin pemerintahan propinsi yang modern. Ini membuat kami mengira bahwa pertemuannya akan sangat formal. Namun yang terjadi adalah sebaliknya dimana kami diterima dengan hangat oleh Ngarso Dalem. Kami berbagi cerita tentang Hokulea dan perjalanan Malama Honua dan beliau bercerita tentang Yogyakarta dan budaya penduduknya. Para awak menyerahkan beberapa oleh-oleh dari Hawaii termasuk kain perca buatan anak-anak Hawaii diantara oleh-oleh lainnya. Beliau pun memberikan miniatur kapal yang terbuat dari perak untuk memberkati perjalanan Hokulea.

Being part of the crew in this trip has given me a new perspective in seeing my culture. I thought of myself to be knowledgeable about my own culture and people, but I found myself in the similar position as other crewmembers: as constant learners to the places we visited, whether it is at home or anywhere else on the globe.

Menjadi bagian dari awak dalam perjalanan ini telah memberikan saya perspektif baru dalam melihat budaya sendiri. Sebelumnya saya mengira bahwa pengetahuan tentang kebudayaan dan penduduk mengenai kampung halaman saya sudah cukup luas. Pada kenyataannya saya merasa dalam posisi yang sama dengan awak lainnya, yaitu sebagai orang yang selalu belajar tentang tempat-tempat yang kita kunjungi, apakah dikampung halaman atau dibagian dunia lainnya.

Please help keep us sailing for future generations. All contributions make a difference for our voyage. Mahalo nui loa!

Posted on 18 Aug 2015
By Bryson Hoe
In Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers

Hōkūleʻa Update | August 17, 2015

Aloha, this is Bruce Blankenfeld on board Hōkūleʻa in the Indian Ocean. And we have steady winds and nice gentle seas. Today, we had some good speeds of about 7 knots. Other periods we slowed down between 5.5-6 knots. Overall, we did 70 miles today, and our course is Lā Kona, which is one house or 11.25 degrees south of west. Clear skies, sunny, hot. No birds, no fish, and the occasioanl cargo net and marine debris. The canoe and crew are doing well. Thank you for following us at Hokulea.com.

Please help keep us sailing for future generations. All contributions make a difference for our voyage. Mahalo nui loa!

Posted on 18 Aug 2015
By Bryson Hoe
In Education, Teachers, Updates