Aloha, this is Tamiko Fernelius, Hōkūleʻa crewmember. Today is July 2, 2015, and we are leaving from Thursday Island soon and heading towards Darwin. Last night, the Thursday Island community hosted us at a dinner at the church where we had a good time together and appreciative of their hospitality and generosity. Please continue to follow us at Hokulea.com. Aloha!
The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hikianalia is on a journey to the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Crewmembers will be sending frequent updates so that educators and students can track her progress in conjunction with the Worldwide Voyage Tracking Map.
Aloha,
After three days and two nights of sailing, we have arrived at Lehua island off the coast of Niʻihau. The crew retrieved a radiosonde weather instrument today that was floating in the channel of the southern coast of Kauaʻi. The radiosonde was packaged and will be returned to NOAA – National Weather Service.
Cultural protocol was conducted upon nearing Lehua. Our next steps are unsure whether we will stay here or try to proceed to Nihoa. The lack of winds has been challenging.
Aloha from Hōkūleʻa. My name is Kālepa Baybayan. Today is Monday, June 29, 2015. We are in Blackwood Bay near Adolphus Island. We are anchored here overnight en route to Thursday Island, which we hope to arrive to tomorrow morning. We are in anchored in Blackwood Bay, and the crew is swimming now and have lookouts posted for crocodiles. The crew is healthy and safe, and I encourage you to figure out a way to mālama honua at make this voyage a meaningful part of your life. So the deck of Hōkūleʻa, this is Kālepa and don’t forget to follow us on Hokulea.com. Aloha!
Aloha mai kākou, ʻo ʻĀina Paikai kēia, he holokai ma luna o ka waʻa ʻo Hōkūleʻa. Aia mākou i aneʻi ma Lizard Island, Australia. We left Carins after about a week. We are finally back on the ocean, so we have come to our destination here on Lizard Island to meet with the folks at the Lizard Island Research Station who have done tremendous work in helping us understand about coral reefs. Today we will be able to explore the island and also learn a little more about what this station has done for coral reefs. As you can see, we have a little bit of sail repair at the moment. We are happy and healthy on the canoe, and also making sure everything is well maintained. We are looking forward to continuing our sail to our next stop of Thursday Island and then onto Darwin. So quite a bit more sailing left – the whole top of Cape York, past the gulf, and onto Darwin. Thank you again for following us at Hokulea.com. Aloha!
The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hikianalia is on a journey to the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Crewmembers will be sending frequent updates so that educators and students can track her progress in conjunction with the Worldwide Voyage Tracking Map.
Aloha,
It is now around 4:30 in the morning according to our navigator and first time captain Kaleo Wong. The 2-6 a.m. watch crew is watching the moon set over the western horizon as Hikianalia rocks slowly back and forth. With no wind or clouds we have both the main and misen sais down, and we are running the large Genoa sail as a jib which flutters full every few seconds but offers little to no propulsion.
After averaging 2-3 knots all day and having to run our motors past Waiʻanae for a few hours, we have finally reached our second dead halt of the day. We had an hour of still weather around dinner time, and the crew got to jump in the water to bathe before enjoying a meal of fried noodles and ʻulu patties overlooking the sunset.
As morning approaches our hopes are high for more wind tomorrow. The crew is in good spirits on this first day at sea.
The Race for Water Odyssey (R4WO) is an amazing voyage around the world — a race against time to sail a MOD70 high-performance trimaran through all 5 ocean gyres and visit island beaches in the 5 trash vortexes, to document the effects of plastic pollution on our ocean in under 300 days. We are grateful for and honored to be given the opportunity to meet with their crew, learn more about their scientific expeditions and research, and share with them our efforts to raise awareness of ocean issues and celebrate stories of hope from around the world. People like the Race for Water team are shining examples of good people doing good work to help move our Island Earth to a more sustainable future.
For those interested, June 24, 2015 is an open house for kids and schools with the Race for Water team, at their vessel at Kewalo Basin Harbor. To arrange for a visit by your students or school for June 24, please contact Emilie Llorens via email at info@raceforwater.com.
Do you have a mālama honua story like this to share with us? Be it big or small, we want to celebrate all stories of what people in communities around the world are doing to advocate and care for our Island Earth. Share with us your story at www.hokulea.com/malamahonua/.
Thank you for supporting Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia and the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage!
Aloha everyone, this is Jenna Ishii from the Hōkūleʻa crew, and we are reporting to you from the Great Barrier Reef. I have my friend Wanda the Worm. She comes all the way from Waimanalo, Oʻahu, and she is here to explore one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Today we just went diving at Flynn Reef, which is about 30 miles off shore. The rest of our crew is at Upolu Reef. On the dive, we got to see beautiful parrot fish, clams, and coral reefs that weʻve never seen in my lifetime in Hawaiʻi. It just makes you think about how well Australia has protected their coral reefs for future generations, and I think we will all go home and talk to our friends and families to share with them the amazing reef we just saw. Hopefully, we can bring back some practices that they have done to take care of their reefs here. We are going for some lunch then go for another dive and report back soon. This Jenna signing off for the Worldwide Voyage. Please continue to follow us at Hokulea.com. Aloha!
ʻŌiwi TV’s Bryson Hoe explained, “Today we are running a virtual field trip with crewmembers at the Reef HQ in Townsville, Australia, students from Pt England School near Auckland, New Zealand, and students here for the PVS leadership program. In Australia now we have Worldwide Voyage crewmembers at Reef HQ. And what they are doing is there is a diver underwater and as he’s swimming he’s recording what he’s seeing. And they can explain to the students what’s happening in front of them and the students can interact and ask questions about coral species, and fishes that they see. It’s a lot more interactive.”
Maleko Lorenzo, member of the leadership program Nā Kelamoku, said “It makes me realize what we can do with technology right now in this day and age and how powerful it is to be able to connect with people around the world. As we mālama honua and think about how we are taking care of this earth, the ocean is a big part of this earth and the reef, it’s important for me to be able to connect with other cultures and other people around the world and see what they are doing.”
