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Hōkūleʻa crosses the Tasman Sea into Australian waters for the first time in her 40-year history.

We expect to be close to the land tomorrow morning, it’s only about 25 miles away.

English Aloha ahiahi kākou, eia nō au ʻo Kaleo Manuiwa Wong onboard Hōkūleʻa as we Read more

"Everybody onboard are happy to see and feel the magic of Hōkūleʻa finding these islands guided by our ancestors. And we look forward to a couple more days of sailing until we arrive in Australia."

"As the night fell and as the sun was going down it was probably the most beautiful sunset that we’ve seen all trip. Beautiful stars all night."

"We are always safe out here with our trusted captain, Uncle Bruce Blankenfeld. The best of the best. We also wanted to send a shoutout to Eddie Aikau and his ʻohana."

The changing wind angles and low wind speeds have really made making forward progress towards Tahiti pretty difficult and weʻre just doing whatever we can to close that gap.

We have been measuring the phytoplankton abundance and diversity in our plankton tow as we approach Tahiti.