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The community on Rangiroa continue to show aloha to the crews of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia before they soon depart for Papeete, Tahiti.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are welcomed to Rangiroa in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

The canoes spotted land at about 4pm HST. We were on a YouTube live event stream with Hikianalia when land was spotted.

This voyage will be an important training tool to develop the next generation of navigators through the mentoring by Hōkūle'a veterans from the 1976 and subsequent voyages who will pass on the nearly extinct ability to navigate the vast expanse of open ocean without modern instruments.

David Komine finally puts all his training to use as a crew member on Hikianalia.

Kalā Baybayan, an apprentice navigator on Hikianalia, reflects on blending ancestral wisdom and contemporary marine research to protect our oceans.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are more than half way to Tahiti.

On her first deep-sea voyage, apprentice navigator Haunani Kane reflects on the lessons that can be learned only on the ocean.