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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.

Through Google Hangouts, Hōkūleʻa apprentice navigator Jenna Ishii talks to Sustainable Youth Leadership members on Read more

There's something to be said about a group of people from different backgrounds and ages, cultures and beliefs who are voyaging to a destination together.

The world has not gotten any smaller, but its problems are growing. In realizing that we cannot shrink these global problems we must rise to their scale to create global solutions.

Hōkūleʻa crewmembers are blessed with a mahimahi during the journey from Samoa to Tokelau.

For the youngest crewmember on this leg, It's a lot of work to earn the invitation onto the canoe, but it’s not impossible. For him, it has been worth all the blood, sweat, and tears.