Hōkūle‘a and Hikianalia Set Sail on the WWV

Posted on 30 May 2013
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METC, Sand Island, Honolulu —

Wa‘a kaulua (voyaging canoes) Hōkūle'a and Hikianalia set sail Wednesday, May 29, on the Mālama Hawai'i leg of their four-year Worldwide Voyage (WWV). They are headed to Hilo for koa planting and other events on June 6-14, and will spend the next five months visiting communities in the Hawaiian Islands, before departing for Tahiti next May on the first international leg of the WWV.

Links:

“World tour: The double-hulled voyaging canoe sails for Hilo to prepare for a 47,000-mile trek that will take the vessel to 28 countries” (Honolulu Star-Advertiser article, May 29, 2013. The article is by 2007 Hōkūle‘a crew member Gary Kubota, author of “To Honor Mau: The Voyage of the Hōkūle‘a Through Micronesia, about Hōkūle‘a's last international voyage in 2007, which took the wa‘a kaulua to both Micronesia and Japan.
Schedule of events in Hilo, June 6-14, 2013: Media Advisory.
Google Map of the Mālama Hawai'i Statewide Sail, May-October, 2013.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM