Hōkūleʻa Update | May 9, 2015

English

Aloha ahiahi kākou, eia nō au ʻo Kaleo Manuiwa Wong onboard Hōkūleʻa as we continue our travel from Aotearoa across the Tasman sea to Nūhōlani to Australia. We left Lord Howe yesterday evening as we continued our westward track. Because the winds are not too favorable right now, they’re light coming out of the wrong direction for us to sail, we decided to hook up our sail to the Gershon as we hear of a large storm heading our direction. We’re expecting it to be 30-35 knot winds with gusts up to 40 or 45. So we really don’t want to be out here when that weather hits us. We’re traveling across West to the shores of Australia about 5 knots. We got about a day and a half more of sailing and we expect to be outside the Australia coast. We’ll get back to you guys tomorrow about our current position and the inclement weather approaching us as it comes. Mahalo for continuing to follow us. You can follow us at www.hokulea.com and follow along our voyages of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia on our mālama honua voyage. Mahalo. Aloha.

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Aloha ahiahi kākou, eia nō au, kahi hoakipa ou, kahi hoa holomoana ke noke aku nei i ka holo ʻana i Nūhōlani. I nehinei ua haʻalele aku mākou iā Lord Howe, kēlā wahi moku liʻiliʻi i waena o ka moana ʻo Ke Taiorehua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Tasman sea. A haʻalele i ia ʻāina, a eia nō ke noke nei i Nūhōlani. Mea maila kēia wahi ao e hele mai nei, he lā ʻino e hiki mai ana. E hiki mai ana paha i ka lā ʻāpōpō a ia lā aʻe paha. Ma kahi o 40 mile no kēlā me kēīa hola ka wikiwiki o ka holo ʻana o ka makani. No laila ke holo wikiwiki nei mākou i kaʻe ʻāina o Nūhōlani. Ma muli o ka mālie o kēia lā a ka nui ʻole o ka ikaika me ka makani. Eia nō mākou ke kō ʻia nei e ka moku Gershon 2, ka moku kamahele o mākou. Hele pololei ana mākou i Nūhōlani. E noke aku nō hoʻi ka nānā ʻana i ke kilo hōkū, ka nānā ʻana i ka moana, ka nānā ʻana i ka lā, i mea e hōʻike aku ai iā mākou i hea lā e hele ai. ʻAʻole ʻo ka moku kauō e haʻi ana iā mākou, e haʻi ana au a me nā kamahoa, nā hoa hele ma Hōkūleʻa nei i ka moku kauō i hea lā e holo ai a laila ana nō. No laila eia nō mākou ke holo nei i ke komohana i kaʻe o ʻAukelekulia a i pakele ai ka waʻa i ka lā ʻino. Mahalo no ka hahai mau ʻana iā mākou a he wahi leo aloha kēia iā ʻoukou e nā kānaka kūpaʻa i ke aloha o ka ʻāina. Eia nō mākou nā kānaka kūpaʻa i ke aloha i ke kai, a me ka mākia ʻo ka mālama honua. He wahi leo aloha kēia iā ʻoe e kahi uʻi o Maunawili. A hui hou nō kākou. Aloha.

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