Apprentice Navigator Kekaimalu Lee describes the challenges of navigating so far on this leg, and how advice from his mentors have helped him persevere.
We approach the equator on our voyage home, and I have had a chance to reflect back on our mission, the different cultures, and countries I have had the opportunity to see.
In 1980, after training for three years with Will Kyselka and Mau Piailug, Nainoa boarded Hōkūleʻa as the first Hawaiian navigator in centuries to set out for Tahiti.