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Two-thirds of the way through the ceremony, as the skies cleared. a bright red moon slowly pierced the horizon and gave light across the sea.

Carried by good winds and great seas, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia draw nearer to Aotearoa.

Winds started off light and from an unfavorable direction this morning, Throughout the day we have gained ground more towards our intended course as the winds clocked more southeast.

This story and the genealogy therein is now thousands of years old. The thought that crosses my mind as I trade my role as producer to voyager is that we may be the only people on the entire planet doing this in today’s world.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia experience a range of weather conditions as they journey farther south to Aotearoa.

This will serve as your happy Halloween update from Hōkuleʻa and Hikianalia.

The sun just set with a small green flash over our forward starboard beam. With the sun setting, we have calm seas and a steady 10-knot wind. The golden horizon blends from a soft orange to purple to blue as you look up to the heavens.

What started as a mere dream to take our vessels around the world has come to full fruition, thanks in no small part to this sense of aloha, kuleana (responsibility) and sincere belief that the expansive ʻohana waʻa has in the mission of the canoes.