Hōkūleʻa Moʻolelo: Na’au – Knowledge from the Heart May 28, 2017 in Hōkūleʻa History & Moʻolelo Newsletter Teachers 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.