After delays, Hokule'a voyage finally begins
After 15 days of weather and other delays, the
Hokule'a is finally underway, and the
Advertiser
has a story:
"The voyaging canoe Hokule'a sailed
westward out of Hanalei Bay yesterday morning on a brisk southeast wind,
finally. The 29-year-old canoe and its
crew of 13 are on a voyage through the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, following
a route organizers believe is similar to one used by Polynesian voyagers
hundreds of years ago. It is also an
educational mission, bringing the science, the culture and the excitement to
students across the state of the experience of taking an ancient form of
transportation through islands that have been dubbed the Kupuna Islands —
the elders."[There will be an ongoing
series of articles covering this voyage, and I don't plan to try to track all of
them, but wanted to draw attention to this one since the voyage is finally
underway now.]
Posted: Mon - May 24, 2004 at 08:52 AM