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From Kohala to Kahului, crossing the Alanuihāhā channel, the 36th Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association has commenced their ...
That vessel — a double-hulled sailing canoe called the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus — would even influence the Disney blockbuster “Moana” decades later.
2007-05-24 04:00:00 PDT Wailea, Hawaii-- So this is how the native Hawaiians did it. Thousands of years ago, when a band of Polynesian explorers discovered these lush and tropical islands, they ...
That vessel — a double-hulled sailing canoe called the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus — would even influence the Disney blockbuster “Moana” decades later.
A voyaging canoe built to revive the centuries-old tradition of Hawaiian exploration is circumnavigating the globe. Its crew has already traveled 26,000 miles navigating with the sun, stars and waves.
Sailing 47,000 miles in legendary Hawaii canoe . ... “We could be sailing around the world on a high-end yacht, but we’re not,” said Chad Kalepa Baybayan, ...
The 62-foot, double-hulled Hawaiian sailing canoe Mo‘okiha o Pi‘ilani rests while anchored off Wailea Beach on Oct. 2. The canoe and its crew were welcomed by more than 300 visitors, locals ...
Kawika Kapahulehua, 76, the captain of the historic first voyage of the ocean-sailing canoe Hokulea, died Thursday at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, according to the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
When you visit Oahu and Maui, you can relive the experiences of the islands’ early settlers who arrived in large ocean-going canoes. On Oahu, Hawaiian Ocean Adventures offers experiences in hand ...
But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame to one of pride, reviving the skill of traveling the seas by decoding the stars, waves and weather.