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Related: About this forumHawaiian Hokule'a canoe makes it round the world
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40316930Hawaiian Hokule'a canoe makes it round the world
8 hours ago
From the section US & Canada
A traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe has returned to Honolulu in Hawaii, completing the first-ever round-the-world trip by such a vessel. The boat, the Hokule'a, took three years to journey around the globe. Its crew navigated without modern instruments, using only the stars, wind and ocean swells as guides. They aimed to use the same techniques that brought the first Polynesian settlers to Hawaii hundreds of years ago. Hawaii celebrated the Hokule'a's homecoming on Honolulu's Magic Island peninsula on Saturday.
Built in the 1970s, it has travelled around 40,000 nautical miles (74,000km) on this latest trip, known as the Malama Honua voyage, meaning "to care for our Island Earth".
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Naalehu Anthony, crewmember and chief executive director of Hawaiian media company Oiwi TV which documented the trip, told Hawaii Public Radio that wherever they docked, people greeted them with a Hawaiian "Aloha" greeting.
"One of the things I really admire about the voyage, looking back on it, is that we always asked the first nations peoples from these different places for permission to come. We never said we are coming. We said, would it be OK for us to come and honour the native people of this place," he said.
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Hawaiian Hokule'a canoe makes it round the world (Original Post)
nitpicker
Jun 2017
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mahina
(17,623 posts)1. What a day!
Pro navigator Nainoa Thompson, worth hearing:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=f5BjMQQk5sM
Here are some interesting clips and links.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10471341
It's a proud and beautiful day!
hunter
(38,304 posts)3. The YouTube video is a wonderful tribute.
Docreed2003
(16,850 posts)2. Somewhere Eddie Aikau is smiling!