Updated at 9:16 a.m., Thursday, April 12, 2007
Hokule'a leaves Yap for Okinawa
Advertiser Staff
The voyaging canoe Hokule'a and its escort boat Kama Hele left Colonia Yap last night around 7 p.m. Hawai'i time, a crew spokeswoman said.Captain and Navigator Nainoa Thompson says they had a good enough glimpse of the sun to set a course north and although it was cloudy with squalls, there were no storms. As the squalls went by, the wind always returned to light easterlies at 5 to 12 knots, so there was no dangerous wind.
Thompson said he expects this leg of the journey from Yap to Okinawa to take an estimated 12 to 14 days.
Also on board Hokule'a are Timi Gilliom of Maui, Atwood Makanani, Ka'iulani Murphy, Dr. Pete Roney, Pomai Bertelmann of Hawai'i Island, Chadd Paishon of Hawai'i island, Taku Araki of Japan, Kana Uchino of Japan, Kaina Ho'omalia, and Maile Neff.
Before leaving at 3 p.m. Thursday (Yap time), crewmembers served up a dinner of fresh aku.
