Updated at 6:26 p.m., Friday, January 19, 2007
Both voyaging canoes leave for Micronesia, Japan
Advertiser Staff
The voyaging canoes Hokule'a and Alingano Maisu left Kawaihae Harbor late this afternoon and as the sun set were cruising down the Big Island's eastern coast on the first leg of a voyage to Micronesia and Japan.The canoes cleared the harbor entrance about 5:50 p.m. in light winds.
Mission spokeswoman Kathy Thompson said that a whale appeared a short distance from Maisu as it left the harbor, diving once and displaying its tail before disappearing.
"As if it was waving goodbye," she said.
