Posted at 6:42 p.m., Sunday, May 6, 2007
Hokule'a sailing on to Nagasaki
Advertiser Staff
Hokule'a and her escort boat Kama Hele left uto Marinain Kumamoto at about 10:00 am this morning Hawai'i
time, after a departure ceremony involving hundreds of school children, a spokeswoman said.
The crew of Hokule'a presented to the children letters written in kanji from Hawaiian immersion students in Hilo.
Hokule'a Captain and navigator Chad Baybayan said they
are stopping overnnight tonight in a rural fishing
community called Nobosaki, 15 miles away from
Uto. On Monday, they will continue on to Nagasaki,
where they should arrive before sunset.
