| Posted on: June 23, 2004 |
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Hokule'a prepares for passage into future |
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"Family" of the voyaging canoe Hokule'a gathered along the rainy shore at Hanalei yesterday to celebrate a safe return, to reconnect and to prepare for another voyage scheduled for today. |
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| Posted on: June 22, 2004 |
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Hokule'a expected in Kaua'i last night |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a was expected to anchor at Hanalei Bay late last night, completing a 2,400-mile round trip through the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. |
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| Posted on: June 20, 2004 |
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Tales of ghost greet Hokule'a |
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If there’s a place that ought to have a ghost, it’s Midway Atoll. And, according to several residents, it does. |
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Hokule'a could reach Kaua'i shores tonight |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a was nearing Kaua'i yesterday afternoon on its voyage from Midway Atoll to Hanalei Bay. |
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| Posted on: June 19, 2004 |
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Hokule'a crew impressed, amazed |
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The Hawaiian green sea turtle recovery just keeps coming, thanks to the big mama turtles on the beaches at French Frigate Shoals. |
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| Posted on: June 17, 2004 |
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Wonders blossom under the sea |
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When Hokule'a crew members dived on the reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, most of the ocean floor they saw was not coral, as you might expect, but plants — marine algae. |
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| Posted on: June 16, 2004 |
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Big, unique fish thrive in distant waters |
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When Hokule'a crew members jumped into the water at La Perouse Pinnacle on their recent 1,200-mile voyage, the first things they saw were a huge black ulua and a pair of human-sized reef sharks. |
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| Posted on: June 15, 2004 |
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So far, it's smooth sailing for Hokule'a |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a was sailing along the south side of Maro Reef late yesterday afternoon on its voyage back to the main Hawaiian Islands from Midway Atoll. |
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| Posted on: June 13, 2004 |
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Voyage raises challenge |
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Hokule'a is voyaging back to the main Hawaiian Islands now, but the crew members on its historic 1,200-mile island-hop up the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands said the community created by that voyage endures. |
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| Posted on: June 12, 2004 |
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Hokule'a begins trip home |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a pulled out of the old Navy harbor at Midway’s Sand Island shortly before noon yesterday for its trip back to the main Hawaiian Islands. |
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| Posted on: June 10, 2004 |
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Hokule'a crew brings voyage to close |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a, after sailing the length of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, ran into a gale returning yesterday from Kure Atoll to Midway Atoll. The canoe arrived unscathed but six hours behind schedule, about 4 p.m. Hawai'i time. |
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| Posted on: June 9, 2004 |
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Isle's researchers embrace simple life |
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Life in the scientific field camps of Laysan Island is a study in simplicity — a lesson, the residents say, in how we can better live our lives. |
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Hokule'a reaches Kure, end of voyage |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a anchored yesterday inside the lagoon at Kure Atoll, the northernmost island of the Hawaiian archipelago. The event marked the end of a historic 1,200-mile journey from Kaua'i in which the vessel was the first Hawaiian canoe in modern times to follow the rocky islands and atolls up the island chain. |
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| Posted on: June 8, 2004 |
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Marine debris proves to be real threat to voyage |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a sailed to an anchorage for a brief stop here yesterday morning, but during the middle of the previous night it had not been clear the canoe would make it. |
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| Posted on: June 7, 2004 |
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Northwest islands dotted with wrecks of old vessels |
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Hokule'a's crew, hauling hundreds of pounds of marine debris from Laysan Island's beaches, repeatedly trudged through soft sand by the rusted bow and flaking machinery of a wrecked steel fishing boat. |
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| Posted on: June 5, 2004 |
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Hokule'a crew labors on Laysan Island |
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The sailing canoe Hokule'a was scheduled to leave Laysan shortly after dawn this morning after a three-night stay. |
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| Posted on: June 4, 2004 |
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Laysan Island and its wildlife make slow recovery from exploitation |
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A beautiful, fragrant night-flowering plant, known in Hawaiian as mai'apilo, had a double bloom on Laysan Island on the night of the full moon Wednesday. It is one of the plants that are gradually being returned to the island after nearly a century of absence. |
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| Posted on: June 3, 2004 |
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Canoe crew ashore on Laysan's sands |
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Hokule'a slipped into an anchorage Tuesday in quieter waters on the lee side of Laysan Island for the night. Crew members went ashore yesterday morning, after moving the canoe to a spot near shore, protected by reefs. |
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| Posted on: June 2, 2004 |
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Voyagers making good time |
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Hokule'a was cruising along at about 7 knots under a single sail.
A cross sea occasionally slapped up the side of the boat and sprayed people sitting or standing on deck. Sometimes the water found ways to squirt into the canvas-covered sleeping compartments. |
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| Posted on: June 1, 2004 |
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Thompson perseveres through the pain |
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Hokule'a captain Nainoa Thompson painfully walked the deck, stared out to sea and took it easy under Dr. Cherie Shehata's supervision yesterday — a day after physicians considered evacuating him by air from the middle of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. |
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Marine debris threatening wildlife in Northwestern Islands |
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Marine debris is a serious problem for the wildlife of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. A consortium of government agencies and private concerns is involved in the removal and disposal of the stuff from the islands. |
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| Posted on: May 31, 2004 |
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Hokule'a captain will sail on despite injury |
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Captain Nainoa Thompson has been injured aboard the Hokule'a but will continue on to Midway — a 10-day voyage — because doctors fear it is too risky to fly him home. |
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| Posted on: May 30, 2004 |
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Crew sets sail for Laysan |
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It starts with the green clouds, and as you get closer to this 22-mile-long reef complex, the amazements just keep coming. |
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| Posted on: May 28, 2004 |
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A sleep break near Tern Island |
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A young sea bird hitched a night-long ride on Hokule'a's stern from Mokumanamana to French Frigate Shoals, lifting its wings to gracefully fly off only as the voyaging canoe approached the reefs. |
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| Posted on: May 27, 2004 |
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'Tiny little island' greets Hokule'a |
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An exhausted crew led by sleepless, red-eyed navigators surfed a following sea through the day and night to make a picture-perfect landfall yesterday morning at Mokumanamana. |
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| Posted on: May 26, 2004 |
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Keiki join journey of knowledge |
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An ancient way of traveling was linked with modern technology yesterday to give students at Lanikai Elementary School a glimpse of what it is like to sail Hokule'a using only the stars, sea and wind. |
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Nihoa island offers haven to sea birds |
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Nihoa lurches out of the sea, rough and angular, festooned with strange rock spires, caves and, in one case, a crack that passes through the island. The island is uninhabited by humans, but there are always the cries of circling birds. |
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| Posted on: May 25, 2004 |
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Hokule'a crew steers its way to Nihoa |
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Novice navigator Ka'iulani Murphy, 25, found her island about noon yesterday, a dim gray outline in the distant horizon 150 miles from Kaua'i. She found Nihoa, working on the rolling deck of the voyaging canoe Hokule'a, without the use of any modern instruments, without a clock, without a compass. |
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| Posted on: May 24, 2004 |
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After delays, Hokule'a voyage finally begins |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a sailed westward out of Hanalei Bay yesterday morning on a brisk southeast wind, finally. After 15 days of weather and other delays, the crew slipped the mooring lines about 9 a.m. |
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| Posted on: May 23, 2004 |
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Impacts of delay cost Hokule'a |
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Hokule'a's crew hauled its anchor, shortened the lines on its mooring and prepared for departure yesterday — but the voyaging canoe didn't go. |
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| Posted on: May 22, 2004 |
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Departure unleashes crew's enthusiasm |
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Crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokule'a allowed themselves to feel excited yesterday as they prepared for a morning departure for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands after two weeks of delays. |
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| Posted on: May 17, 2004 |
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Weather again delays Hokule'a sailing |
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The sailing of the voyaging canoe Hokule'a was delayed again yesterday, in part because of fears that a rising south swell would make anchorages at the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands unsafe. |
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| Posted on: May 16, 2004 |
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Hokule'a crew still stuck on dry land |
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There is an odd sensation when you're ready to go to sea, but waiting day after day for the right weather. Something about being neither entirely of the land, nor entirely of the sea.
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| Posted on: May 13, 2004 |
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Hokule'a to remain docked until Sunday |
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Hokule'a's departure to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, already delayed for five days while awaiting good sailing weather, has been put off until Sunday. |
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| Posted on: May 12, 2004 |
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Wind continues to elude voyagers |
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Weather again delayed Hokule'a from launching its voyage in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands yesterday, and frustrated canoe leaders began preparing alternative plans to account for crew members who couldn't wait and schedules that would not be met. |
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| Posted on: May 11, 2004 |
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Weather may finally clear for Hokule'a |
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Hokule'a's crew yesterday endured a third day of delay of their voyage to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, but spirits lifted with clearing skies and the return of the tradewind pattern. "I think we go tomorrow. I'm pretty sure," Nainoa Thompson said. |
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| Posted on: May 10, 2004 |
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Hokule'a sails today, weather permitting |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a, which had been scheduled to sail Saturday, sat in a steady drizzle all day yesterday as a weather front crossed Kaua'i. Capt. Nainoa Thompson said he hoped for a dawn departure today, but said the canoe might have to wait until tomorrow morning. |
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| Posted on: May 8, 2004 |
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Hokule'a awaits favorable winds for voyage north |
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Hokule'a crew members preparing for a voyage to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands were to go aboard today, but the double-hulled canoe is expected to remain at anchor awaiting favorable winds. |
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| Posted on: May 7, 2004 |
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Hokule'a to set course for distant islands |
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When Hokule'a sails out of Hanalei Bay and turns northwest, it will be the first time perhaps in many centuries that a Polynesian voyaging canoe will cruise the Hawaiian archipelago's most leeward islands. |
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Weak winds force voyage delay |
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Hokule'a's departure has been delayed because extremely light and variable winds are forecast. Capt. Nainoa Thompson has revised the crew's time for reporting on board. |
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| Posted on: May 3, 2004 |
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Recovering the seafaring tradition of Hawai'i |
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The voyaging canoe Hokule'a sailed into the darkness to begin a historic voyage up and down the Hawaiian archipelago, on a new environmental and cultural mission called "Navigating Change." |
