Polynesian navigation - Wikipedia
Polynesian navigation or Polynesian wayfinding was used for thousands of years to enable long voyages across thousands of kilometres of the open Pacific Ocean. Polynesians made contact with nearly every island within the vast Polynesian Triangle, using outrigger canoes or …
Polynesian Navigation & Settlement of the Pacific
Aug 7, 2020 · European sailing techniques became dominant. However, Polynesian folklore, cultural heroes, and simple oral stories known as aruruwow, have preserved some blue-water navigation information and ancestral knowledge.
Traditional Polynesian Vessel to Complete Round-the-World …
Jun 16, 2017 · Experts seafarers who had been trained in traditional Polynesian sailing turned their attention to a new generation of travelers, teaching them the nuanced methods that allowed their ancestors...
Home - Hōkūleʻa
Dec 9, 2024 · After four months and more than 20 community engagements around the Hawaiian Islands for the Pae ʻĀina Statewide Sail, traditional voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa is back home at the Marine Education Training Center at Sand Island for the holidays. The canoe was hauled out of...
Historic Voyaging Canoe Hokuleʻa - Maritime Museum of San Diego
The traditional double-hulled canoe has been sailing from Southeast Alaska down the Pacific Coast since June 2023, when the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) launched the Moananuiākea Voyage and began its four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific.
Moananuiākea - Hōkūleʻa
A 43,000 nautical miles, 47-month circumnavigation of the Pacific by traditional Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūle‘a and Hikianalia and 400 crew to 36 countries and archipelagoes, nearly 100 indigenous territories, and 345 ports.
Polynesian Navigation: Colorful History of Seafaring Navigators ...
Sep 30, 2013 · Polynesian navigation has a unique and colorful history of seafaring navigators, Tongan canoes and other Polynesian vessels exploring and settling Oceania.
Polynesia's Genius Navigators | NOVA - PBS
Feb 15, 2000 · By sailing from Hawaii to Tahiti, Hokule'a's team was able to prove that it was possible for Polynesian peoples to migrate over thousands of miles from island to island. The outrigger...
HŌKŪLE’A: The Revival of Polynesian Voyaging Sailboats - US Sailing
May 31, 2022 · Hōkūle‘a continued to sail the Pacific in the following decades, eventually reaching Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), which form the three points of the traditional Polynesian Triangle with Hawaii.
In Search of the Ancient Polynesian Voyaging Canoe (1998)
Manu (Bow and Stern pieces): As I discovered while sailing Hokule'a, end pieces have a practical function. Eastern Polynesian end pieces typically rise higher at the stern than at the bow. The sternpiece appears to break a following wave crest that might otherwise board the canoe.