How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
Early crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in Hawaii to celebrate the vessel's 50th birthday. The Hokulea ...
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How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
They started the Polynesian Voyaging Society, intent on sailing a canoe to Tahiti without modern instruments. They needed a navigator. Traditional long-distance voyaging skills had all but ...
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How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
In 1980, Thompson became the first Hawaiian in six centuries to navigate to Tahiti without a compass ... and got the idea to build a double-hulled canoe with tall, triangular sails similar to ...