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Sam's new book is causing a stir click the book (above) to find out why
Hokule'a off Diamond Head
sailing downeast in fog and rain Sailing Magazine A beautiful hand-made ship is launched on Martha's Vineyard Martha's Vineyard Magazine Seeking history in Greek waters re-learning the ropes Voyage
to the Marquesas embarked on a square-rigger for the Marquesas memories linger in waters downeast under power in Maine waters
How to find latitude by simultaneous setting of stars. To download a slide show about non instrument navigation, right click on the above and download it to your computer. Once on your computer, clicking or hitting the space bar should advance the slide. This show is about "simultaneous setting" of stars - a kind of "instrument in the sky" which is an accuraate way to find your latitude. The technique was developed by Nainoa Thompson aboard the Polynesian voyaging canoe - Hokule'a. Please let me know how this works for you at samfilm@aol.com. Thanks
This is a nine part series about Hawai'iloa, a connection between native peoples across a vast ocean, and stewardship... I will post each chapter about one week apart beginning today March 16th, 2013.
Hawai'iloa in the Marquesas with Teaurere
Mo'olelo - stories of voyaging aboard Hokule'a
Hokule'a and Teaurere off Diamond Head
Teaurere - New Zealand (Aotearoa) canoe
Movies The following are video clip is from my movie The Navigators - Pathfinders of the Pacific. The film is available from Documentary Educational Resources. The Micronesian proa
Voyage to Satawal - March, 2007 Photographs from the most recent voyage Voyages
of Awakening, 25 years of Höküle'a
Polynesian non-instrument navigation Soundings Magazine Gift
of the Wind
Tava Taupu coiling rope aboaqrd Hokule'a
Hokule'a Log - Tahiti to Hawaii
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the Wake of Our Ancestors Link to Polynesian Voyaging Society web site
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