Added on March 18, 2025
Honolulu Vibes
Cultural revival , Eddie Aikau , Hawaiian culture , Hawaiian Renaissance , Hokule'a (Star of Joy/Arcturus) , Hokulea , Malama Honua (Care for Island Earth) , Mau Piailug , Nainoa Thompson , Non-instrument navigation , Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) , Traditional navigation , Wayfinding

50 Years of Hōkūleʻa: Reviving Hawaiian Navigation and Cultural Identity

In the predawn darkness of March 8, 1975, a unique double-hulled canoe slipped into the waters of Oahu’s Kāne’ohe Bay. Its launch marked not just the birth of a vessel, but the rebirth of a cultural tradition once thought lost to time. This was Hōkūleʻa, a traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe whose 50-year journey would transform […]