On Tuesday morning, voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed from Palekai in Hilo for French Polynesia, continuing ...

The Moananuiākea Voyage is a 43,000-nautical-mile journey expected to last four years. It began in Alaska in June 2023, then paused to return to Hawai’i following the Lahaina wildfires and due to the ...

From its departure in Hilo, the Hokule’a and Hikianalia will travel to French Polynesia, which will take about three weeks, ...

The Polynesian Voyaging Society has postponed both Hokulea and Hikianalia’s departure from Hilo due to weather conditions.

Voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia have delayed their departure from Hilo due to weather conditions. The pair of boats ...

Traditional voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are tentatively scheduled to leave Hilo on the morning of June 2, weather ...

In May 1976, a canoe slipped out of Maui’s Honolua Bay and into the vastness of the Pacific. It was 18.7 meters long, 4.7 meters wide, and made of fiberglass and plywood — unremarkable by modern ...

After a two-day delay caused by hazardous ocean conditions, the Polynesian voyaging canoes Hokule ‘a and Hikianalia departed early Monday morning from Mauliola—commonly known as Sand Island—en route ...

To celebrate the Maui community and the arrival of Iosepa, a traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe, the Polynesian Cultural ...

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 ...