PACIFIC SUPERHEROES

PACIFIC SUPERHEROES waaatttt!!! U heard!!! The Hokule’a ocean voyaging waka from Hawaii that has sailed the pacific ocean many a times since its birth to reinvigorate our celestial navigational skills, history and culture, has put out a challenge in search of a crew for a 3year voyage around the world 100% old skool stlyles!!! Hokule’a (Arcturus) is the star that at its zenith passes directly over Hawaii - ancient Hawaiian navigators used the constellation to find their way home. Hence, “Hoku” - “Le’a” - the star of gladness, a fitting name for this wa’a. This is an historical and life changing event, so y’all better get ya waka on and support the Hokule’a to show the world wat its all about - PACIFIC SUPERHEROES waaatttttt!!!! U heard!!!

‘The voyaging canoe Hokule’a may embark on its most ambitious trip yet — a three-year passage around the world beginning in 2011.

Kathy Thompson, wife of master navigator Nainoa Thompson and a volunteer with the Polynesian Voyaging Society, briefed the University of Hawaii Board of Regents on the trip Thursday as part of a presentation about a partnership between the society and Honolulu Community College’s Marine Education and Training Center.

While the planning has started, the trip is far from certain. Safety concerns, including the threat of pirates in Indonesia and Somalia, terrorism and diseases like malaria, could cancel the voyage.

But for now Nainoa Thompson is planning a voyage that will tentatively take the canoe from Hawaii to Tahiti, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Australia, across the Indian Ocean to the Maldives, India, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, Egypt, the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, the Galapagos Islands, South America, Rapa Nui and back to Hawaii.

The canoe will travel mostly in tropic latitudes and avoid hurricane season.

The journey would involve 120 crewmembers and 22 crew changes, with 30 percent of the crew from other countries.’ for the full article from the Star Bulletin - Hawaii, click here

Mauri Ora Whanau!!!