Hawai'ian Sailing Canoe Completes 3-Year Cirumnavigation

[vienna]

The next time you gripe about your GPS messing up, think about this crew who sailed a traditional dual-hulled Hawai'ian around the world using only the stars, the wind and ancient Polynesian navigation techniques:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hokulea-completes-voyage-around-the-world_us_5945910ae4b0f15cd5bbc9ce?ncid=edlinkushpm g00000313

Here's a news report on the Hokulea and her welcome home:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o9A4DkM8uk




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[Jimbuna]

There was a great documentary about the achievement on UK tv a couple of nights ago and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it :cool:

[vienna]

I'll have to keep an eye out to see if it turns up on the telly here or on the InterWebs...

Thank for the info... :up:




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[Gargamel]

Psssshaw.... if they used the new AC35 from the Americas cup, they could have done it in less than a month.

No, this is awesome. Read the article earlier on the BBC, great story.