Hawai'ian Sailing Canoe Completes 3-Year Cirumnavigation

vienna · 06-19-17, 02:07 AM

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/...ushpmg00000313

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

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Jimbuna · 06-19-17, 04:40 AM

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

vienna · 06-19-17, 05:19 AM

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...

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Gargamel · 06-19-17, 04:09 PM

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.

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Hawai'ian Sailing Canoe Completes 3-Year Cirumnavigation 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/...ushpmg00000313 Here's a news report on the Hokulea and her welcome home: <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __ Last edited by vienna; 06-19-17 at 05:07 AM.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There was a great documentary about the achievement on UK tv a couple of nights ago and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	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... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

06-19-17, 04:09 PM	#4
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.