On Saturday, March 8, 2025, the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) held a momentous 50th birthday commemoration for Hōkūle‘a, the legendary double-hulled voyaging canoe that has served as a symbol of cultural renewal and oceanic exploration for half a century....

On March 8, 1975, Hōkūle‘a, a performance-accurate deep sea voyaging canoe built in the tradition of ancient Hawaiian wa‘a kaulua (double-hulled voyaging canoe), was launched from the sacred shores of Hakipu‘u-Kualoa, in Kāne‘ohe Bay on the island of O‘ahu. She was designed by artist and historian Herb Kawainui Kāne, one of the ...

Hōkūleʻa[2][3] is a performance-accurate waʻa kaulua, [4][5] a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. [6][7] Launched on 8 March 1975 [8] by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, it is best known for its 1976 Hawaiʻi to Tahiti voyage completed with exclusively traditional navigation techniques. [9][10] The primary goal of the voyage was to explore ...

By building a replica of an ancient voyaging canoe and navigating it from Hawai'i to Tahiti and back without instrument in 1976, PVS showed how it would have been posssible for ancient Polynesians to sail and explore the Pacific ocean and settle its islands purposely, as a way of finding new homelands scattered over an oceanic area of ten ...

2025年3月9日 · That vessel — a double-hulled sailing canoe called the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus — would even influence the Disney blockbuster “Moana” decades later. To mark the anniversary, the Hokulea’s early crew members gathered Saturday for ceremonial hula and kava drinking at the Oahu beach where the canoe launched ...

2023年6月7日 · Beginning June 15 in Alaska, Hōkūleʻa and her sister canoe Hikianalia will set off on a 43,000-nautical-mile, 47-month circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean. The journey will take them to 36...

Hōkūle‘a, our Star of Gladness, began as a dream of reviving the legacy of exploration, courage, and ingenuity that brought the first Polynesians to the archipelago of Hawai‘i. The canoes that brought the first Hawaiians to their island home had disappeared from earth.

2025年3月18日 · They designed Hōkūleʻa as a performance-accurate reproduction of ancient Polynesian voyaging canoes. Named after the star Arcturus (Hōkūle’a in Hawaiian, meaning “Star of Gladness”), the canoe would become the vessel for an ambitious experiment in 1975: to sail from Hawai’i to Tahiti using only traditional navigation techniques.

2025年3月4日 · The museum was a pivotal partner in Hōkūleʻa’s inception. The event will pay tribute to the canoe’s origins and legacy with special exhibits and programming. More details can be found here. More information about the Polynesian Voyaging Center and …

2025年3月8日 · Hokulea sails into the shore of Kualoa Regional Park before its Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin) They needed a navigator.