June 16th, 2017: Hōkūleʻa
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Today. To Hawaii. Hōkūleʻa. From a three voyage around the world, during which it sailed five oceans, visited 19 countries and sailed more than 40,000 nautical miles. This in a 62 ft(18.9m) Polynesian ocean sailing canoe, using ancient navigational techniques the Europeans didn’t understand or believe existed. http://cellar.org/2017/canoe1.jpg Quote:
The Polynesian boat has been refined over millennia, as has the art of “wayfinding” used to make their way from island to island. Memorizing dozens if not hundreds of stars, land birds and their habits/ranges, different types of waves peculiar to sections of the ocean, how each island reflects/radiates waves, and much, much more. Pretty impressive for dumb brown people, eh? ;) http://cellar.org/2017/canoe2.jpg Much, much more at the link. |
A three what voyage? Years? Months?
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Obviously didn't watch Gilligan's Island. It's a three hour cruise, d'uh.
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Three years, but the purpose wasn't just to make the voyage, but to edumacate the folks around the world that history written by Europeans is wrong.
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This "wayfinding" is awesome. Some people have a better sense of direction than others, and I wonder if they are using some part of their brain or senses that the rest of folks just aren't tapped into? Noticing the subtle cues around us like crisscrossing wave patterns and different birds.
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This article goes into detail about how it's done.
http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=974636&postcount=5 |
They don't have a clue about fishing. Use some broken back minnies, a stiff rod with 15lb test and sit back while trolling. Another thing is to bring freeze dried food for emergency eating. Did they bring fresh water or depend on acid rain. Must've been a hungary bunch.
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