2012 Updates
- For the most current PVS update(s), see the PVS homepage.
- 2011 Newsletter: Kau Wela (Dry Season)
- 2011 Newsletter: Hoʻoilo (Wet Season) with Membership Letter Insert
February 21: Mālama Hōkūle‘a Update
The frontpieces are painted; the new Hōkūle’a moves toward the completion of her renovations this spring:
A new, two-feet wider deck between the two hulls, lashed down to the ‘iako, or crossbeams joining the hulls:
Looking forward, down the starboard hull:
February 8: Online Voyaging Society Archive Launched
PVS, in partnership with Honolulu Community College, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and Ulukau, the Hawaiian Digital Library, announced the opening of its online archive: hookele.org.
The purpose of the archive is to make materials about the Polynesian Voyaging Society accessible to scholars, teachers, and student while also reaching the wider Hawaiian community and the general public.
The searchable materials are organized by subjects, years, people, voyages, and titles. Click here for a UH News Report on the archive: “Polynesian voyaging online archive unveiled.”
February 7: Mālama Wa‘a Update
Both forward manu (end pieces curving upward) attached to the hulls:
Sanding the hulls, by machine and hand:
Decking postitioned to be lashed down:
Posts positioned for railing and lashing:
Mālama Wa‘a Update: January 12
In the New Year, the work toward Hōkūle‘a’s rebirth continues, in preparation for the Worldwide Voyage ...
The front manu (the end piece curving upward) atop the starboard hull:
A new steering sweep positioned at the back of the port hull:
Volunteers lashing down a ‘iako (crossbeam) at the bow of the port hull, under the guidance of Mark Kimura (bottom left), of Honolulu Community College’s Marine Education and Training Center:
The crew, lashing down a ‘iako (crossbeam) at the aft of the starboard hull:
The art of lashing: intricate line work tying together the parts of the canoe:
