Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions houses materials related to the revival of voyaging and non-instrument navigation led by the Polynesian Voyaging Society and its voyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a. (See the table of contents below.)
The Polynesian Voyaging Society has moved to a new home page and website. Click here to access the page: hokulea.com.
‘Ike: Knowledge & Traditions
- Herb Kawainui Kāne: Founding the Polynesian Voyaging Society; Building and Naming Hōkūle‘a
- Ben Finney: A Voyage in Hawaiʻi‘s Past (1975)
- Nainoa Thompson: Voyaging and Cultural Revival
Ho‘okele: Wayfinding (Non-Instrument Navigation)
- Nainoa Thompson: On Wayfinding
- Nainoa Thompson: Predicting Weather: Reading Clouds and Sea States
- Nainoa Thompson: Intellect and Instinct in Navigation
- Sam Low: Star Navigation (from Soundings Magazine)
- Wayfinding: Modern Methods and Techniques of Non-Instrument Navigation, Based on Pacific Traditions
- Andia y Varela: An Account of Traditional Tahitian Navigation (Journal 1774)
- Samuel Wilder King: Hawaiians as Navigators and Seamen (1925)
Hōkūle‘a
- Herb Kawainui Kāne: Building and Naming Hōkūle‘a
- Herb Kawainui Kāne: Ships with Souls (with a Bibliography of Traditional Canoe Building)
- Herb Kawainui Kāne: In Search of the Ancient Polynesian Voyaging Canoe(Designing Hōkūle‘a)
- Herb Kawainui Kāne: Evolution of the Hawaiian Canoe
- Ben Finney: Founding of PVS; Building Hōkūle‘a
- Kenneth Emory: Launching Hōkūle‘a March 8, 1975
- Sam Low and Herb Kawainui Kāne: Sam Ka'ai and Hōkūle‘a's Ki'i
- Mālama Wa‘a: Canoe Care and Maintenance
- Hōkūle’a Photo Gallery
Mo‘olelo and ‘Ōlelo No‘eau (Stories and Proverbs)
- Mo‘olelo: Traditional Voyaging Stories from Hawai‘i and Polynesia
- Mary Kawena Pukui: Voyaging Proverbs
Holokai: Voyages
Voyages of Hōkūle’a (1976-2009)- Nainoa Thompson: Why We Voyage
- Nainoa Thompson: Twenty-Five Years of Voyaging (1975-2000)
- Sam Low: Voyages of Awakening: 25 Years of Hokule'a, at samlow.com
- 1976: To Tahiti and Back (Ben Finney)
- 1978: Voyage Canceled after Hōkūle‘a Capsizes
- 1980: To Tahiti and Back
- 1985-87: To Aotearoa / Voyage of Rediscovery
- 1992: To Rarotonga / No Nā Mamo, “For the Children”
- Spring 1995: To Nukuhiva, Nā ‘Ohana Holo Moana, “The Voyaging Familes of the Vast Ocean”
- Summer 1995: West Coast and Alaska
- 1999-2000: To Rapanui / Closing the Triangle
- 2004: To Papahānaumokuākea (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) / Navigating Change
- 2007: To Satawal / Kū Holo Mau, “Sail On, Sail Always, Sail Forever”
- 2007: To Japan / Kū Holo Komohana, “Sail on to the Western Sun”
- 2009: To Palmyra
Life at Sea
- Hawaiian Terms and Phrases Used in Voyaging
- Elisa Yadao: Living Aboard Hōkūle‘a
- What Hōkūle‘a Carries: Provisions for a Modern Voyage
- Fishing Aboard Hōkūle‘a
- Dangers at Sea
- Fish, Birds, and Mammals of the Open Ocean
- Dr. Pat Aiu: Medical Needs Aboard Hōkūle‘a
- Dr. Ben Young: Psychological Effects of Long Ocean Voyages
- Tommy Holmes: Provisioning for Polynesian Voyages
- Chad Baybayan: Traditional Foods and their Preparation for Voyaging
- Thomas Gladwin: Provisions for a Micronesian Voyage
Voyagers
Online Resources
- Nainoa Thompson: A Challenge to Learn
- Classroom Curriculum and Activities
- Writings
- Photos, Graphics, and Maps
- Songs and Chants of the Canoes
- Films and Videos
Polynesian Voyaging Society Newsletters Archive (1975-2012)
The revival of Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions was led by the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) and its voyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a. PVS was founded by Dr. Ben Finney, Herb Kawainui Kāne, and Tommy Holmes in 1973. The Hōkūle‘a name and image Trademark is held by the Polynesian Voyaging Society; use allowed only if licensed.