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December 2009: Training Sail to Palmyra
December 2008: Plan for a Training Sail to Palmyra and Christmas Island
January 2008: Ku Holo Mau (Voyage to Satawal) and Ku Holo Komohana (Voyage to Japan)
September 2006: Hokualaka‘i Launching; 2006 Malama Wa‘a (Caring for the Canoe)
August 2006: Kapu Na Keiki: Youth Training Program
December 2004: Navigating Change: NWHI Voyage Completed
Winter 2003: Northewestern Hawaiian Islands Voyage Postponed; Sail to Nihoa
Summer 2003: Marine Education Training Center; 2003 Statewide Sail
Spring 2002: Plans for Northewestern Hawaiian Islands Voyage
Summer 2001: Ocean Learning Academy
Spring 2001: 2001 Statewide Sail
Ho‘oilo (Rainy Season) 1999: Closing the Triangle: the Quest for Rapanui; Malama Hawai‘i Initiative
Kau (Dry Season) 1998: Restoring Hokule‘a; Center for Marine Sciences
Kau (Dry Season) 1997: Aloha, Wrighto; Project Ho‘olokahi
Ho‘oilo (Rainy Season) 1996-1997: Malama Hawai‘i: 1996-97 Statewide Sail
Ho‘oilo (Rainy Season) 1995-1996: Exploration Learning Center Launched
Kau (Dry Season) 1995: A Safe Successful 1995 Voyage; Northwest and West Coast Tours
Makali‘i (November-December) 1994: North to Hawai‘i, the Marquesas Connection, by Ben Finney
Hilinama (August-September) 1994: Hawai‘iloa Sea Trials, after Modification
Ka‘aona (May–June) 1994: Training and Education Sails; 1992 Voyage: 4. The Voyage Home
Nana (February–March) 1994: 1992 Voyage: 3. Sailing in the Cook Islands
Makali‘i (November-December) 1993: First Sea Trials for Hawai‘iloa Completed; Modifications Begin; 1992 Voyage: 2. Sailing in Tahiti
Fall 1993: Blessing and Launching Hawai‘iloa; 1992 Voyage: 1. Hawai‘i to Tahiti
March 1992: Building Hawai‘iloa
December 1990: Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program; search for logs to build Hawai‘iloa
March-April 1984: Announcing the 1985-1987 Voyage of Rediscovery
August 1975: A Voyage into Hawai‘i’s Past (1976 Voyage to Tahiti), by Ben Finney
1974: Plans for Launching of Hokule‘a on March 8, 1975
September 1974: Announcement of 3 day Polynesian Sailing Workshop at Kualoa Park
April 1974: Wa‘a Kaulua...Double Canoe, by Herb Kane. (Training on Nalehia, a 40 ft. double-hulled sailing canoe built by Ben and Ruth Finney in 1966; plans to build Hokule‘a.)

PVS Newletter / Hilina Ma (August-September) 1994

Hawai‘iloa Sea Trials

After 9 months of modifications under the direction of Nainoa Thompson and Chad Baybayan, Hawai'iloa was relaunched on July 18, 1994. Wright Bowman, Jr., Wally Frolseth, Jerry Ongeis, and their woodworking crew cut, chiseled, and sanded 3 tons of wood off the canoe. The hulls were reversed; the stern became the bow, and the bow the stern, so that the rounded end of the hull was at the back of the canoe, and the bow would rise up over oncoming swells rather than plowing through them.

The canoe was relashed with dacron by volunteers led by Gil Ane, with Junior Coleman, Kalawai'a Goo, Ka'au McMnney, Ke'ahi Omai, and Ka'onohi Paishon. During an ofsihore sail, navigator Chad Baybayan commented that the canoe is so tightly lashed there are no squeaks and that
the canoe has a silky glide.

On September 17-18, Hawai'iloa under Nainoa Thompson and Hokule‘a under Chad Baybayan sailed interisland together for the first time, from Maunalua Bay to Hale-o-Lono, Moloka'i.

The canoes left Maunalua at 3:30 a.m. in 10-20 knot trades, Hokule‘a heading out first, Hawai'iloa following. The 20-year old veteran pointed about half a house (5-6 degrees) higher into the wind as two canoes crossed the Kaiwi channel, then Degan failing off in the lee of Moloka'i. The younger Hawai'iloa, a lighter, faster canoe had been gaining ground the whole time and finay came up to Hokule‘a about 7 miles off Kala'au Point. The two canoes were towed into Hale-o-Lono.

Tiger Espere on the steering blade "Aitutaki" as Hokule‘a surges past Hawai'iloa

The sail back to O'ahu was one to be remembered, two Hawaiian voyaging canoes tracking through Hawaiian waters for the first time in hundreds of years. They tacked southwest, then northwest toward O'ahu. Hawai'iloa went ahead this time and had to wait for the veteran to come up. Then in a burst of wind from rain squalls blasting O'ahu, Hokule‘a, under the command of Gordon Pi'ianai'a, Clay Bertelmann, and Ke'ahi Omai, came alive, leaping through the seas and overtaking Hawai'iloa on the downwind side. The crew cheered, as Hokule‘a, with its larger sails, passed Hawai'iloa, the two canoes within a hundred yards of each other. As the winds lightened, Hawai'iloa began to pull ahead again, crossing in front of Hokule‘a. The older canoe seemed content to follow the younger, knowing it still had it in her.

After another weekend of interisland sea trials, Hawai'iloa and Hokule‘a were taken out of the water at the end of September for final modifications and preparation before the 1995 voyage to Nukuhiva (Marquesas) and back. The open hulls may be partially enclosed with hau decking to prevent swamping in heavy seas. The canoes will be relaunched in January of 1995.


HAWAI'ILOA WORKERS and VOLUNTEERS

PVS wishes to thank all of those who contributed to the completion of Hawai'iloa. Here is a partial list of workers and volunteers:

AFIAI, Sam; AH HEE, Snake; AHUNA, Nailima; AHYO, Mel; AKANA, Kevin; ANDRADE, Carlos; ANDRADE, Wilferd "Nalu"; ANE, Gilbert; ARII, Eddie; AU, Clarence; AYAT, Harold

BAYBAYAN, Chad; BARBER, Paige; BARBER, Wilbert; BATES, Kauariki; BERTELMANN, Clay; BERTELMANN, Shorty; BLANKENFELD, Bruce; BOWMAN, Sharon; BOWMAN, Wright Jr.; BOWMAN, Wright Sr.; BURDETT, Kaleo; BUSBY, Hector; BUSH, Kawika

CADD, Leilan;i CADD, Shane; CANNE, Paulino; CHANG, Christina; CHANG, Matthew; CHING, Clarence; CHOY, Barry; CHUN, Dennis; CHUNG, Bruno; COLEMAN, Junior; COMBIS, Sandy; CONRAD, Stanley; CORONEL, Jason; CUMMINGS, John; CUNA, Byro

DAMASSE, Tanya; DANVOIS, Isabel; DICKSON, Maulili; DOI, Moana

EDDY, John; ENOS, Kanani; ENRIQUEZ, Bobby; ESPERE, Tiger

FABER, Gary; FABRE, Maeva; FOJAS, Allan; FORD, Keola; FROISETH, F. Wallace; FROISETH, Keali'ipu'aimoku; FROISETH, Luana; FULLER, Catherine; FUNG, Joe; FURUTANI, loane

GEORGE, Ben; GERONA, Vinson; GOINGS, Richard; GOMES, Dexter; GOMES, Gerald; GOO, Kalawai'a; GORDON, Nick; GRACE, Richard; GRENFELL, Karen; GUARD, Tim

HANCOCK, Brent; HANOHANO, Jarrett; HAPAIRAI, Abish; HEE, Terry; HERCULES, Jaimie; HEUEA, Pina; HIMEDA, Larry; HO, Harry; HO, Kekoa; HOKE, Wilford; HOOKANO, Sam; HOPFE, Dustin; HUGHO, Kikila; HULIHE'E, David; HULIHE'E, Edward

IHARA, Ku'ulei; IONE, Henry; IWANUMA, Morgan

JENSEN, Lucia; JENSEN, Rocky; JOHNSON, Rex

KAHANANUI, Peter; KALAHIKI, Randy; KAHO'OHALAHALA, Solomon; KALEPA, Archie; KALUA, Winston; KANEAUKALA, Cliff; KAONOHI, Alex; KAPAHUA, Sam; KAWAHARADA, Dennis; KAWELO, Eugene; KAWELO, Keoki; KAZONE, Marion; KEAUNUI, Reginald; KEAWE, John Jr.; KEAWE, John Sr.; KELLY, Palani; KENDALL, Ramari; KRUSE, John; KUZMA, Marian; KWAN, Andrew

LEE, Kainoa; LEE, Richard; LEONG, Linda; LOUCINE, Lou; LUKA, Alex; LYMAN, Kimo

MAI‘I, Kai; MAKUA, Keli'i; MALLOT, Byron; MAMUMNART, Jared; MANAPORI, Mata; MARTINSON, Eric; MARTINSON, Jamell; McKENNEY, Ka'au; McKILLIP, Marshall; McNAUGHTON, Edward; MERCADO, Sean; MOOKINI, Kiki; MOKULEHUA, Aaron; MORALES, Albert; MORALES, Eleta; MULLER, Jerry

NAKAGAWA, Sharron; NAONE, Philip

OMAI, Keahi; ONTAI, Keahi; OMURA, Garrick; ONGEIS, Jerry; ORNELLAS, Billy

PAIKAI, Jay; PAISHON, Chadd; PALEKA, Herbert; PAOA, Mel; PAPALI'I, Bonnie; PASCUA, John; PASCUA, Sista; PELOSO, Jay; PI'IANAI'A, Gordon; PIENA, Wainwright; PILAGO, Angel;PILAGO, Che; PITTMAN, Tua; POMAIKA‘I, Kaipo Sr.; PUPUHI, William

REIHANA, Pikihuia; RHODES, Richard; RICHARDS, Billy; RICHARDS, Cindy; ROBERTSON, Darrell; ROBERTSON, Mary Jo; RYAN, Noah

SATSUDA, Ryan; SCARLETT, James; SHIGAKI, Bernard; SHIGAKI, Virgie; SHIMIZU, Dean; SHULTZ, Keoni; SHULTZ, Koe; SMITH, Suzette; SOARES, Henry; STEINER, Charlie; SULLIVAN, Scott

TABATA, Jason; TAMURA, Ben; TANIGAWA, Daniel; TANIGAWA, Tasha; TANIGUCHI, Glen; TAUPU, Tava; TERE, Juliana ;TETUANUI, Jimmy; THOMPSON, Laura; THOMPSON, Myron; THOMPSON, Nainoa; TILITTLE, Archie; TOM, James; TOM, Tareta; TONGG, Mike; TSUDA, Calvin; TUIA, Maureen

USHIJIMA, Harry

VAUGHN, Palani; VERKENNES, Karen

WATERS, Simone; WATSON, Cliff; WELLS, Karen; WENDT, Donna; WILSON, Chris; WONG, Keli'i; WONG, Nate; WONG, Wallace; WOODS, William

YEE, August; YOSHIMURA, Herbert; YOUNG, Aaron; YOUNG, Sam; YUEN, Gary


PVS Officers and Board of Directors

Myron "Pinky" Thompson, President

Kapua Lindo, Vice President

Virginia Elliott, Treasurer

Directors: Gilbert Ane, Moku Froiseth, Wally Froiseth, Harry Ho, Rey Jonsson, Eric Martinson, Jerry Muller, Laura Thompson, Michael Tongg, Nathan Wong, Bob Worthington, August Yee

Ben Finney, Consultant