The Voyage to Rapa Nui / 1999-2000

Leg 1: Hawai'i to Nukuhiva

Photo below by T. Wright: Departure Ceremony, Hilo Hawai'i, June 13, 1999.

Course Strategy: Hawai'i to Nukuhiva

Summary of the Voyage to Nukuhiva / Satellite Fixes and Navigator's Estimates, June 15-July 13, 1999

Navigators' Estimates Plotted with Actual Course

Wind, Weather, and Currents of the Pacific

Geography of Islands, Atolls, and Reefs Along the Way

Reports and Photos

Photos by T. Wright; Departure Ceremony, Hilo, Hawai'i, June 13, 1999

Passing the 'Awa Cup

A Blessing for Hokulea

Report: June 15, 1999--Departure from Hilo

Photos of Crew and Canoe

Hokule'a Sailing at Sunset/Open Ocean.

Captain/Navigator Bruce Blankenfeld.

Apprentice Navigator Pi'ikea Miller.

Watch Captain Dennis Chun with his guitar.

Watch Captain Leon Sterling being interviewed by Crew Member Hauoli Smith.

Medical Officer Darcy Attansani.

Crew Member / Documentor Makanani Attwood; on shore in Nukuhiva carving a stone .

Crew Member Desmon Antone.

Crew Member Ka'au McKenney with his guitar.

Crew Member Kekama Helm with his guitar.

Report: June 17, 1999

Report: June 19, 1999

Report: June 20, 1999

Report: June 21, 1999

Report: June 22, 1999

Report: June 23, 1999

Report: June 24, 1999, with GPS fixes from June 23-24.--Doldrum Conditions at about 10 degrees north

Report: June 25, 1999

Report: June 26, 1999

Report: June 27, 1999

Report: June 28, 1999

Report: June 29, 1999--Out of Doldrums about 4.5 degrees N

Report: June 30, 1999

Report: July 01, 1999

Report: July 02, 1999--Crossing the Equator

Report: July 03, 1999

Report: July 04, 1999--Searching for the Marquesas Islands to the Southwest

Report: July 05, 1999

Report: July 06, 1999

Report: July 07, 1999

Report: July 08, 1999--Tacking into the SE trades, searching for the Marquesas Islands to the East

Report: July 09, 1999

Report: July 10, 1999

Report: July 11, 1999

Report: July 12, 1999--Landfall: Eiao, an uninhabited island at the NW end of the Marquesan Archipelago. Believed to be an island of ghosts.

Report: July 13, 1999--Hokule'a Arrives in Taiohae Harbor, Nukuhiva, in the early evening.

Report: July 14, 1999--Hokule'a Safely Anchored in Taiohae Harbor, Nukuhiva; Summary of voyage