Hōkūleʻa

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Construction
Pius "Mau" Piailug
Voyages
Inaugural voyage (1976)
''Kealaikahiki'' project (1977)
Legs
Crew
Tahiti voyage (1978)
Ala Wai Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, {{USA}} ''bound for'' Pape{{okina}}ete, Tahiti, {{PYF}}: 16 March 1978 to 18 March 1978 (recovery followed by USCG investigation)
Tahiti voyage (1980)
[[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaiʻi Island]], {{USA}} – Pape{{okina}}ete, Tahiti, Society Islands, {{PYF}}: 15 March 1980 to 17 April 1980
Pape{{okina}}ete, Tahiti, {{PYF}} – Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, {{USA}}: 13 May 1980 to 6 June 1980
Voyage of Rediscovery (1985–1987)
Hawaiʻi Island, {{USA}} – Pape{{okina}}ete, Society Islands, {{PYF}}: 10 July 1985 to 11 August 1985
Pape{{okina}}ete, Tahiti, {{PYF}} – [[Rarotonga]], {{COK}} ([[:File:LocationCookIslands.png|map]]): 30 August 1985 to 14 September 1985
Rarotonga, {{COK}} – [[Waitangi, Northland|Waitangi]], [[North Island]], {{NZL}} ([[:File:New Zealand map.PNG|map]]): 21 November  1985 to 7 December 1985
Waitangi, {{NZL}} – [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{okina}}alofa]], [[Tongatapu]] Island, [[Tonga#Politics|Kingdom of]] {{TGA}} : 1 May 1986 to 11 May 1986
Nuku{{okina}}alofa, {{TGA}} – [[Pago Pago]], [[Tutuila]] Island, {{ASM}} ([[:File:US -American Samoa.png|map]]): 23 May 1986 to 25 May 1986
[[Ofu-Olosega|Ofu Island]], {{ASM}} – [[Aitutaki]], {{COK}}: 7 July 1986 to 16 July 1986
Aitutaki – Rarotonga: 10 August 1986 to 11 August 1986
Rarotonga, {{COK}} – [[Tautira]], Tahiti Iti, Society Islands, {{PYF}}: 12 August 1986 to 21 August 1986
Tautira – Pape{{okina}}ete, Tahiti Nui – Tautira: 27 March 1987 to 29 March 1987
Tautira, Tahiti Iti, Society Islands – [[Rangiroa]] Atoll, [[Tuamotus]] ([[:File:Karta FP Tuamotus isl.PNG|map]]): 2 April 1987 to 4 April 1987
Rangiroa, Tuamotus, {{PYF}} – [[North Ko'olaupoko, Hawai'i|Kualoa]], [[Oahu|O{{okina}}ahu]] ([[:File:Oahu.svg|map]]), Hawaiʻi, {{USA}}: 24 April 1987 to 23 May 1987.
''No Nā Mamo'' ('For the Children') (1992)
[[Hōnaunau-Nāpo'opo'o, Hawai'i|Honaunau]], Hawaiʻi Island, {{USA}} – Pape{{okina}}ete, Tahiti, Society Islands, {{PYF}}: 17 June 1992 to 15 July 1992
Pape{{okina}}ete – Ra{{okina}}iatea: 10 September 1992 to 16 September 1992{{R|raiatea}}
Ra{{okina}}iatea, Society Islands, {{PYF}} – [[Mauke]], {{COK}} – Aitutaki – Rarotonga: 20 September 1992 to 16 October 1992
Rarotonga, {{COK}} – Pape{{okina}}ete, Tahiti, Society Islands, {{PYF}} – Honaunau,{{R|dennisKCCN}} Hawaiʻi Island, {{USA}}: 26 October 1992 to 1 December 1992
''Nā ʻOhana Holo Moana'' ('The Voyaging Families of the Vast Ocean') (1995)
Spring voyage segment
[[Hilo]], Hawaiʻi Island, {{USA}} – Pape{{okina}}ete, Tahiti, Society Islands, {{PYF}}: 11 February 1995 to 4 March 1995{{R|1995departHI1}}
Tautira, Tahiti – Fare, [[Huahine]] – Marae Taputapuatea, Ra{{okina}}iatea – [[Tahaa|Taha{{okina}}a]] – Tautira, Tahiti: 16 March 1995 to 24 March 1995
Tautira, Tahiti, Society Islands – [[Taiohae]] Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands: 6 April 1995 to 15 April 1995{{R|Ohana4-5}}
Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, {{PYF}} – Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island, {{USA}}: 20 April 1995 to 7 May 1995
Summer voyage segment
Stops in the [[Puget Sound]] and Straits of [[Strait of Georgia|Georgia]] and [[Strait of Juan de Fuca|Juan de Fuca]] area
Neah Bay – Portland, Oregon: 12 June 1995 to 15 June 1995; [[Columbia River]]
Portland, Oregon – San Francisco, California: 21 June 1995 to 29 June 1995
San Francisco – Santa Barbara: 3 July 1995 to 9 July 1995
Santa Barbara – Long Beach: 11 July 1995 to 12 July 1995
Long Beach – San Diego: 20 July 1995
San Diego – San Pedro: 26 July 1995 to 28 July 1995; from San Pedro, ''Hōkūle{{okina}}a'' returned to Hawaiʻi by ship, courtesy of [[Alexander & Baldwin]] Foundation and [[Matson Navigation Company|Matson]].{{R|alaskawc}}
Closing the Triangle (1999–2000)
[[Hilo]], Hawaiʻi Island, {{USA}} – ''Nuku Hiva'', Marquesas Islands, {{PYF}}: 15 June 1999 to 13 July 1999{{R|1999pvs1|1999intro}}
''Nuku Hiva'' – ''[[Ua Pou]]'' – ''[[Ua Huka]]'' – ''[[Tahuata]]'' – ''[[Fatu Hiva]]'' – ''[[Hiva Oa]]'' – [[Mangareva]], [[Gambier Islands]]: 2 August 1999 to 29 August 1999{{R|1999intro|1999pvs2}}
Mangareva, {{PYF}} – Pitcairn, {{PCN}} – Rapa Nui {{flagicon|Easter Island}} ([[Easter Island]]), Territory of {{CHL}}: 21 September 1999 to 9 October 1999{{R|1999intro}}
Rapa Nui {{flagicon|Easter Island}} ([[Easter Island]]), Territory of {{CHL}} – Tahiti, {{PYF}}: 9 November 1999 to 3 December 1999{{R|1999intro}}
Tahiti, {{PYF}} – [[Kaunakakai, Hawaii|Kaunakakai]], Moloka{{okina}}i, Hawaiʻi, {{USA}}: 5 February 2000 to 27 February 2000{{R|1999intro}}
Navigating Change (2003–2004)
[[Oahu]] – [[Kauai|Kaua{{okina}}i]]: 7 September 2003 to ?
Kaua{{okina}}i – [[Nīhoa]]: 9 September 2003 to ?
2003 Crew to Hawaiʻi
{{okina}} Harbor, {{okina}}, Hawaiʻi – {{okina}}, Kaua{{okina}}i: 2 May 2004 to 3 May 2004
{{okina}} Bay, Kaua{{okina}}i – ''Nīhoa'' Island – Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals – ''Laysan'' Island – ''Lisianski'' Island – Pearl and Hermes Atoll – Green Island, ''Kure'' Atoll – Midway Atoll: 23 May 2004 to 9 June 2004
Midway Atoll – {{okina}}: 11 June 2004 to 22 June 2004{{R|2004future}}
{{okina}} – {{okina}}, {{okina}}, {{R|2004future}}: 23 June 2004 to 24 June 2004{{R|2004future}}
One Ocean, One People (2007)
''Kū Holo Mau''
''[[Kawaihae]]'', Hawaiʻi Island, {{USA}} – ''[[Majuro]]'', Republic of the {{MHL}}: 23 January 2007 to 18 February 2007
{{MHL}}, Republic of the {{MHL}} – {{FSM}}, {{FSM}}: 21 February 2007 to 28 February 2007
''Pohnpei'' – [[Chuuk State|''Chuuk'']]: 6 March 2007 to 9 March 2007{{R|2007log}}
''Chuuk'' – ''Satawal'', [[Yap]] State: 11 March 2007 to 21 March 2007{{R|2007log}}
''Satawal'' – ''[[Woleai]]'' Atoll: 19 March 2007 to 21 March 2007
''Woleai'' – ''[[Ulithi]]'' Atoll: 21 March 2007 to 23 March 2007
''Ulithi'' – [[Yap]] Island: 21 March 2007 to 23 March 2007
[[Colonia, Yap]] Island, {{FSM}} – {{PLW}} ([[:File:Palau.PNG|map]]): 29 March 2007 to 31 March 2007
{{PLW}} – Colonia, Yap Island, {{FSM}}: 5 April 2007 to 7 April 2007
''Kū Holo Lā Komohana''
Yap, {{FSM}} – Okinawa, {{JPN}} 11 April 2007 to 23 April 2007
''Okinawa'' – ''Ōshima'' 28 April 2007 to 19 May 2007
''Ōshima'' – ''Uwajima'' 26 May 2007 to 27 May 2007
''Uwajima'' – ''Yokohama'' 3 June 2007 to 9 June 2007
''Malama Honua'' (worldwide voyage) (2014–2017)
Legs
''Moananuiakea, a Voyage for Earth'' (2023–2027)
Legs
Images
See also
Notes
General
Specific comments
References
Sources
External links

Hōkūlea () is a performance-accurate waa kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. Launched on 8 March 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, it is best known for its 1976 Hawaiʻi to Tahiti voyage completed with exclusively traditional navigation techniques. The primary goal of the voyage was to explore the anthropological theory of the Asiatic origin of native Oceanic people (Polynesians and Hawaiians in particular) as the result of purposeful trips through the Pacific Ocean, as opposed to passive drifting on currents or sailing from the Americas. DNA analysis supports this theory. A secondary project goal was to have the canoe and voyage "serve as vehicles for the cultural revitalization of Hawaiians and other Polynesians."