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2. Polynesian navigation - Wikipedia

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   In 1973, he established the Polynesian Voyaging Society to test the contentious question of how Polynesians found their islands. The team claimed to be able to replicate ancient Hawaiian double-hulled canoes capable of sailing across the ocean using strictly traditional voyaging techniques. [80] In 1978, the Hōkūleʻa was capsized en route to ...

3. Hōkūleʻa - Wikipedia

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   Polynesian voyaging canoes were made from wood, whereas Hōkūle‘a incorporates plywood, fiberglass and resin. [8] Hōkūle‘a measures 61 feet 5 inches (18.7 m) LOA, 15 feet 6 inches (4.72 m) at beam, displaces 16,000 pounds (7,260 kg) when empty and can carry another 11,000 pounds (4,990 kg) of gear, supplies and 12 to 16 crew.

4. Gaualofa - Wikipedia

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   Gaualofa is a reconstruction of a va'a-tele ("large canoe"), [2] a double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoe. It was built in 2009 by the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea. [3] It was given to the Samoa Voyaging Society in 2012, on the occasion of Samoa's 50th anniversary of independence. [4]

5. Canoe sailing - Wikipedia

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   In other regions like Hawaii, Tahiti, and New Zealand, outrigger canoes are generally restricted to sport sailing and racing. Modern sailing outrigger canoes are usually made from glass-reinforced and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer, with sails made from Dacron and Kevlar. Hōkūleʻa is a modern interpretation of a Polynesian voyaging canoe ...

6. Polynesian Voyaging Society - Wikipedia

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   The Hawaiian voyaging canoe, Hokuleʻa, arrives off Kailua Beach on May 1, 2005. The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) is a non-profit research and educational corporation based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. PVS was established to research and perpetuate traditional Polynesian voyaging methods. Using replicas of traditional double-hulled canoes, PVS ...

7. Hokuleʻa and Hikianalia embark on voyage to Tahiti - AOL

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   Apr. 12—The Polynesian voyaging canoes Hokule 'a and Hikianalia departed from Sand Island at about 11 :15 a.m. Monday on the first leg of their sail to Tahiti. The Kealaikahiki Voyage is focused ...