[Photo Below: The Gathering of Pacific Canoes at
Rarotonga, 1992. Photo by Moana Doi]
The 1992 Voyage to Ra'iatea and
Rarotonga, called No
Na Mamo, For the Children, was designed to train a new generation of
voyagers to sail Hokule'a, to share the knowledge and values of voyaging
with students in Hawai'i and to celebrate the revival of canoe building
and traditional navigation throughout the Pacific with a visit to the
Sixth Pacific Arts Festival held that year in Rarotonga. On each of the
four legs of the voyage, Hokule'a had new navigators to guide her. In
addition to training new navigators and crew members, PVS reached out to
thousands of school children in Hawai'i through a long-distance
education program. During the voyage students tracked the canoe on
nautical charts, learned about their Pacific world, and used the canoe and
its limited supply of food, water, and space, to explore issues of
survival, sustainability, and teamwork. On the voyage back to Hawai'i, the
crew of the canoe contacted the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia flying
overhead and shuttle crew member Lacy Veach, a Hawai'i native. The two
vessels participated in
conversations with students in Hawai'i about the importance of
exploration.
The 1992 Voyage to Ra'iatea and
Rarotonga, called No
Na Mamo, For the Children, was designed to train a new generation of
voyagers to sail Hokule'a, to share the knowledge and values of voyaging
with students in Hawai'i and to celebrate the revival of canoe building
and traditional navigation throughout the Pacific with a visit to the
Sixth Pacific Arts Festival held that year in Rarotonga. On each of the
four legs of the voyage, Hokule'a had new navigators to guide her. In
addition to training new navigators and crew members, PVS reached out to
thousands of school children in Hawai'i through a long-distance
education program. During the voyage students tracked the canoe on
nautical charts, learned about their Pacific world, and used the canoe and
its limited supply of food, water, and space, to explore issues of
survival, sustainability, and teamwork. On the voyage back to Hawai'i, the
crew of the canoe contacted the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia flying
overhead and shuttle crew member Lacy Veach, a Hawai'i native. The two
vessels participated in
conversations with students in Hawai'i about the importance of
exploration.