Bringing Hokule’a Home

The 2007 voyage to Micronesia took Hokule’a and Maisu 3,500 downwind from Hawai’i to Satawal, the home of Master Navigator/Teacher Mau Piailug,.

Once Maisu, a gift for Mau, made it safely to her new home in Satawal and Yap, Hokule’a had to find a way back to Hawai’i.

Sailing east to Hawai’i against the prevailing tradewinds, while not impossible, would take a very long time. The migrations east from the Western Pacific into Polynesia took many centuries. Hokule’a needed to get home faster, so she could share once again with her people the mana she has gained through 7,265 miles and six months of voyaging to new places, meeting new peoples and sharing her story with an ever-widening circle of friends and supporters across the Pacific – One Ocean, One People.

Through the generosity of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), a Japanese shipping line, Hokule’a is riding home on Settsu and will arrive back in a little over a week after leaving Yokohama. Departure is scheduled for June 21 HST (June 22 JST), arriving in Honolulu June 30.

Mahalo Nui Loa to NYK for offering to bring Hokule’a home!

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), founded in 1885, has become one of the world's leading shipping companies.

Photo of Settsu from http://members.tripod.com/shumsw5/nyk/nyk.html