Paulina came to our class on Tuesday. She was chosen to go on the Hokule’a because she knew Nainoa through the Asia-Pacific Leadership Program (APLP). He came to their school and gave a speech about navigational way finding. She was so interested in the speech that he gave. To be a member of the voyage, she had to prove herself by swimming a mile. The first day, she couldn’t make it because she was lost and traffic was bad. Second day, swimming practice was cancelled. She practiced on her own. She also had to take sailing lessons. She saw many birds and dolphins on the way. She saw birds that tell them they are close to land. She said that crew members had work duties but she could rest because she got seasick. She was lucky. They had two canoes. One is Hokule’a and the other is Maisu. They had to leave Maisu in Yap (main island) because the channel on Satawal was narrow. From this voyage, she learned how navigational way finding is done nowadays. They had enough supplies and food.

This navigational way finding voyage sounds very interesting. Bit it also sounds dangerous. I would not want to go on a voyage because I don’t like saying in wet clothes and I am not a good swimmer so I might die if there is a big storm. I learned that voyage is very dangerous, and that you need to get trained to go on a voyage.