Hokulea is docked in Tacoma as crew undergoes cold weather training … in Hawaii

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hokulea went on a special kind of voyage not too long ago — to Tacoma, Washington on a container ship — because the canoe’s crew prepares to circumnavigate the Pacific Ocean.

After arriving on the West Coast, the canoe was then towed to the Maritime Museum at Foss Waterway Seaport, the place crew members bought a view of Pacific Northwest seafaring tradition.

Hokulea will keep there till Might 1, then get towed to Seattle and loaded onto a barge for Alaska.

“The concept we are able to return and pay again simply little little bit of that aloha that was given to us,” mentioned crew member Chris Blake. “These are the form of issues that assist to encourage not solely myself however hopefully its capable of do the identical for others all over the world.”

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Again in Honolulu, the crew bought chilly climate gear coaching from the specialists at Patagonia and realized about getting over-exposed to the weather could be life-threatening.

“Your physique can go unconscious inside positive minutes in chilly water so understanding that reality, I feel it’s crucial to know the gear and perceive easy methods to put it on, easy methods to use it, take it off and being ma’a use to it,” mentioned crew member Kaiwi Hamakua Makue.

Patagonia has designed foul climate gear that’s water- and windproof particularly for members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society.

“These guys are uncovered to the weather extra so anybody out on the ocean,” mentioned Bremen Schmeltz, managing director of Asia Pacific Enterprise.

On the Marine Schooling Heart at Sand Island, Hokulea’s sister canoe, Hikianalia, is present process ending touches after being dry-docked for repairs for eight months.

The Hokulea begins a four-year Pacificwide voyage in mid-June.

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