On July 20th, we watched the people in Huahine bless the rudder of the traditional 15 meter outrigger canoe docked in the town of Fare. This special catamaran called Upoo Tahiti, which means “Head of Tahiti,†had a piglet, rooster and plenty of bananas and taro on board. She is one of many outrigger canoes sailing west across the Pacific to China. Captain and designer, Clement Pito, has been imagining this voyage for the past 20 years and his dream had finally come to fruition.Â
Pito, bare breasted with two bands of tatoos on his arms, a traditional skirt and a seaweed of necklace, hopes his sailing expedition will bring Polynesians closer to their ancestors who bravely left their homes in Asia and … Details
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