This week, the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) and its voyaging canoe, H?k?le’a, will set sail for its grandest voyage to date – a four year journey around the world. Just like the voyages before this one, the crew of H?k?le’a will stay true to the traditional Polynesian way of voyaging by using only their natural surroundings to guide their way.
That’s right…no GPS, no sextant, no compass, not even a chart on paper! Like their voyaging ancestors before them, the master navigators on this voyage will need only … More