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Hōkūlea is a performance-accurate full-scale replica of a wooden sailing vessel (Polynesian voyaging canoe) used in ancient Hawaii. Its name means "star of gladness" in Hawaiian, and the name refers to the star Arcturus, a guiding zenith star for Hawaiian navigators, which falls directly overhead at Hawaii's latitude.
   It was built in 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, and is best known for its 1976 voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti, performed without modern navigational instruments. The primary goal of the voyage was to further support the theory of the origins of native Oceanic people (particularly Polynesians and Hawaiians) being traced west to Asia as a purposeful trip through the Pacific and not simply drifting on currents from the Americas.
   Since then Hōkūlea has completed seven voyages to various destinations in Polynesia and the United States, all using ancient wayfinding techniques of celestial navigation.
   On January 19, 2007, Hokule'a left Hawaii with the voyaging canoe Alingano Maisu on a voyage to Micronesia and Japan. The voyage was expected to take five months. On June 9, 2007 Hokule'a arrived in Japan.
   When it isn't on a voyage, Hōkūlea is moored at the Hawaii Maritime Center in Honolulu Harbor.

List of voyages

1976: Hōkūlea, led by captain Kawika Kapahulehua and Satawalese navigator Mau Piailug, traveled from Hawaii to Tahiti and back.
1977:Kealaikahiki Project
1978: A second attempted voyage to Tahiti was aborted when the canoe swamped south of the island of Molokai. Eddie Aikau is lost at sea on this voyage.
1980: Native Hawaiian Navigator Nainoa Thompson recreated the 1976 voyage, becoming the first Native Hawaiian in modern times to guide a canoe without instruments.
1985: Known as the Voyage of Rediscovery, Hōkūlea traveled a total distance of 16,000 miles to various destinations in Polynesia.
1992: Hōkūlea sailed to Rarotonga and back via Tahiti. The voyage included an educational component where Hawaii students could track the progress of the canoe through daily radio reports.
1995 spring: Hōkūlea, along with sister ships Hawaiiloa and Makalii, sailed from Hawaii to the Marquesas Islands and back via Tahiti.
1995 summer: Hōkūlea and Hawaiiloa sailed the West Coast of the United States from Seattle to San Diego.
1999: Hōkūlea sailed from Hawaii to Rapa Nui and back.Known as "Closing the Triangle" voyage.
2004: Hōkūlea's most recent voyage took place in June 2004, when navigator Thompson led a training voyage through the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.Known as "Navigating Change" voyage.
2007: Accompanied by the canoe Alingano Maisu and specialized escoat boat Kama Hele, Hokule'a sailed from Hawaii to the Federated States of Micronesia. Known as "Ku Holo Mau" voyage. While on the island of Satawal, the crew of the Hokule'a presented the Alingano Maisu to Mau Piailug as a gift for his role in helping to revive traditional wayfinding navigation in Hawaii. From there, the Hokule'a sailed to various ports (Itoman, Amami-Oshima, Uto, Nomozaki, Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Shin-Moji, Iwaishima, Suo-Oshima, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Uwajima, Muroto, Miura, Kamakura and Yokohama) in Japan. Known as "Ku Holo La Komohana" voyage. Kama Hele had sailed back to Oahu by German Captain and six Japanese crewmembers.

Images

Image:Hokuyakan.jpg|Galley and Diamond Bakery's cookie bucket. Image:Kapunakeiki.jpg|Motto on a crossbeam Image:Aitutakihokukeeeadad.jpg|Steering sweep grip of portside Image:Compartmenthokuleadazeee.jpg|Inside a compartment Image:Musenkikamowakarannee.jpg|Radio system Image:Hokulea2.jpg|Hokule'a arrives in Yokohama Bay, 2007 Image:kamahele.jpg|Kama Hele at Yokohama port, on the day Hokule'a finished the 2007 Micronesia-Japan voyage

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