Hōkūleʻa is in Hilo, Hawaii

Lyall Burgess
May 22
1 min read

Updated: May 30

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia sailed into Hilo, HI on May 21st and will be in port for around a week before they set sail on a 3-year Pacific wide Moananuiākea Voyage. What an incredible site to see and a real blessing to the crews of both voyaging canoes. Whilst in Hilo both canoes will be open to the public and there is a large Hoʻolauleʻa (celebration) planned dockside with music, entertainment, food trucks and more on Saturday May 24th.

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Hokulea has been to Hilo before in 2022, ahead of a sail to Tahiti, and in 2014, ahead of a 3-year long worldwide voyage. Being on the most southern Hawaiian island Hilo makes a great port to embark from on any long voyage.

Hokulea docked in Wailoa (Hilo) close to the Suisan fish market

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia's planned departure is for around May 30th weather dependent.

The Hōkūleʻa is a 62ft waʻa kaulua, a double-hull voyaging canoe, built in 1975

Hikianalia is sister canoe to Hōkūle‘a and 72ft long built in 2012

A 43,000 nautical miles, 47-month circumnavigation of the Pacific by traditional Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūle‘a and Hikianalia and 400 crew to 36 countries and archipelagoes, nearly 100 indigenous territories, and 345 ports.