Hokuleʻa’s Legacy Sails On - University of Hawaii System
In 1966 he helped construct the first modern replica of a Polynesian voyaging canoe at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The 40-foot scale model of Kamehameha III’s double-hulled royal canoe, which Mary Kawena Pukui named Nalehia, meaning "the skilled ones," was too small for long distance voyaging, but the experience was instructive.
Evolution of the Hawaiian Canoe (1998) - Hōkūleʻa
That projection has become traditional in Hawaiian canoes, some say as a place where an invisible but benevolent ancestral spirit ('aumakua) can ride. These were the canoes of Hawaiian chiefs who met Cook and the early European traders in the late 18th century. Europeans marveled at the workmanship accomplished with simple tools of stone and bone.
Polynesian navigation - Wikipedia
Polynesian navigation or Polynesian wayfinding was used for thousands of years to enable long voyages across thousands of kilometres of the open Pacific Ocean. Polynesians made contact with nearly every island within the vast Polynesian Triangle, using outrigger canoes or …
Voyaging into Polynesia's Past - Hōkūleʻa
In the mid-1960s he built Nalehia, a replica of a Hawaiian double canoe that provided the basic information on sailing performance that went into planning Hokule'a's initial voyage to Tahiti. In 1973 he co-founded the Polynesian Voyaging Society, and served as its first president.
noes: (i) Nalehia, a 12.9-meter-long repli-ca of a single-masted Hawaiian sailing canoe (Fig. 2); (ii) Hokule'a, a 19-meter-long reconstruction of a two-masted early Polynesian voyaging canoe (Fig. 3), and by sailing them in realistic ocean conditions. The design of Nalehia, which was built in 1966, presented no problem, as it was
"Polynesian" Voyaging -- Political Agenda, Ethnic Dominance, …
Ben Finney constructed his own 40 foot double hull canoe, Nalehia, in 1965. As an anthropologist, he was interested in the history of Polynesian voyaging canoes. He spent time in Hawai'i, and became founding president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society in 1973.
Finney had already built a small double-hull canoe, Nalehia, whose ability to sail to windward had convinced Finney and others that two-way voyages between Tahiti and Hawaii, celebrated in Hawaiian legends, could have some basis in historical
Chapter 9 Flashcards - Quizlet
Replication of Polynesian canoes, Nalehia at 40 ft, tested in windy Hawaiian waters showed it could withstand, planned a voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti and back. 1976, second canoe, 62 ft, double hulls, two crab claw shaped sails, designed by Herb Kawainui Kane, was sailed.
1974_04 - Hōkūleʻa
The canoe [christened “Nalehia”], which was built by Ben and Ruth Finney in 1966 for a series of paddling and sailing tests, has been loaned to the Society for use as a training and experimental vessel.
Designing Hokule’a | Sam Low
Herb surmised that the shape of canoe hulls changed to accommodate this change in power, from the deep vee-shaped hulls of sailing canoes to the more rounded and shallow hulls of canoes that were paddled – like the ones Cook discovered in Hawaii. Rounded hulls, like Ben Finney’s canoe, Nalehia, were not suitable for sailing.