What does hokulea mean in Hawaiian?

Asked by: Joshua Taylor

What is Hokulea made of?

Measuring at 61 feet and five inches and weighing in at 16,000 pounds, the Hokulea is constructed out of plywood, fiberglass and resin. The vessel, also known as waa kaulua (double hulled voyaging canoe in Hawaiian) is guided at sea by her twin masts and long paddle.

What star is Hokulea?

Hokule’a is known as Hawai’i’s Zenith Star. About midway between Hokule’a and Hanaiakamalama, the Cross, is Hikianalia (Spica) and directly below it is in the box of Me’e (Corvus).

What is the Hokulea?

The Hōkūle’a is a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. Hōkūle’a literally translates to “Star of Gladness”. She is named after the star that travels directly above the lattitude of Hawai’i. Her first long-distance was from Hawai’i to Tahiti in 1976.

Where was Hokulea built?

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Built in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi and launched on March 8, 1975.

Why is the Hokulea so important?

It is a story of a society revaluing its relationship to its island home. It is a story that is crucially important as the world’s populations struggle with the ability to live in balance with our island that we call Earth. It is a story that is still being written for our children and all future generations.

What happened to the Hokulea?

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The voyaging canoes Hokulea and Hikianalia departed from Oahu on Monday after being delayed due to a COVID-19 exposure. A crew member on a training voyage tested positive for COVID-19, halting the original 7:30 a.m. departure.

Who went on the voyage of the Hokulea?

Launched on 8 March 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, she is best known for her 1976 Hawaiʻi to Tahiti voyage completed with exclusively traditional navigation techniques.
Hōkūleʻa.

What does Hikianalia mean?

Hikianalia is the Hawaiian name for the star also known as Spica, which rises together with Hōkūle’a (Arcturus) in Hawaiʻi. They are sister stars because they break the horizon together at the latitude of the Hawaiian islands.

What is the Hawaiian name for the North Star?

Na-hoku-‘ai-‘aina is translated in Hawaiian to “enclosure stars” and described as five stars forming a small circle near the Na-hiku (Ursa Major–the Big Dipper). Polaris (the North or Pole Star) is called Hoku-pa’a.

What wood is the Hokulea made of?

Instead, the hulls were constructed out of plywood, fiberglass, and resin, and the sails were made from canvas; the lashings were done with synthetic cordage. (For the story of the recent effort to build a canoe out of traditional native materials, see “The Building of Hawai’iloa”).

Why did Hawaiians stop voyaging?

Nobody knows the reason for The Long Pause, or why the Polynesians started voyaging again. Several theories have been proposed—from a favorable wind caused by a sustained period of El Niño, to visible supernovas luring the stargazing islanders to travel, to ciguatera poisoning caused by algae blooms.

Did the Hokulea make it around the world?

The Hokulea has successfully completed the three-year voyage around the world. It’s like going back in time. The voyaging canoe arrived home, and thousands of proud Hawaiians converged at Honolulu’s Ala Wai Boat Harbor to welcome the historical sailing craft.

What are those Hawaiian boats called?

A traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe has returned to Honolulu in Hawaii, completing the first-ever round-the-world trip by such a vessel. The boat, the Hokule’a, took three years to journey around the globe.

What is the meaning of Honua?

Land, earth, world

1. nvs., Land, earth, world; background, as of quilt designs; basic, at the foundation, fundamental.