Hokule‘a, left, and Hikianalia are moored in Hilo’s Radio Bay Tuesday morning and crewmembers float out to the canoes to prepare for their worldwide Journey, Malama Honua. The double-hulled Polynesian voyaging crews, which arrived in Hilo early Tuesday, will embark
Hokule‘a, left, and Hikianalia are moored in Hilo’s Radio Bay Tuesday morning and crewmembers float out to the canoes to prepare for their worldwide Journey, Malama Honua. The double-hulled Polynesian voyaging crews, which arrived in Hilo early Tuesday, will embark to Papeete, Tahiti, on Saturday, waves and weather permitting. HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald