On December 24, 2023, FHH loaded the waa Hoaloha onto the trailer Pier 20 to unload it at the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort (ORWBR.) The wa’a Kalele was removed from the premises and loaded on the trailer to the new The Honolulu Kupuna Shed on Lana Lane, Kaakako where it will be repaired. Mahalo to … Read more
O Ke Kai December 2, 2023 – Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort, Ao Cultural Center – NAVIGATING THE WAY – THE NEXT GENERATION. The Friends of Hokulea and Hawai`iloa with Bishop Museum. Mahalo to Luana for hosting this event featuring hands-on workshops for canoe lashing, compass navigation, and canoe building/restoration. In addition to our regular … Read more
The Department of Transportation, Harbors Division has terminated the Honolulu Men Shed’s permit at Pier 20, effective 12/31/2023. All of the FHH waa kaukahi canoes/projects that our crew has been working on for the past 3 years will be relocated to the FHH hale waa by the La Mariana, Pier 60 or at Tay Perry’s workshop … Read more
AK Angoon Ethnomath Visit coordinated by Kathryn Cruz, Camai Heritage Learning Center during the British Columbia/Alaska/Hawaii Symposium at UH, partnered with Kamehameha Schools and Polynesian Voyaging Society. A wonderful success!! FHH was asked to be part of the visit by students, leadership, teachers, and guests so they could meet the historical waa kaulua “Hawaiiloa”. The … Read more
Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort, Ao Cultural Center – Luana Maitland, Director of Cultural Programs. In collaboration with Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy, we were able to present a Hawaiian star compass, explain star navigation and star constellations, knot tying, demonstrate hands-on sanding techniques, show the Hawaiian native woods used to build canoes, keiki canoe building kits, … Read more
Mahalo to Luana Maitland, Director of Cultural Programs, for allowing FHH to return for the OKK 2023 Series. In collaboration with Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy, we were able to present a Hawaiian star compass, explain star navigation, star constellations, tie knots, demonstrate hands-on sanding techniques, show the Hawaiian native woods used to build canoes, keiki canoe … Read more
Duke’s Waikiki Restaurant at the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort is celebrating the 48th Anniversary of the March 8, 1975 launch of Hokule’a by presenting a check to The Friends of Hokule’a and Hawai’iloa (FHH). Both Duke’s and the FHH have invited the 1976 crew of the maiden voyage of the Hokule’a to join us for this celebratory occasion. We … Read more
Even though the weather was wet, it didn’t stop the Kaulukukui ohana (Thomas, Jr., his daughters Jody Kaulukukui, Hoolea Allocca, and mo`opuna) from their visit at METC. Thomas, Sr., who was OHA Chairman at the time and one of the key figures along with Pinky Thompson, in getting the sitka spruce logs for Hawai`iloa. In … Read more
Excerpt of a PBN Magazine article dated 11/7/22, by Stephanie Salmons, PBN Reporter. “Canoe build was an exercise in perseverance for Gentry Homes” After seven years of work on the vessel – delayed in part by a 2018 cancer diagnosis – Rick Hobson, vice president of sales and marketing for Gentry Homes and the company … Read more
“My grandfather Herbert Consor (Bud) was Wright Bowman, Sr.’s cousin. I grew up seeing my grandfather’s passion for woodworking and boatbuilding, and I even have a small model of a boat hull on my wall that he made. I knew of his cousin who moved to Hawai`i and that he had a large family and … Read more