In island culture, the double canoe and its navigator were integral to the survival of the people. As an island became overpopulated, navigators were sent out to sail uncharted seas to find ...

If sailing is your life, you've got to be patient," Baybayan says. "You're only going to move as fast as the wind blows.

"Everything we do starts from the standpoint of safety," says Sea-Kit's operations director Ashley Skett from his workshop where the team is putting the finishing touches to another crewless boat.

Baybayan told The Maui News in 2017 that the sight of the double-hulled voyaging canoe sailing past his house in 1975 sparked a fascination he’d always had “how the island came to have been ...

Marvin Otsuji, captaining the Kamakakoa, took the top slot of the recent Kendall Pacific sailing canoe race that started out at Kalapaki Beach and ended at the Waimea Plantation Cottages.

Once this atoll had been reached, it was easy to orient the canoe for the short sail to Tahiti. The fact that the canoe sailed from Hawai'i to Tahiti and back, and that Mau had been able to ...

In preparation for its six-year Moananuiakea Voyage to circumnavigate the Pacific, launching in May, the Polynesian Voyaging Society has begun the process of training its next generation of ...

The Hokule‘a’s sister canoe, the Hikianalia, is scheduled to depart Wednesday, weather permitting, for a 2,500-mile voyage to California. Read more ...