The Adventures of Shatoosh and Pashmina

Shatoosh, an Albin 25 HN 1124, and Pashmina, a 9 foot Porta Bote have cruised over 8,500nm on 70 navigable waterways in the California Delta, the Columbia, Snake, Willamette Rivers and the Salish Sea of Washington and British Columbia. In 2011 they crossed the Columbia River bar to cruise the Washington coast and in 2012 they replicated Peter Puget's 1792 exploration of the southern waters of Puget Sound. In 2015 and 2016 the boats were sold. In 2018 Shatoosh was sold again and is in AZ.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Hokule'a

The famous Polynesian canoe, Hokule'a, was blessed by the Dali Lama the other day.

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She is preparing for her Circumnavigation of the world beginning in March 2013. I found her tied to the quay just off Sand Island in Keehi Lagoon, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Her escort vessel is Kama Hele

I was in Hawaii when the Hokule'a returned from her maiden pacific voyage in the 1970's. Since then she has cruised many pacific miles to Palmyra, Japan, Micronesia, mainland and all of the Hawaiian Islands.They use ancient Polynesian navigation tools reading the winds, currents and the celestial bodies.

See their website: http://www.hokuleawwv.org/