Alingano Maisu, also known simply as Maisu, is a double-hulled voyaging canoe built in Kawaihae by members of Na Kalai Wa'a Moku o Hawai'i and 'Ohana Wa'a members from all throughout the Pacific and abroad as a gift and tribute to Satawalese navigator Mau Piailug, who navigated the voyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a on her maiden voyage to Tahiti in 1976 and has since trained numerous native Hawaiians in the ancient art of wayfinding. A canoe is a small narrow Boat, typically human-powered though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors Satawal is a solitary Coral Island located at in the Caroline Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, the easternmost island in the Pius Mau Piailug (born 1932) is a Micronesian Navigator, one of the best-known living practitioners of the ancient art of navigation without the aid of instruments Hōkūlea is a performance-accurate full-scale replica of a "waa kaulua" a double-hulled Polynesian voyaging Canoe. Tahiti is the largest Island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the Archipelago of Society Islands in the Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wayfinding encompasses all of the ways in which people and animals orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place The word maisu (pronounced /maɪʃu/) in the name of the canoe comes from the Satawalese word for breadfruit. Breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis) is a Tree and Fruit native to the Malay Peninsula and western Pacific islands In particular, the word refers to breadfruit that has been knocked down by storm winds and is therefore available for anyone to take. The name is said to symbolize the knowledge of navigation that is made freely available. [1]
The concept for Alingano Maisu came about in 2001 when two Hawaiian voyaging groups, the Polynesian Voyaging Society and Na Kalai Wa'a Moku o Hawaii, met with Piailug. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The two hulls of the 56-foot vessel were fabricated by the Friends of Hōkūle‘a and Hawai‘iloa on Oahu and shipped to the Big Island of Hawaii where Na Kalai Wa'a completed construction of the canoe. Oahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English) known as ''"The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island, is a volcanic Island in the U The Polynesian Voyaging Society provided much of the funding for the voyaging aspect of the project as well as an escort boat to help sail the boat to Satawal. Satawal is a solitary Coral Island located at in the Caroline Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, the easternmost island in the [2]
The canoe is home-ported on the island of Yap under the command of Piailug's son, Sesario Sewralur. Yap, also known as Wa'ab for locals is an Island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. [3]
Maiden voyage
Accompanied by Hōkūle‘a, the Maisu left Kawaihae, Hawaii on January 18, 2007. Hōkūlea is a performance-accurate full-scale replica of a "waa kaulua" a double-hulled Polynesian voyaging Canoe. For the hawaiian band see Kawaihae (band Kawaihae is a harbour and town on the west side of the Island of Hawai{{okina}}i, After stops in the Marshall Islands, Pohnpei, and Chuuk, the Maisu reached Satawal on March 15, 2007. The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI is a Micronesian nation of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean Pohnpei "upon ( pohn) a stone altar ( pei)" (formerly known as Ponape) is the name of one of the four states in the Federated Chuuk &mdash formerly Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus &mdash is an island group in the south western On March 18, while on Satawal, five native Hawaiian navigators on the voyage were inducted into pwo, a sacred Micronesian brotherhood of master navigators. Pwo is a sacred initiation ritual in which students of traditional Navigation in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia become master navigators and are initiated [4]
Hōkūle‘a and Maisu both left Satawal on March 20 and made stops in Woleai, Ulithi and Yap before reaching Palau. Ulithi is an Atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 191 km (103 nautical mi east of Yap. Yap, also known as Wa'ab for locals is an Island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. Palau, officially the Republic of Palau (Beluu er a Belau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east From there, the Maisu remained in Micronesia, returning to Yap state, while the Hōkūle‘a continued on to Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. [5]
See also
References
- ^ Polynesian Voyaging Society, http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/2007voyage/2007micronesiamaisu.html, quoting Ka Wai Ola, the Living Waters of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, March 13, 2006. Hōkūlea is a performance-accurate full-scale replica of a "waa kaulua" a double-hulled Polynesian voyaging Canoe. The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS is a non-profit research and educational corporation based in Honolulu, Hawai{{okina}}i.
- ^ Kathryn Wilder, "Mau's Canoe," in Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines), Vol. 9, No. 4, August/September 2006. [1]
- ^ Jan TenBruggencate, "Voyage of Friendship" in The Honolulu Advertiser, Saturday, January 20, 2007. [2]
- ^ Honolulu Star-Bulletin
- ^ 2007 Sail Plan