HAWAIIAN VOYAGING CANOES: THE FLEET Hokule‘a’s I launch helped inspire a movement across the Pacific to construct “waa kaulua, or voyaging canoes. A fleet of such double-hulled vessels has emerged across the Hawatian islands, emulating the design and function of ancestral Polynesian sailing canoes, The fleet provides better access for a new generation of students looking to revive the traditional sailing and navigation practices that had nearty vanished prior to Hokule’a. NAMAHOE, It took about 20 years to create what its builders believe will be the Garden Island’s first voyaging canoe in about 500 years IOSEPA, BYU-Hawaii commissioned the all-wood 57-4oot-long sailing vessel, carved in 2001 from logs shipped from Fiji for the hulls. MO‘OKIHA 0 PFILANI Some 4,000 residents celebrated the launch of Maui's 62-foot-long deep-sea voyaging canoe in June 2014. Nearly identical in design to Hokule’a, it joined the island’s short-distance canoe, Mo‘olele. ab liihau EALA E Ala launched at Pokal Bay, Waianae, in 1981. The E Ala Voyaging Academy currently manages the craft at the Waianae Boat Harbor. Maui MAKALIT tt wetitieaes ‘The Waimea-built canoe launched from Kawaihae in 1995 and has sailed all over the Pacific, including voyages to Tahiti, the Marquesas and Guam. HAWAIILOA The 57-foot voyaging canoe was built in 1993 almost entirely from natural, traditional materials. Giant 40-year-old spruce logs from Alaska were used for the hulls when a search for koa logs was unsuccessful. The canoe relaunched in 2015 after extensive repairs. HOKULE'A ‘The renowned Hawaiian replica vessel launched in 1975 at Kualoa, kickstarting a Pacific-wide revival of traditional voyaging and navigating with the stars and swells. HIKIANALIA This Hokule'a support vessel was built in 2012. It combines the designs the Polyne- sians perfected hundreds of years ago with modern, clean energy sources of wind and sun. Hawaii Island Kawalhae HOKUALAKAt The Hilo-based voyaging canoe launched in 2004 from Keehi Lagoon on Oahu. It has visited all the Hawaiian islands, according STAR-ADVERTISER