And then there is Pius Mau Piailug, the soft-spoken navigator from the tiny island of Satawal in Micronesia, who agreed to steer the canoe and, later, to teach the art of navigation to a cadre of ...

They needed a navigator. Traditional long-distance voyaging skills had all but disappeared, but a Peace Corps volunteer on the isolated atoll of Satawal in Micronesia told them about Pius “Mau ...

But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame to one of pride, reviving the skill of traveling the seas by decoding the stars, waves and weather.

A canoe, or wa, as it’s called in Carolinian, from Saipan, will join all three canoes on their journey down to Guam for the Festival of Pacific Arts, he said.

A canoe, or wa, as it’s called in Carolinian, from Saipan, will join all three canoes on their journey down to Guam for the Festival of Pacific Arts, he said.

A canoe, or wa, as it’s called in Carolinian, from Saipan, will join all three canoes on their journey down to Guam for the Festival of Pacific Arts, he said.

The Pae Aina statewide sail is expected to take seven months. Honolulu KHNL. ... HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After a one-day delay, voyaging canoe Hokulea is now expected to depart for Kauai on Friday.

They needed a navigator. Traditional long-distance voyaging skills had all but disappeared, but a Peace Corps volunteer on the isolated atoll of Satawal in Micronesia told them about Pius “Mau ...

They needed a navigator. Traditional long-distance voyaging skills had all but disappeared, but a Peace Corps volunteer on the isolated atoll of Satawal in Micronesia told them about Pius “Mau ...