{"id":62020,"date":"2017-06-28T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T02:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=62020"},"modified":"2020-01-07T11:29:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T21:29:27","slug":"learn-to-sail-a-voyaging-canoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/28\/learn-to-sail-a-voyaging-canoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to sail a voyaging canoe at Honolulu Community College"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honolulu-metc-crew-training.jpg\" alt=\"Woman and child in a life vest holding a paddle\" width=\"620\" height=\"429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honolulu-metc-crew-training.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honolulu-metc-crew-training-260x180.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">Having traveled approximately 40,300 nautical miles, <span aria-label=\"Hokulea\">H\u014dk\u016ble&#699;a<\/span> is home from traveling around the world, but not for long. This fall she will depart on a mahalo sail around the state. In anticipation of the public\u2019s interest to learn more about navigation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/\">Honolulu Community College<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hokulea.com\/\">Polynesian Voyaging Society<\/a> (<abbr>PVS<\/abbr>) are offering Level <abbr title=\"Roman numeral one\">I<\/abbr> Basic Crew Member Training starting July 11. The course consists of 15 sessions over eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Taught by Honolulu <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Associate Professor and <abbr>PVS<\/abbr> Captain <strong>Robert Perkins<\/strong> at the college\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/node\/142\">Marine Education and Training Center<\/a> (<abbr>METC<\/abbr>) at Sand Island, students will learn about the history of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, parts of a canoe, seamanship and navigation basics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is amazing to think that the Polynesians, long before the Europeans had ever crossed any oceans, were discovering and settling the largest ocean on planet Earth,&rdquo; says Perkins.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> News story<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/16\/the-partnership-that-gave-hokulea-a-home\/\">The partnership that gave <span aria-label=\"Hokulea\">H\u014dk\u016ble&#699;a<\/span> a home<\/a>, June 16, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Becoming a crew member is an intense and extensive process. Although participants will not be going on a sail at this level, this course will introduce them to the first steps of understanding what it\u2019s like to be a crew member of a canoe.<\/p>\n<p>Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> student and <span aria-label=\"Hokulea\">H\u014dk\u016ble&#699;a<\/span> crew member <strong>Maleko Lorenzo<\/strong> says, &ldquo;Most people don\u2019t know it\u2019s pretty physical to sail these canoes, these big voyaging canoes.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>In alignment with the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8216;s commitment to serving as a model indigenous institution of higher knowledge, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> is promoting Hawaiian values and culture through these non-credit offerings and its Hawaiian studies degree program. Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> offers courses in Hawaiian astronomy and navigation through its <span aria-label=\"Hookele\">Ho&#699;okele<\/span> program at <abbr>METC<\/abbr> in which students receive hands on sailing practice on a 16-passenger canoe Kamauheheu, which was constructed by Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> students.<\/p>\n<p>The Level <abbr title=\"Roman numeral one\">I<\/abbr> Basic Crew Member Training course is offered as a non-credit option at $60 per session. For more information about the course visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/honolulu.hawaii.edu\/hokulea\">Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> website<\/a> or call (808) 845-9296.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Billie Lueder<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honolulu-metc-crew-training1.jpg\" alt=\"People aboard a canoe\" width=\"620\" height=\"401\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honolulu-metc-crew-training1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honolulu-metc-crew-training1-260x168.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honolulu Community College and the Polynesian Voyaging Society are offering Level <abbr title=\"Roman numeral one\">I<\/abbr> Basic Crew Member Training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":62038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[33,62,1012],"class_list":["post-62020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaiian","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-malama-honua","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honolulu-metc-crew-training.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62020"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108654,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62020\/revisions\/108654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}