2017 ACTIVITIES

~~5 Day Destination Voyage~~

~~July 5 through July 9~~

Our Destination Voyage started at the Puako boat ramp and ended at Kiholo. Over night stops were made at Kapalaoa and Keawaiki....

~~Kiholo Day Sail~~

~~June 25~~

Sailed to Luahinewai with 15 mph winds calm seas. Excellent sail.

~~Return Of Hokule'a /Youth Congress~~

~~June 16 to 19~~

Na Pe'a crew members flew to Honolulu to attend the return of Hokule'a from the World Wide Voyage Festivities. Crew members provided seating assistance and drinking water at the Kupuna tent. Crew members attended the PVS Youth Congress and made a presentation about the Na Pe'a program in a break out session of the conference on Sunday afternoon. Crew members got personalized tours of voyaging canoes Namahoe, Hawai'i Loa and Hokule'a. .

~~Plate Lunch Fundraiser~~

~~June 11~~

We sold Teri Beef plate lunches to make money for our trip to Honolulu to attend the Welcome Home Ceremony for Hokule'a. We are very grateful to KTA Super Stores for sponsoring our fund raiser..

~~Day Sail At Kiholo~~

~~June 4~~

After doing our Kilo, we launched Hauliuli, Maile and "Olinolino and sailed for just over an hour. Wind was blowing upwards of 15 knots, seas were Auhulu. We were also able to do some brush clean up on the property. Started raining as were were packing up.

~~Na Pe'a At Kiholo~~

~~May 21~~

Took Hauliuli, Maile and Olinolino on a 2 hour sail in Kiholo Bay. Wind was at about10 knots. Great Sail and a great test for our new Ho'okele: Hauwila, Logan,Kamrin and Kulani..

~~Na Pe'a At Kiholo~~

~~May 7~~

Na Pe'a took its canoes to Kiholo. After cleaning up some brush and branches, Na Pe'a rigged four canoes and went for a short sail in Kiholo Bay...

~~Huli Drills and Day Sail~~

~~April 23~~

We practiced righting an over turned canoe with mounted sail. Then went for a short sail around Keauhou Bay.

~~Kiholo Clean Up~~

~~April 15~~

Na Pe'a traveled out to Kiholo to particiapte in the TNC's Community Work Day. Na Pe'a Crew Members worked on the Loko i'a sand removal team. Using shovels and 5 gallon buckets, sand from the bottom of the fish pond was removed from the pond..

~~First Aid/CPR Training~~

~~April 2~~

National Park Rangers conducted First Aid, CPR and Defibrillator training for our 2017 Na Pe'a Crew. The training was conducted at the Kaloko-Honokohau National Park office in the Kaloko Industrial Park. . A big Mahalo to the Park Rangers for conducting the 8 hour class.

~~Spring Break Retreat~~

~~March 20 to 24~~

Started out on March 20th and concluded on March 24. Learned about the Hawaiian Moon Calendar, practiced our Na Pe'a Oli, and learned how to make weather and sea observations. We made and completed our Steering Paddles and also completed our Life Saving training...

~~Orientation Day~~

~~March 12~~

Our new Na Pe'a Journal/Workbook was unveiled. This workbook will be used through out the season to document our activities and help us learn the names of the different parts of the canoe, ocean conditions and cloud names. We rigged Mailelauli'i and Olinolino and went for a short sail. Great Wind.