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Voyaging Waka ... Migrations , Past and Present . carving , history , sailing etc |
timidtiki
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Posts: 180 |  Posted: 2008-06-15 10:18 am Permalink
http://newsroom.byuh.edu/?q=node/1745
Link to a news story on a traditional Hawaiian sailing canoe in use at BYU Hawaii.
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Toataiaha
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From: Otautahi , Te WahiPounamu
| Posted: 2008-06-16 02:20 am Permalink
Those are two excellent links there guys .
I read somewhere years ago , of a double hull canoe people who lived up along the Aleutian island chain .
Trouble is I can't remember if it was a history book , or a fiction novel 
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Toataiaha
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From: Otautahi , Te WahiPounamu
| Posted: 2008-06-21 3:40 pm Permalink
At the Matariki celebrations here this week , Hekenukumai Busby , master waka builder and blue water navigator , was one of the guest speakers .
He gave a basic rundown on star navigation . Not enough for anyone to sail off into the blue yonder , but certainly enough to demystify the science .
What came through to me , was that migration out across the Pacific , in any direction , was carried out with ease.
If you ever get the opportunity to hear such a speaker , take it ,
even if you have no intention to sail .
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Benzart
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| Posted: 2008-06-21 5:19 pm Permalink
Darn it, why don't we ever have that kind of stuff here? Never mind I think I know the answer to that. Well Cool that you get to go and participate. You'll just have to tell us all about it??
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Tamapoutini
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| Posted: 2008-06-21 5:29 pm Permalink
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On 2008-06-21 15:40, Toataiaha wrote:
..gave a basic rundown on star navigation. Not enough for anyone to sail off into the blue yonder, but certainly enough to demystify the science..
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But were you listening well enough to give us the gist? Id love to have that one demystified/explained, however simply..
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Toataiaha
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From: Otautahi , Te WahiPounamu
| Posted: 2008-06-21 5:59 pm Permalink
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On 2008-06-21 17:19, Benzart wrote:
Darn it, why don't we ever have that kind of stuff here? Never mind I think I know the answer to that. Well Cool that you get to go and participate. You'll just have to tell us all about it??
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On 2008-06-21 17:29, Tamapoutini wrote:
But were you listening well enough to give us the gist? Id love to have that one demystified/explained, however simply..
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Huh ? .
ya never told me that there was gonna be an exam 
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Tamapoutini
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| Posted: 2008-06-21 6:14 pm Permalink
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On 2008-06-21 17:59, Toataiaha wrote:
Huh ?
ya never told me that there was gonna be an exam
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Youre at Tiki-Central now brother - and you let it slip..
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Toataiaha
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From: Otautahi , Te WahiPounamu
| Posted: 2008-06-21 6:30 pm Permalink
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On 2008-06-21 18:14, Tamapoutini wrote:
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On 2008-06-21 17:59, Toataiaha wrote:
Huh ?
ya never told me that there was gonna be an exam
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Youre at Tiki-Central now brother - and you let it slip..
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Bugga , I did to eh 
well I'm off to me mates workshop .
I'll have to do some revision while I'm machining oak planks for table tops .
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