Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson (Hawaii) shares experiences, knowledge, and techniques on Navigation with the crew of Te Aurere, charting Tahiti (Marquesas Islands) to Hawai’i course. This Hui appears to be in preparation for the 1995 voyage between Tahiti and Hawai’i which included six waka from Hawai’i, Cook Islands and Aotearoa. These waka included Hōkūle’a (Hawai’i), Hawai’iloa (Hawai’i), Makali’i (Hawai’i), Te Au o Tonga (Cook Islands), Takitimu (Cook Islands) and Te Aurere (Aotearoa)
This recording is audio only, and the speakers are interacting with visual material including photos, charts and maps.
Te Aurere’s second long distance voyage from Tahiti, Hawaii, Rarotonga & Aotearoa, occurred between
March - November 1995
“The kaupapa of the voyage was to lift the tapu at the ancient marae of Taputapuatea, to be involved in the voyage Na 'Ohana Holo Moana (The Voyaging Familes of the Ocean) to test the next generation of Navigators.”
Ports of Call included Papaete(Tahiti), Taputapuatea(Ra'iatea),
Nukahiva(Te Whenua 'Enana),
Hilo(Hawai'i),
Ngatangiia(Rarotonga), Mangonui(Aotearoa)
Crew - Ra'iatea-Nukuhiva. Captain: Hekenukumai Busby. Navigators: Jack Thatcher, Piripi Evans. Watch Captains: Stanley Conrad, Tūrakuraku (Lux) Kereopa. Crew: Dean Waharoa, Marty Bursage, Carl Ahlers, Hori Ahlers, Peter Rupapera, Charlie Wilson, Chris Irwin.
Crew - Nukuhiva-Hawai'i. nn
Crew - Hawai'i -Rarotonga. Captain, Navigator: Jack Thatcher. Watch Captains: Ke Ahi Omai(Hawai'i), Tūrakuraku (Lux) Kereopa. Crew: Hector Morris Busby, Hori Murray, Sesario Sewralur(Satawal), Carl Ahlers, Peter Rupapera, Carlos Atan(Rapanui), Hori Ahlers, Te Taka Keegan.
Crew - Rarotonga - Aotearoa. Captain: Hekenukumai Busby. Navigator: Jack Thatcher. Crew: Te Aturangi Clamp, Paul Le Noel, David Lewis, Cliff, Teresa Busby, Hoturoa Kerr, Carl Ahlers, Hori Ahlers
Kōrero:
Challenges sailing along the Marquesas – Hawaii system: Course correction back to the course line
Role of Navigators: Navigating requires 24hour watch to ensure ability to stay the course and course correct, recommendation to have primary and secondary Navigators
Recommendation to come to Hawaii to attend crew training programme
Exploring the course line possibilities from Aotearoa to Marquesas and the impact of the weather systems throughout the seasons. Further research required to identify a safe course line
Telling time through sun height during the day and then stars and moon by night
Tools to identify speed
Importance of knowing where you are going at all times
Celestial bodies and relational positioning as a critical directional indicator