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In 1978, a second voyage was planned by the Polynesian Voyaging Society for the traditional sailing canoe Hokule'a to journey to Tahiti on the open seas. Eddie Aikau, in a quest to learn more about... |
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his Hawaiian heritage, was accepted as a member of the crew. The Hokule'a ceremoniously departed from Oahu on March 16, 1978, but that very evening ran into bad weather near the islands of Molokai and Lanai. |
