Talk:Hōkūleʻa/temp

Tasks

 * Lead
 * Move cites into body
 * Add Infobox Ship Career
 * Construction and purpose
 * Polynesian Voyaging Society
 * Predecessor: Nalehia
 * Materials, tools, building and design
 * Compare waa kaulua (double canoe) with wa kaukāhi (outrigger)
 * Blueprint images widely available; upload as appropriate. May be necessary to obtain permission from PVS
 * Launching
 * Kualoa Park, 1974-03-8, Kaupena Wong, Sam Kaai, Rev. Edward Kealanahele
 * Provisioning
 * Original voyage
 * One pig, two chickens, and one dog (to test survival)
 * Dried fish, fruits, and vegetables
 * Herbal medicines
 * Plants for Tahiti
 * Problems
 * Sailing
 * March and April ideal months for voyaging form Hawaii to Tahiti. For the return trip, June, July, and August.
 * Navigation
 * Should summarize history of the initiatory tradition, etc...
 * Navigators
 * Wayfinding
 * Star compass, starpath
 * Upload diagram/image of the "Star Compass" navigation tool
 * List of voyages
 * Add wikitable with coords for each voyage
 * Add GeoGroupTemplate
 * Suggest using a locator map (with pushpins?) to show voyage route(s) for each entry
 * Merge images section into table
 * Maps: Template map should show Hawaiian, Society, Tuamotu Islands separated by equator with tradewinds and currents.
 * History of research
 * Main Polynesian navigation
 * In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Kon-Tiki, a balsa raft, in an effort to prove that Polynesia was settled by people from South America. Hyerdahl's beliefs went against Hawaiian oral traditions and the scientific evidence pointing to the origins of Polynesians in the islands of Southeast Asia
 * In 1956, Andrew Sharp argued that Polynesians originated in Asia, and challenged the existence of ancient navigation skills in Ancient Voygagers of the Pacific with the accidental voyaging hypothesis, attributing long distance, ancient Polynesian navigation to chance
 * In 1965, David Lewis responded to Sharp with an intentional voyaging hypothesis, using Micronesian navigational techniques (Lewis [1972] 1994) (see also "Discovers of the Pacific", National Geographic, 1974-12)
 * In 1976, Finney et al. showed that the Hokulea, a replica voyaging vessel, could populate Polynesia by navigating canoes from Tahiti.  Two way voyaging between Tahiti and Hawaii was possible.
 * The westernmost point of the island of Kahoolawe is called Laeo Kealaikahiki, or "Point of the Pathway to Tahiti", providing a route (Kealaikahiki Channel).  In 1977, the PVS tested the theory for the first time.
 * 2007: Importance of Hawaiian oral histories of travel from Hawaiian Islands to Tahiti (Moikeha and Paao. Holmes [1981] 1993) supported by studies of basalt adzes from the Tuamotus (Collerson & Weisler 2007) The basalt was traced to the island of Kahoolawe.
 * Oceanography
 * Dixon Stroup satellite tracking project (1980)
 * Psychological effects
 * Limited space, weather, eating habits, personality differences, boredom, anticipation of danger. (Benjamin B.C. Young)
 * Legacy
 * Hawaiian Renaissance
 * Hawaiiloa
 * Building of sister ship out of native materials in 1990 revealed that 90% of koa trees have been harvested. Project led to the formation of a tree planting program with Kamehameha Schools with thousands of koa seedlings planted for future generations
 * In film
 * National Geographic (1977)
 * In music
 * Images: Remove section; link to commonscat at bottom. Selected images can be merged into appropriate sections
 * See also: Taratai, Hawaikinui, Takitumu, Te Aurere
 * References and notes: "Unattributed" is in error. All of the links have attribution under the "Reports and Photos" section.  These need to be added into the references.  Needs consistent formatting.  References can be moved to "Bibliography".
 * Further reading:
 * External links: Merge into footnotes or further reading/resources if needed
 * Other: expand experimental archaeology
 * External links: Merge into footnotes or further reading/resources if needed
 * Other: expand experimental archaeology
 * Other: expand experimental archaeology

Good article checklist
Good Article checklist for Hokulea