Hut and beach in the Marshall Islands

Contemprary guest hut of the Rongelapese community on Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll. January, 1993

Lagoonal beach of Mile Island looking south from an area near the tip. Note washed-up debis and the row of coconut seedlings.

Marshall Islands canoe

Two views of a Marshall Islands canoe in a display at the Chicage Field Museum. Found in the Files at Proafile - submitted by kayaker37.

Note the narrow beam and the weatherboards.

The Yap district of Micronesia

Popo type canoe of Yap, similar to those of Satawal

The five districts of Yap

The ancient tribute routes between Yap and the Outer Islands

A link here on Ulithi in the Yap district (to which Satawal belongs), from the Pacific Worlds site:

http://www.pacificworlds.com/yap/arrival/neighbor.cfm

Satawal photos by Steven Thomas

Beautiful pics of a canoe in the front of a canoe house, in the house, stem piece being fitted and one of Mau adzing on a float.

Various proa stuff...

Above: A model a-building in the Marshalls and the link:
http://www.geocities.com/wamprogram96960/

Above: Small korkor sailing around Ailuk Atoll

Above is Stoaproa, a breakdown proa and link to building site:

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/05/projects/stoaproa/index.cfm

Above is Mango, a 14' cartoppable proa made of plywood and a link to the building site:

http://www.harperhub.com/projects/proa/construction.htm

Above: A screenshot of a "canoe of Lau" showing a mast crutch in use.

Above: A Marshallese (with a big smile!), his very narrow boat, and some new canoes on the shoreline.

The stone money of Yap

An article on the stone money of Yap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_money

- from Wikipedia

Hawaiian Watershots

The catamaran Illusion dropping in on a monster wave at the channel to Ala Wai Boat Harbor

Among many great pics at Hawaiian Watershots:
http://hawaiianwatershots.com/

Hokulea arriving at Palmyra

Hokulea's blog here:

http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/

Ku Holo Mau - the 2007 tribute voyage to Satawal

Hokule'a's crab-claw sails

Max and Keoni looking for Satawal

Satawal itself - a tiny atoll

Interior of canoe house on Satawal

Found at the Polynesian Voyaging Society website - an article on the 2007 tribute voyage of the Hokule'a and the Alingano Maisu to honor Mau:

http://www.samlow.com/sail-nav/satawal2007.htm

Reef fish off Ulithy

Reef fish speared off Fedraey, Ulithi

Simion Hokule'a

On 26 January 2009, two traditional canoes set sail from Yap, bound for Palau. The main purpose of the voyage, sponsored by the Traditional Navigation Society of Yap, was to recreate the sailing expeditions to Palau the Yapese made in the 16th-century to quarry stone money. The "Mathaw Maraw" was guided by Master Builder and traditional navigator, Chief Bruno Tharngan of Maap, while the 30-year-old "Simion Hokule'a," built by Master Navigator Mau Piailug and his brother on Satawal, was guided by Master Navigator Ali Haleyalur of Lamotrek. There were 17 crewmen on the two vessels: 8 on the "Mathaw Maram" and 9 on the "Hokule'a." [This information comes from a news release issued by Sebastian F. Tamagken, Chief of Media and Protocol for the Yap State Goverment.] The canoes arrived safely in Palau on 29 January. (From Raymond Thomas Martin)

- from the Polynesian Voyaging Society blog

Canoe voyaging

On-line resources relating to canoe voyaging - particularly in Hokule'a - from the Polynesian Voyaging Society:
http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/edresources.html