Holopuni International Sailing Canoe Association

Holopuni Hawaiian Voyage '25, Leg 3: Kihei to Honokahua, Maui.
The Holopuni fleet travels from one Holopuni Hale to another, leaving our gracious host Kimokeo in Kihei to arrive in Honokahua and another gracious host, Zane, of the Kahākūkahi Ocean Academy. The first couple of miles is with a nuking wind over the starboard ama, this is followed by a calm sail in the lee of Mauna Kahālāwai (West Maui Mountains) passing by Lāhainā, before turning north at Kāʻanapali and heading back into a nuking wind head on. The last section had us tacking up the west coast to reach Honokahua.

𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘝𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘨𝘦 '25, 3𝘦 𝘦́𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦 : 𝘒𝘪𝘩𝘦𝘪 𝘢̀ 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘢, 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘪.
𝘓𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘥'𝘶𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘢̀ 𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘦, 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰̂𝘵𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘰 𝘢̀ 𝘒𝘪𝘩𝘦𝘪 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘢 𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰̂𝘵𝘦, 𝘡𝘢𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘒𝘢𝘩𝘢̄𝘬𝘶̄𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘪 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺. 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘶𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘷𝘪 𝘥'𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘶 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘢 𝘒𝘢𝘩𝘢̄𝘭𝘢̄𝘸𝘢𝘪 (𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘭'𝘰𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘪), 𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘢̄𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢̄, 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢̀ 𝘒𝘢̄ʻ𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢̀ 𝘶𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘓𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘦̀𝘳𝘦 𝘦́𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘰̂𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘢.

📷 David McLain

Our host Kimokeo leads our pre-departure ceremony in Kihei, Maui.
Notre hôte Kimokeo lors de la cérémonie avant notre départ de Kihei, Maui.

📷David McLain

Nick Beck and nephew Robert Beck prepare Holopuni Kapeka and load a pōhaku (stone) to be taken to the island of Kaho’olawe.

📷 David McLain

Holopuni Iokepa is carried off the Kihei Canoe Club lot and over sensitive native beach plants, which protect the shoreline from erosion.

📷 David McLain

Our Holopuni Hawaiian Voyage '25 has wrapped up! Now time to sort through all the media and memories. It's all still fresh in our minds, but articles like the following bring it all back to life one more time 🙂

Letter from the Director: Life at the Center: Setting Sail for the Sacred Vol. 146 September 2025 - Still & Moving Center This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese)

We apologise for a little error in configuration which meant tracks were not updated live. That has been fixed! Follow along today as the canoes sail from Kaneohe to Sunset Point, Oahu. Departure around 10 AM.

Trip: Holopuni Hawaiian Voyage '25 Holopuni Sailing Canoe voyage from Maui to Kaua'i via Kaho'olawe, Moloka'i and O'ahu

Meanwhile, over in the Western Pacific, Holopuni Mariua is undertaking a long voyage from New Caledonia to Vanuatu and back. Safe voyage guys! Everyday, a Holopuni day.

Holopuni Hawaiian Voyage '25 sail plan (underway)

Holopuni Hawaiian Voyage '25 consolidated tracking of the fleet. 12 to 14 canoes participating depending on the leg. Tomorrow 12 canoes for leg 5: Kepuhi Bay, Molokai to Kaneohe, O'ahu.

Trip: Holopuni Hawaiian Voyage '25 Holopuni Sailing Canoe voyage from Maui to Kaua'i via Kaho'olawe, Moloka'i and O'ahu