In January, the Executive Director of Holau Vaka Taumako Association, Luke Vaikawi, took these photos of HVTA members building the...

Tim Tan of Honiara made these 4 Aloko blades for smoothing the outside of a hull or a flat surface, or for cutting a tree by using it...

October progress building ama for SV Lata...with a 100 gallon seawater tank and a 50 gal fresh water tank in the center compartment....

S.V. Lata as of Sept 3. Topsides and hatches/holds almost ready for paint. Facebook Post

At your request, please see this video to see how the S.V. Lata was turned over 7 days ago. This week fish hold is being insulated, deck...

The deck is going on the S.V. Lata pod today at Ocean People, Inc. Then fiberglass all of it. Facebook Post

Blessing of the Rayboat and 40hp Yamaha OBM donated to Holau Vaka Taumako Association. This vessel will support HVTA construction of...

Friends in Kauai, Join us October 13th at the Kauai Community College cafeteria for a presentation and Q&A by H.M. Wyeth and Dr. Mimi...

The Vaka Taumako Project’s Drs. Mimi George and Simon Salopuka, as well as members of the Holau Kaveia crew, will be presenting papers...

Superior Design and Performance Features of Nga Vaka o Lata; Sustainability and How Ancient Vessels Are Better abstract by M. George and...

A Preliminary Report by Dr. Marianne “Mimi” George Prepared for the National Science Foundation 2009 In the eight sections of this report...

III. NAVIGATION AND PILOTING USING TE LAPA – FLASHES OF LIGHT THAT EMANATE FROM LAND Elaborations on previously conveyed and demonstrated...

II. NAVIGATION USING SWELLS AND WAVES – “HOKOHUA LOA AND HOKOHUA KIKO” Data was elaborated that added to and built upon previously...

I. NOHOANGA TE MATANGI – POSITIONS OF THE WIND A navigational system correlating a horizonal array of wind positions with other...

In August, 1998, the Te Puke named Vaka Taumako made its first voyage. For the first time in over forty years, a Polynesian voyaging...

by Mimi George, Ph.D. for Sea History Magazine, Spring 1998 How were stone-age Polynesian craft built and how did they perform at sea? ...