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Jan 1, 20182 min read
How does Lata’s sail work?
Te Laa o Lata VTP’s Mimi George just had an article published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, about measuring performance of an...
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vakataumako
Dec 14, 201720 min read
Ancient Searoads and Commitments to Sustainability in Eastern Polynesia
by Mimi George Part One: Malama Honua, Gershon II and Rapanui I am a cultural anthropologist and sailor, focused on voyaging traditions....
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vakataumako
Sep 23, 20171 min read
Vaka Taumako Project at UC Irvine
Dr Mimi George of the Vaka Taumako Project will give the keynote presentation “Lata’s Wayfinding System and Climate Science” followed by...
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vakataumako
Jul 19, 20171 min read
Check out our Kickstarter!
We’re raising funds to help Taumako videographer Dixon Wia, who’s busy documenting the Polynesian voyaging traditions of his ancestors,...
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vakataumako
Jun 13, 20172 min read
Tepuke from Taumako arrives in Santa Cruz
LUOVA, TEMOTU PROVINCE: For the first time in over thirty years, a Taumako voyaging canoe arrived at Santa Cruz Island’s northwestern tip...
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vakataumako
Jan 30, 20173 min read
Meph’s Report from Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
by Meph Wyeth Mimi and Meph spent most of November in Solomons and, in Meph’s case, northern Vanuatu. They hoped to participate in Holau...
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vakataumako
Aug 24, 20161 min read
Sailing With Lata/Laka: Presentation at East West Center
Come See how Ancient Polynesian Voyaging is still practiced today. Drs. Simon Salopuka and Mimi George of the Vaka Taumako Project of...
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vakataumako
May 6, 20164 min read
Gli Gli Voyage – Traditional Caribbean Canoes
by Mimi George and Aragorn Dick-Read In 1995 a 35 foot long Carib fishing canoe made in Dominica Island. The tree that became Gli Gli...
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vakataumako
Mar 11, 20162 min read
Help Sail to Vanuatu this November
Aloha Tatou, The Vaka Taumako Project of Solomon Islands is preparing for a voyage from Taumako to Vanuatu in November, 2016. The aim of...
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vakataumako
Dec 3, 20156 min read
Two Oceans or One? Hokule’a at the SW Capes of Africa
The aim of the Malama Honua World-Wide voyage is to sail a thread of connection round the world and share stories of hope that will help...
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vakataumako
Nov 10, 20154 min read
Voyagers and Ancestors In South Africa
by Mimi George As “Gershon II” sails along the South African coast, I feel the part of what Genesis says is the meaning of Gershon – “a...
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vakataumako
Oct 30, 20156 min read
The View From Behind
Hokule’a and Gershon II Rounding the Cape of Good Hope by Mimi George I was home in Anahola writing about the amazingly efficient lauhala...
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vakataumako
Oct 15, 20131 min read
Image & Reality in Polynesian Voyaging
Presented by Marianne George, Ph.D and Meph Wyeth Image and Reality in Polynesian Voyaging is a mesmerizing mixed media presentation of...
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vakataumako
Jul 22, 20131 min read
We, The Voyagers – Trailer
#penchansky #Voyaging #holau #Kaveia #trailer #Polynesian #video #vimeo #film #bbc
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vakataumako
Jul 14, 20121 min read
Te Lapa
In addition to their vast knowledge of asterisms, wind, waves, and currents, sailors of the Duff and Reef Island groups make use of a...
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vakataumako
Apr 17, 20092 min read
The Cognitive and Cultural Dynamics of Taumako Navigation
A Preliminary Report by Dr. Marianne “Mimi” George Prepared for the National Science Foundation 2009 In the eight sections of this report...
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vakataumako
Apr 15, 20093 min read
NAVIGATION AND PILOTING USING TE LAPA
III. NAVIGATION AND PILOTING USING TE LAPA – FLASHES OF LIGHT THAT EMANATE FROM LAND Elaborations on previously conveyed and demonstrated...
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vakataumako
Apr 15, 20092 min read
NAVIGATION USING SWELLS AND WAVES
II. NAVIGATION USING SWELLS AND WAVES – “HOKOHUA LOA AND HOKOHUA KIKO” Data was elaborated that added to and built upon previously...
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vakataumako
Apr 15, 200910 min read
NOHOANGA TE MATANGI – POSITIONS OF THE WIND
I. NOHOANGA TE MATANGI – POSITIONS OF THE WIND A navigational system correlating a horizonal array of wind positions with other...
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vakataumako
Feb 17, 199810 min read
The Return of Lata: Building an Authentic Polynesian Voyaging Canoe
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? ...
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