Since I was into Astronomy and memorized the Constellations in High School. And also, memorized the names and positions of stars. The first time I navigated a sailboat 40 miles back to port at night on a whim, I nailed it. No GPS, no compass. Just lights on the coast, and primarily, stars in the sky. So much fun.
@twelge15. I am trying to beef up my knowledge of the constellations so I can use them to navigate. Do you have any good books to suggest? Many thanks!!!
I have deep respect for Polynesian navigation and naval tradition. I think the history of Hokule'a and Mau Piailung is a great contribution to human history.
Hugs to my Austronesian Relatives, from a Filipino, We are the "Lima" Gang, We are Builders, Our Ancestors sailed from island to island, We are the people of the Sea ❤️
Gives me chills, the ancient Hawaiian navigators are on par with the astronauts walking on the moon as far as pushing humanity forward. Staggering to contemplate.
Hokulea is amazing. Also, Great Big Story should reconsider why they said "no tech". Who defines science, innovation, and technology? Our Austronesian ancestors also did that.
If I was in the middle of the ocean and all my nav systems went to shit - I'd REALLY like a Polynesian Navigator in my crew. Kind of like having a Tibetan guide when you're in Himalayas. Respect!
It's amazing how Europeans thought they and the Phoenicians invented the ways how to navigate the seas where in fact the Austronesian people have been navigating and exploring the seas millennia before them.
It's about as amazing as Native American appropriation of horse-riding from the Spanish. How do you say "appropriation" in Comanche? Funny how the same people pushing multiculturalism get all bent out of shape when actual cultural borrowing occurs. Can't have it both ways, guy.
The Phoenicians existed 2500 BC, while the Polynesians started exploring the Pacific in around 1500 BC. Technically, your comment is wrong. Actually, the Polynesians and Europeans most probably figured out how to sail by themself, as they come from very different locations of the planet. For example, what the Vikings did was just as impressive as what the Polynesians did, and it's hard to know who discovered sailing first (and who actually cares about who did it first?)
I lived on O'ahu when she was first put into the water and did short trials. I still have clippings from the Honolulu Star & old photos. I can't describe how awestruck I felt. I was also living there when the huge-mouthed shark (I forget the name now, darn it! Not a megalodon.) was identified. Experts from all over were arguing what it was. What a time to be alive & living the island way. (Iz and the Beamers were just kids, and Gabby 'Pops' was still working on the highway crews.
If this is sailing with No Tech on board, then what is that white dome at 2:55 on that mast at the back. The backing insurance scheme/premium, I take it!
@@fontaneg5476 it was lost because while yall Micronesians kept on practicing it, we were having wars, countries being colonized and many shit lol. But anyways love to the Micronesians.
@@palmtrees2664 are you fucking stupid ya most polynesians stoped doing it but micronesians were not better seafarers than polynesians you guy discovered a little part of the Pacific while polynesians discovered almost all of the Pacific and some of america not micronesians clown
@@kahalaopuna1 reason is the w never existed in the original Hawaiian language...Hawaiians used v’s like other Polynesians. The missionaries that arrived in the islands changed it to w when they were trying to create a written Hawaiian language with English letters. Same for the letter t was changed to k. The original Hawaiian language used t and v instead of k and w just like the Ni’ihau Hawaiians today. The Hawaiian language that exists outside of Ni’ihau today is a altered version of the original Hawaiian language.
shmander They sleep in the hull - where the quartermaster keeps day to day supplies. There is always an escort boat with Hokulea called Hikianalia whic; is crafted as a modern technology based sailing canoe. The Pacific Voyaging Society has grown magnificently.
hugh smith probably for light and their camera, food etc but the point Is to navigate without gps otherwise how else did the Polynesian islands get populated with shared culture ?
@@wheeliewheelie1 very few did. Because it was said that whenever they traveled, they made sure that they have alot of food on board. No diseases aloud on board too.
This still doesnt explain to me how this is done without some form of 'time piece' Even the vikings had a Sunstone. How do you know the time of the sun in the sky in conjunction with your whereabouts? Can anyone help me with this, show me a link to a clip that explains this please? I just dont see how its possible without some form of albeit ancient form of time piece.
I don't think they are navigating with time. I think they use the sun to figure out where they are currently maybe and then the stars for where they need to go? I'm not sure... there is a ted talk on RU-vid tho 🤗
Its a mystery only the elders can ever and only know. Not every ancient history has an explanation and not every ancient history has to be explained. But I will say this, The time is not all in the sun, it is also in the pattern of the ocean and the feeling of it. Compare the Vikings to the Pacific Navigators. They both have different methods and different uses but, of the same object. Not all is the same.
@@potatoeskimos But you need to know the time of day it is as the planet constantly is moving, what did they use to allow them that knowlege? Also, what about when the weather was bad, when they couldnt see the stars, then what?
@Alana Schneider If you watch ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3kmrO9ct8qw.html at around 17:00 onwards. Although the clip doesn't go into detail most likely because most navigational techniques are kept within families very jealously the ones seen in that clip are the universal basics at least in Kiribati.
I’d say you have to admit that as you travel across the water, the horizon just continues to render in front of you as if on a plane. At no point will you be positioned in a different degree from, say, two days prior. You are sailing over a plane.
@@TM686K Thanks supremely interesting. Can you please tell me what the name of the root is. I've tried googling around but nothing comes up. I want to research more about this captivating root.
Bruh by the way they drew the map they went right by my house. I don't remember seeing them though, must have missed it. Only people I remember going past is a group of people on these massive kayaks with little sails for when they get tired and everything.
This in not Polynesian voyaging this is Micronesian voyaging. These are just a bunch of Polynesian appropriating our voyaging techniques. If you want to see a real navigator look up Mau Piailug from the Micronesian altol of Satawal.
@@islandguy6928 of course you settled first but you guys don’t navigate the sea like austronesian.Most Melanesian or some Micronesian only hunter gatherer
the sooner we stop talking about discovery the better.....it was ALWAYS there and we KNEW IT was there...there are no flukes if you found it already knowing its more like proof of what you already knew.... somehow
It's also important to remember that not everyone made it, a lot was lost at sea, and never heard of again, and some of these brave men was only out day fishing, and got lost, and ending up half a world away, You can populate the entire planet, just by putting people on raft, and pushing them of the coast, no means of propulsion, no navigation, just pure luck, just send enough, and some will make it, and they will be big heroes, even when they're just lucky to survive, history is funny, obviously we will never hear of majority that got lost, but then again, that's not the great story
The crazy thing is due to recent dna testing I’m dominant Polynesian dna with a small amount of Norwegian. I can trace my genealogy back many generations and it seems the Norwegian came into my genetics during the great migration meaning one of my ancestors was a Viking/ Polynesian that voyaged all the way to hawaii 😂
@@goukhanakul I know my history which is why I thought your main comment was a Joke of some sorts. if it was, it's the type which is an insult to history in connection to some Polynesian origin theories
They are training to navigate without the use of GPS for the sake of keeping tradition and history alive but that does not mean they need to be stupid about it.
But alas...this was cutting edge tech up to the 1700s or so for most the Pacific Basin..tech that made the Polynesians more capable of Pacific navigation than anyone else until world War 2..until half the world made the Pacific a theater of war nobody else had the ability to island hop without the logistical constraints of the time but the Polynesians...even the sea planes that first connected the Pacific to the mechanical world required fuel depots and extensive facilities and infrastructure that the Polynesians smaller numbers and dependency on their knowledge of weather and currents allowed them to be more mobile and able to thrive on what the sea and islands provided
Cool, but personally I would be more interested how they keep all those people fed and hydrated without modern food preservation or preparation methods or modern water storage.
They have some pretty big solar panels hanging off the back, and what looks like a couple of chest freezers on the deck, but from what I've read most food is canned or tinned, and there is always a fishing line in the water for the catch of the day. For a 30 day trip they load enough fresh water for 40 days, and can ration to make it last longer.
They have some pretty big solar panels hanging off the back, and what looks like a couple of chest freezers on the deck, but from what I've read most food is canned or tinned, and there is always a fishing line in the water for the catch of the day. For a 30 day trip they load enough fresh water for 40 days, and can ration to make it last longer.
They do it the same way the Polynesians did, they have Taro, Fruit, they catch fish, etc... They even have a place for cooking over fire. the Ancient Hawaiians brought live animals on these voyages with them too, Chickens, Pigs, etc...
"with no tech" Well that's a ridiculous lie, literally everything about it is "technology." From rope to lashings to wood and treatment and the architecture and material craft. "no nails or steel" doesn't mean "no tech".
hmmm... why is there a gps satellite receiver at 2:53? also wrist watches? they weren't around back then & keeping time is very important when navigating by sun&stars... the positions of these objects are relative to time. so it's kind of cheating to have a modern timekeeping device.
the gps receiver is there because they're using the world wide voyage as a huge teaching tool for kids, in Hawaii and around the world, who are able to track and follow the voyage online and talk to crew members live because of that receiver. It's not for the crew.
Title is misleading. Catamaran design itself employs technology. Anything man has created is a technological improvement over nothing at all. To say "no tech" is a very uninformed uploader.
White Dacron sail, synthetic ropes, watches, modern clothing, tinned food getting towed by a powerboat etc. mmmm Modern foods and water storage solar panels communication equipment gps and other safety equipment I can understand because this is a reenactment there is little risk compared to the original. Well done on your adventures but people see all the above and don’t believe you.
That's why sailors and ships go missing. They fall off the edge into space. The Polynesians though, they were way ahead of their time. They developed a catamaran that could travel through space.