Ua piha nā makahiki he 50 i ka Hōkūleʻa.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 3 o Malaki, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
ʻO ka piha makahiki 50 kēia o ka Hōkūleʻa. I ka lā 8 o ka mahina ʻo Malaki o ka makahiki 1975, ua hoʻolana ʻia akula ua waʻa kaulua nei ma ke Kai Kūʻono o Kāneʻohe. A i ka makahiki 1976, na Loea Pius “Mau” Piailug i hoʻokele i ka Hōkūleʻa mai Hawaiʻi aku a i Kahiki ma ke kilo hōkū. A i ka makahiki 1980, na Nainoa Thompson i hana like. A ma ia hope mai, he ʻumi kūmālua a ʻoi nā manawa o Thompson i hoʻokele ai i kekahi ʻāina. A ua holo aku ka Hōkūleʻa i nā ʻāina like ʻole a puni ka honua. A māhuahua aʻela nā mea waʻa o ia waʻa kaulua, he 400 a ʻoi. I kēia Pōʻaono, ka lā 8 o Malaki, e mālama ʻia ana ka Hoʻolauleʻa Waʻa o Kualoa me Hakipuʻu. E mālama ʻia ana ma ka Pāka ʻo Kualoa mai ka hola 8:00 o ke kakahiaka a i ka hola 4:00 o ka ʻauinalā. A i ka lā 9 o Malaki, aia ka Pāʻina Hoʻoulu Kālā no ka Piha Makahiki 50 o ka Hōkūleʻa. I ka lā 10, mai ka hola 3:00 o ka ʻauinalā a i ka hola 6:00, e mālama ʻia ana ka hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka Hōkūleʻa. Aia ma ke Kikowaena ʻAha o Hawaiʻi. A i ka lā 14 o Malaki, aia ana “Ka Lā Piha Makahiki 50 o ka Hōkūleʻa: E Ola Mau” ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Bīhopa mai ka hola 5:00 o ka ʻauinalā a i ka hola 9:00. He $10 o ke kikiki ke kūʻai ʻia ma mua o ia lā, a he $15 o ke kikiki ma ka ʻīpuka.
ʻElua lā i luku wale aku ai nā Kāne Ānuenue iā Irvine, ka hui helu ʻekolu, ma ka pāʻani pōpō paʻipaʻi. I ka Pōʻalima nei ka mua, ma ka helu ʻai he 25 i ka 21, he 26 i ka 24, a he 25 i ka 22. A hana hou ʻia i ka Lāpule nei ma ka helu ʻai he 25 i ka 22, he 25 i ka 19, a he 25 i ka 20. Ma ia ahiahi, no nā Ānuenue, he 19 hoʻopio a Kristian Titriyski. A he 12 hoʻopio a Louis Sakanoko.
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