Sailing Across the World's Oceans with No Tech
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Күн бұрынHawai'i-possibly the most remote island chain on the planet-was discovered hundreds of years ago by Polynesian voyagers wayfinding in canoes. These ancient explorers relied exclusively upon their knowledge of the stars, bird behavior and ocean swell patterns to find speckles of land. Today, the modern descendants of these explorers are circumnavigating the world's oceans using the same wayfinding techniques.
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@twelge15 8 жыл бұрын
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.
@fmagalhaes1521 3 жыл бұрын
@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!!!
@happyscrappy370 3 жыл бұрын
@@fmagalhaes1521 hey just get the apps startracker and others. You’ll master them in less than a month :-)
@Easyrawlins 3 жыл бұрын
Damn, that’s very cool man, kudos.
@rogerwilco2 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@stephaniegrams 4 жыл бұрын
My Hawaiian studies teacher sailed on this ship as a kid
@sunnyofabish7835 3 жыл бұрын
Prove it...
@caroleansoldier382 2 жыл бұрын
@@sunnyofabish7835 bro do u need really need prove How is he or she going to get prove if it was back then huh? Use ur brain stupid
@SoulSukkur 8 жыл бұрын
The Hokulea crew visited my school on their way up the east coast. Great people.
@____________3321 4 жыл бұрын
One day, we'll see a fleet of these. Polynesians, Micronesians and Melanesians.
@islandvibez 3 жыл бұрын
....Maritime Southeast Asia as well as Madagascar. These are all one family of oceanic peoples. Similar language, similar boat building, etc.
@____________3321 3 жыл бұрын
@@islandvibez yeah bro! And them too
@mrfin02 2 жыл бұрын
Polynesians taught Melanesians how to sail tho
@pirateofthepacific9687 2 жыл бұрын
@@mrfin02 idk if that is true but melanesians we’re here way longer than us Polynesians. If that’s true then cool if not then that’s ok too
@yeetfeet731 2 жыл бұрын
We should keep the tradition of sea faring alive in Oceania. A way to reconnect to our ancestors that had been lost to colonization. Maybe as a sport?
@samsqwanchey 8 жыл бұрын
Glad someone is keeping the old ways alive. Thank you guys!
@_DENZEL_ 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@pegasusu1094 2 жыл бұрын
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 ❤️
@yeetfeet731 2 жыл бұрын
Ay Lima gang. Don't forget Måta lmao
@quissbird-10 Жыл бұрын
bobo pinoy
@pustakarileks7404 Жыл бұрын
@@yeetfeet731 mata 😂, in indonesia mata - mata is Spy 😎
@Dont_Ask_Me_ 5 ай бұрын
Bali here, yeah the lima gang
@goukhanakul 3 ай бұрын
Yeah we all the same people just on different islands and coast
@ryan-smith 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@fanilo95 3 жыл бұрын
Well... it’s not just navigation. AND they probably knew. Appropriation is a real thing my friend.
@felixmcallister8754 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Aron-ru5zk 3 жыл бұрын
They did invent it completely independently from each other like a lot of things.
@TapumanMaki 3 жыл бұрын
@@fanilo95 Wayfinding = Stellar Navigation + tracking
@PG-3462 3 жыл бұрын
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?)
@gutsurfer 2 ай бұрын
Uncle Bruce steered our outrigger canoe in a race around the cliffs of Oahu and it was pumping and he was incredible.
@michaelrustom6952 Жыл бұрын
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!
@vonoiteuo Ай бұрын
Get a Micronesian the Polynesian doo doo in navigating . But we won’t teach you tho. You gotta be a islander 😂😂
@mapmakerdavid 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Mcbignuts 2 жыл бұрын
No fancy navigational instruments involved, so no tech
@JohnCox1977 13 күн бұрын
I sailed across the Atlantic when I was 17 and now live in Australia. It's fantastic to see these methods working and kept alive
@Thebonesoftrees 4 жыл бұрын
this has been known since the time of the builders of the pyramids.
@Research0digo 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@elanthys 7 жыл бұрын
Amazing, thank you for sharing.
@KazehareRaiden Жыл бұрын
Man anyone that sails in the way that was used during the age of sail is amazing. I am a sailor, but I can not yet sail by just the stars and moon.
@BHuang92 8 жыл бұрын
Polynesians were truly master seafarers.
@palmtrees2664 6 жыл бұрын
You mean Micronesians. All the techniques they show her are from MICRONESIANS not Polynesians.
@fontaneg5476 4 жыл бұрын
search up Mau Piailug, Micronesian master navigator that helped the Polynesians rediscover their lost seafaring ways
@mrfin02 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@dalastkanakamaoli9058 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@motorola9956 3 жыл бұрын
@@dalastkanakamaoli9058 but the ancestors of them all, The big islanders of Austronesia.
@jandradventures 7 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@ablemarine9072 Жыл бұрын
THE VERY BEST!!!!! Godspeed to your adventures! Just found this today and Love the Way!!!!
@fmagalhaes1521 3 жыл бұрын
I have been following Hokule’a for a while when SV Luckyfish met up with them.
@gerbenbakker_ 5 ай бұрын
The story of the Kon Taki is even more amazing and a bit more primitive! This one is also cool though.
@shmander 8 жыл бұрын
i'm just wondering where you sleep on a boat like this
@gymnast2890 7 жыл бұрын
I'm sure it has a lower cabin of sorts, if not you could sleep on a makeshift mattress anywhere....good question!
@123clintonk 6 жыл бұрын
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.
@Research0digo 2 жыл бұрын
Hammocks.
@samsails9820 4 жыл бұрын
Impressive, what was used to protect the wood from sea water ingress?
@Coldbird1337 7 ай бұрын
i really wanna see a follow up of this
@carmelpule6954 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@esben181 3 жыл бұрын
Is it even on board?
@sanpol4399 2 жыл бұрын
of course there is a gps inside a backpack, just in case. You will not use, but it is good to know it is there.😃
@josecarvajal6654 7 жыл бұрын
1:11 is that the actual pronunciation of Hawai'i? never heard it before
@kahalaopuna1 7 жыл бұрын
Jose Carvajal, yes, it is the proper way to pronounce it. In brief, the alpha character "w" is pronounced with a "v" sound in the Hawaiian language.
@kanoelani2004 5 жыл бұрын
yes the correct pronunciation . the "w" is pronounced as a "v" :)
@IslenoGutierrez 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Research0digo 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Anytime you see a diacritical mark there is a slight pause, as if it were two words. :)
@yeetfeet731 2 жыл бұрын
And the apostrophe in between the two "i"s indicate a vocal break, or pause. Similar to the Chamorro "Glota" which is pretty interesting
@debbierojas-7qsca802 Жыл бұрын
Great experience!
@ArareFISH 2 ай бұрын
Where do they sleep?
@samumwech7459 3 жыл бұрын
All because of papa mau
@justjnz 10 ай бұрын
Show us Te Lapa. There are no videos of it.
@theplanetruth Жыл бұрын
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.
@alanaschneider1496 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@tinaloye2014 4 жыл бұрын
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 KZfaq tho 🤗
@baboonlagoon3000 4 жыл бұрын
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 4 жыл бұрын
The Austronesians look up to the stars to know where we are or the time.
@alanaschneider1496 4 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@TM686K 4 жыл бұрын
@Alana Schneider If you watch kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adGdpbJqyNqcoas.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.
@ragimundvonwallat8961 5 жыл бұрын
just pure nature....just mills cuted wood, modern paint and glue, miles of modern syntthetic cable and sails etc ....golf clap
@TheQuest2quest 7 жыл бұрын
what is the solar panels for?
@ragimundvonwallat8961 5 жыл бұрын
gps radio and all that.... you dont really believe anything those people are saying rigth?
@tinaloye2014 4 жыл бұрын
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 4 жыл бұрын
The polynesians did it alright. But more than half of them.probably died doing it.
@agustinvenegas5238 3 жыл бұрын
safety regulations dont fuck around, so they do probably have a gps and such, whether they use it is a different story
@mrfin02 2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@UnitedPebbles 2 жыл бұрын
It not really a boat but a modern day indestructible raft of some kind? It could not carry much cargoes?
@kokujin5446 Жыл бұрын
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.
@user-dz4ql6qr1v 18 күн бұрын
Great navigators, we are the Austronesians
@GabrielDipo 4 жыл бұрын
How about rations?
@TM686K 4 жыл бұрын
Coconuts, preserved pandanus, the seafood all around you and a special root you chew that allows you to drink seawater. At least in my island though.
@yosephbuitrago897 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@yoransom Жыл бұрын
There is no way in hell Columbus was first
@tytoalba4794 Жыл бұрын
Columbus was widely known as the first "European" in America but the viking had acctually settled in America long before him.
@heaven1189 6 ай бұрын
@@tytoalba4794Vikings aren’t real
@d.p.2680 3 ай бұрын
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
@Appachoppa112 Жыл бұрын
Just curious how they use bathroom
@micahaalders9840 2 жыл бұрын
2:53 No modern technology?
@johnbecay6887 2 жыл бұрын
wow
@goukhanakul 3 ай бұрын
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 😂
@808-PFH-Kanaka-Rights 2 ай бұрын
why do i think you're trying to make a joke out of history. if you are, get out of here
@goukhanakul 2 ай бұрын
@@808-PFH-Kanaka-Rights excuse me?
@goukhanakul 2 ай бұрын
Would you approach someone in real life and speak to them like that? Just an honest question? And if so where are you from?
@808-PFH-Kanaka-Rights 2 ай бұрын
@@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
@goukhanakul 2 ай бұрын
I know my history and genealogy as well and make know jokes about it.
@palmtrees2664 6 жыл бұрын
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.
@dalastkanakamaoli9058 3 жыл бұрын
Lmao our polynesian ancestors did it better
@islandguy6928 3 жыл бұрын
D*** right!!!.
@islandguy6928 3 жыл бұрын
DA LAST KANAKA MAOLI After Micronesians and Melanesians settled their region's wayyy before you guys? Lol ok.
@zairatulumierah9436 Жыл бұрын
@@islandguy6928 of course you settled first but you guys don’t navigate the sea like austronesian.Most Melanesian or some Micronesian only hunter gatherer
@santospaul8103 Жыл бұрын
@@zairatulumierah9436 if they don’t navigate the sea then why is their navigation still alive? Stop talking out your ass
@mastercommander4535 Жыл бұрын
Looks like 6 solar panels on her stern ? No tech ?
@victoriahensley3419 Жыл бұрын
So what are the solar panels for???
@jasonkennedy8375 Жыл бұрын
Microwave, smartphone, heater
@____________3321 11 ай бұрын
Health and safety maybe?
@maxinepou5159 2 жыл бұрын
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
@mrs.chandler9384 4 жыл бұрын
That boat is all tech lol
@MrWizard65 8 жыл бұрын
GPS Ball at 1:08?
@Habanosify 8 жыл бұрын
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.
@GrizzlyStoned 8 жыл бұрын
Probably as a fail safe just in case something goes wrong.
@tinaloye2014 4 жыл бұрын
Nick Macedo that's the paddle for boat
@wheeliewheelie1 4 жыл бұрын
We got clickbaited like everybody else.
@ferretyluv 11 ай бұрын
Moana taught me they’re called wayfinders.
@susbedoo 3 жыл бұрын
I want to sail the great Oceans
@esben181 3 жыл бұрын
You have to Raghav.
@irian42 8 жыл бұрын
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.
@annazarina7518 8 жыл бұрын
i don't know, but i think they don't. after all, it's a matter of staying healthy and alive
@VC-Toronto 8 жыл бұрын
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.
@VC-Toronto 8 жыл бұрын
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.
@irian42 8 жыл бұрын
Vern C Thanks for the explanations!
@trumpetmano 6 жыл бұрын
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...
@norml.hugh-mann Жыл бұрын
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
@howardcarney1502 Жыл бұрын
I saw a radar
@whatisthis6259 Жыл бұрын
How r u alive?
@jodiitem 2 жыл бұрын
Austronesian boat
@samianssi 4 жыл бұрын
There is metal and screws on that boat, except on the video you can see accurate modern watches, and even what seems to be radar.
@vangecruz8600 2 жыл бұрын
USS Constitution
@tobiistrash3864 6 жыл бұрын
My school showed me this video of the native of Americans
@kasugasawa839 2 ай бұрын
how does austronesians and polynesians secure safe drinking water though, how does these guys do it, moreso in today's water which is so polluted
@808-PFH-Kanaka-Rights 2 ай бұрын
the rain. they studies weather patterns which helped them
@marklepka7994 4 жыл бұрын
Mr.Moana???
@wheeliewheelie1 4 жыл бұрын
Yes but they're wearing watches.
@wheeliewheelie1 4 жыл бұрын
@east coast republicans and solar panels? LOL. Click bait
@dalastkanakamaoli9058 3 жыл бұрын
@@wheeliewheelie1 lmao your a clown haole
@LeftPinkie 8 жыл бұрын
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.
@YayJess 8 жыл бұрын
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.
@YayJess 8 жыл бұрын
www.hokulea.com/
@gymnast2890 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jess :)
@AquaticMammalOnBicycle 6 ай бұрын
"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".
@heaven1189 6 ай бұрын
Are you sped?? Technology is electronic 😂 polys didn’t need nothing , whites did tho 😂
@stridertherangerwoof 7 жыл бұрын
The Trip Proves the world is a ball
@johnp.6692 2 жыл бұрын
Moana
@chef8199 4 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes the traditional solar panels, no tech to be seen here folks
@mank_legend5584 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@castaway123100 5 жыл бұрын
What do you mean no tech? Boats are technology...
@tinaloye2014 4 жыл бұрын
Cause humAns forgot how to fly
@CarterHerrigstad 3 жыл бұрын
They mean modern technology
@fugbabylon7229 6 жыл бұрын
PROVING FLAT EARTH and people dont even realize it.
@hauntedhose 8 жыл бұрын
The earth is not a sphere .
@FelixHdez 7 жыл бұрын
i know, its a oblate spheroid
@ronprince1478 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@respecteffect1202 7 жыл бұрын
bst, the earth is flat.
@Vedantka 7 жыл бұрын
Minute 3:06: What it truly means is that you can navigate like that ONLY and ONLY on our FLAT and stationary earth. Research flat earth!
@tinaloye2014 4 жыл бұрын
Enough
@dogonegone 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Research0digo 2 жыл бұрын
lol ... fool
@Vedantka 2 жыл бұрын
@@dogonegone We are a tiny part of much bigger enclosed structure. We are not flying in some outer cosmos.
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