congratulations to the sailors of the polynesian voyage society, mau piailug and nainoa thompson for proving that polynesians sailed the oceans with purpose using navigational skills learned from intrepid sailors before them.
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yet, whenever i see the successes of hokulea, i am reminded of  the fraud thor heyerdahl dismissing polynesian sailors as merely drifters pushed along by winds and currents not knowing where they were going. 
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hokulea, its brave crews and native navigators, aloha.