Hokule‘a moored in Hilo

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Hokule‘a, left, and Hikianalia are moored in Hilo’s Radio Bay Tuesday morning and crewmembers float out to the canoes to prepare for their worldwide Journey, Malama Honua. The double-hulled Polynesian voyaging crews, which arrived in Hilo early Tuesday, will embark to Papeete, Tahiti, on Saturday, waves and weather permitting. HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald

Hokule‘a, left, and Hikianalia are moored in Hilo’s Radio Bay Tuesday morning and crewmembers float out to the canoes to prepare for their worldwide Journey, Malama Honua. The double-hulled Polynesian voyaging crews, which arrived in Hilo early Tuesday, will embark to Papeete, Tahiti, on Saturday, waves and weather permitting. HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald