Kyle McDonald 6 #1 Posted April 14, 2020 Hi everyone! I'm a volunteer for the Vaka Taumako Project. We're releasing a couple new hour-long films about traditional seafaring from Taumako in the East Solomon Islands. Part 1 was just released last week, and Part 2 will be out this Friday. We're fundraising to support the ongoing work to keep this culture alive. But to make sure it's accessible to everyone, it's also available for free. I'll post the second video here on Friday. If you'd like more updates after that, follow us on Facebook! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeedAClew 1,159 #2 Posted April 14, 2020 Cool! Many thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weightless 491 #3 Posted April 14, 2020 Awesome. Thanks! Reminds me that it's time to re-read We the Navigators Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kyle McDonald 6 #4 Posted April 14, 2020 1 minute ago, weightless said: Awesome. Thanks! Reminds me that it's time to re-read We the Navigators Great idea! In some ways "We, the Navigators" represents the beginning of this story. David Lewis writes about sailing with Tevake from Taumako, and in this film we hear more from Tevake's steersman Te Aliki Kaveia. One of the filmmakers, Dr. Marianne George, was initially connected to Taumako through work with David Lewis in the early 90s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eric1207 169 #6 Posted April 16, 2020 Dr George and Captain Luke Vaikawi of Taumako gave our multihull club in Seattle a presentation last October. It was very interesting especially with Luke's enthusiasm for this project. Here's a link to the recap of the presentation, scroll down near the end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kyle McDonald 6 #7 Posted April 17, 2020 Part 2 is online! This is the film that everyone should watch if they're interested in the details of traditional navigation tech: swell navigation, star path navigation, wind navigation, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
