"That's why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls by reconnecting to our ancestors. As we voyage we are creating new stories within the tradition of the old stories, we are literally creating a new culture out of the old."
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Nainoa Thompson
Navigator
Nainoa Thompson is a renowned Hawaiian navigator and cultural practitioner, notable for reviving traditional Polynesian navigation techniques.
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"When people come together around common vision, they can accomplish great things. We need the instruments that pull our people together, not apart."
"Wealth is also defined by family, connection to our ancestry, and our best vision of the future. All of these find their inner spirit, their constancy, and their strength in the values that shape our thinking and our actions."
"As I am from Hawaiʻi, the ocean is part of my culture and who I am. My ancestors were great ocean explorers."
"We are a blue planet and an ocean world."
"Life on our planet is defined by the health of our ocean."