What Lehua Kamalu has said about Hōkūleʻa
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 6, 2026
Lehua Kamalu, Hawaiian voyaging captain and navigator with the Polynesian Voyaging Society, has been quoted on Hōkūleʻa once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on November 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kamalu describes Hokule'a as a 62-foot, double-masted, sail-powered ancestor of the modern catamaran.
“So the very large Hokule itself is 62 feet long, and it's about 21 feet wide, and it is a double-masted canoe”
TED Radio Hour: Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind (Nov 6, 2026) · Listen from 38:42
Episodes
Escaping the modern world and your noisy mindTED Radio Hour · Nov 6, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with Pico Iyer, Sarah Edmondson and Lehua Kamalu, and airs Shonda Rhimes's talk, about escape, silence, cults, voyaging and burnout.
Lehua Kamalu on other topics
- Polynesian navigation · 2 quotes