Public sends off the crew of Hokule‘a, Hikianalia

Dozens of people gathered under gray skies and intermittent rain Friday morning at Mauliola — also known as Sand Island — for a public blessing and send-off ceremony as the Polynesian Voyaging Society prepares to relaunch the Moananuiakea Voyage, a four-year, 43,000-nautical-­mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.

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