“When he talks about voyaging, it’s not only about voyaging on the ocean, it’s about your voyage in life,” Wong explains. “He always talks about how you have to know where you came from to know where you're going. It was something that resonates with me all the time.” Today, Hōkūle‘a has sailed near- ly 300,000 miles and completed 15 deep-sea voyages. This year, the Left: Darryll Wong paddles alongside Nainoa Thompson and his family as Hōkūle‘a makes its historic entrance into New York Harbor for UN World Oceans Day. PHOTO COURTESY OF DARRYLL WONG
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