In addition to their vast knowledge of asterisms, wind, waves, and currents, sailors of the Duff and Reef Island groups make use of a...

1st Mate on the VTP support vessel, the Gershon II, Bob Engle sent us these photos of the 2012 Holau Kaveia.  Thanks Bob! #2012 #bobengle...

On 22 and 23 February, Mimi and Meph gave talks about Te Puke building and navigation at the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito....

Lata Continues to Get Around! In June, members of Ka `Imi Na`auao o Hawai`i Nei Institute toured Germany and Switzerland, performing in...

On 12-17 April, Mimi and Meph returned to the San Francisco area to investigate possible new homes for the exhibit they installed at the...

On 2 August, Mimi and Meph flew to Vancouver BC for a week of working on navigation graphics with Mimi’s computer genius friend Daniel....

On 19 August, Mimi and Meph returned to Vallejo to set up an exhibit at the California Maritime Academy. Thanks to help from many of the...

Chief Kaveia with carving of his ancestor Lata Our aloha and condolences go out to family and friends of Paramount Chief Koloso Kaveia,...

A Preliminary Report by Dr. Marianne “Mimi” George Prepared for the National Science Foundation 2009 In the eight sections of this report...

III. NAVIGATION AND PILOTING USING TE LAPA – FLASHES OF LIGHT THAT EMANATE FROM LAND Elaborations on previously conveyed and demonstrated...

I. NOHOANGA TE MATANGI – POSITIONS OF THE WIND A navigational system correlating a horizonal array of wind positions with other...

In Memoriam: We lost our wonderful friend and strong supporter of the Vaka Taumako Project. Larry Williamson, President of the Pacific...

You haven’t seen me on the river since the end of August. The reason is that I’ve been on Taumako, a remote island in the Solomon...

Sailing With Lata: An Exhibit at Kauai Museum Mimi, Larry, and Meph have been hard at work hanging photos, arranging artifacts, and...

from Pacific Paddler Magazine, June 2002 – by Meph Wyeth Dateline: Duff Islands, Temoto Province, eastern Solomon Islands. Sunday 24...

from Pacific Arts Magazine, May 2000 by Heu’ionalani Meph Wyeth On the tiny island of Taumako (fig. 1) in the Solomon Islands’ eastern...

How Lata built the first voyaging canoe as told by Paramount Chief Kruso Kaveia for Sailing New Zealand Magazine, July 1999 A man and his...

from Solomons, inflight magazine of Solomon Airlines, June 1998, Issue #25, page 34 by Meph Wyeth Thank God for your safe arrival here…...

by Mimi George, Ph.D. for Sea History Magazine, Spring 1998 How were stone-age Polynesian craft built and how did they perform at sea? ...