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Courtesy of The Polynesian Voyaging Society

The sun peaks over the horizon to the vessel’s starboard side.

Hōkūle’a relies solely on the wind in its sails for power.

Crew members work together to guide the ship on a voyage from Mauritius to South Africa.

A crew member wields the hoe uli, or steering paddle, on a voyage from Bali to Mauritius during Hōkūle'a’s 2014-2017 circumnavigation of the globe.

Since its inaugural voyage in 1976, Hōkūle'a has crossed the Pacific many times, including this 2017 voyage from Tahiti to Hawaii.

In 2017 Lehua Kamalu, Hōkūle’a’s first female captain and navigator, sailed with the Polynesian Voyaging Society from the Galapagos Islands to Rapa Nui, known as Easter Island.

Hōkūle'a, a double-hulled canoe, was designed to replicate Polynesian voyaging vessels—and to revive the traditional practice of navigating by sun, stars, waves, and wind.