Blogger George Heymont wrote a very interesting piece in the Huffington Post about Polynesian voyaging and what it represents for all of us that love sailing, exploration, and the sea.
He wrote it about the premiere of a new fil about Polynesian Navigation, called
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder chronicling Hawai'ians of an interest in the navigational techniques used by their ancestors to travel back and forth across Polynesia. He begins with;
"Writing to the editor of Salon.com, retired USNR Captain John DeShazo -- an
instructor of seamanship and navigation at the United States Naval Academy in
the late '70s and early '80s -- asserted that:
"The USNA recruits technocrats to be midshipmen, people fascinated
by electromechanical gadgets. They place more faith in electronic sensors than
their own eyes. Without an appreciation for the power of human senses, no one
learns to focus the attention on the environment in which a seaman's vessel
actually exists."
Read the rest of his article here.
He wrote it about the premiere of a new fil about Polynesian Navigation, called
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder chronicling Hawai'ians of an interest in the navigational techniques used by their ancestors to travel back and forth across Polynesia. He begins with;
"Writing to the editor of Salon.com, retired USNR Captain John DeShazo -- an
instructor of seamanship and navigation at the United States Naval Academy in
the late '70s and early '80s -- asserted that:
"The USNA recruits technocrats to be midshipmen, people fascinated
by electromechanical gadgets. They place more faith in electronic sensors than
their own eyes. Without an appreciation for the power of human senses, no one
learns to focus the attention on the environment in which a seaman's vessel
actually exists."
Read the rest of his article here.
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