Kamehameha Schools Hawaiian Ensemble dancers perform during Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Hawaiian culture practitioners blow conch shells to welcome Hokulea during its 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Kaneohe canoe club welcomes Hokulea as it arrives the shore of Kualoa Regional Park before Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)A ti leaves lei is offered during Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Bruce Blankenfeld, the leader of Polynesian Voyaging Society, receives an offering during Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)This April 1975 photo shows crew members training on the Hokulea canoe in waters off the windward coast of Oahu, Hawaii. (James Kimo Hugho via AP)This April 1975 photo shows crew members training on the Hokulea canoe in waters off Kualoa on Oahu, Hawaii. (James Kimo Hugho via AP)Nainoa Thompson, master navigator and CEO of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, discusses navigation techniques while on board the Hokulea canoe as it is moored in Honolulu on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)FILE - The traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea, on an around-the-world journey, sails by the United Nations on New York's East River during the World Oceans Day observance, June 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)FILE - Palau President Tommy Remengesau, left, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, center, and Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, pose for photos before ceremonies for the observance of World Oceans Day, June 8, 2016, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)FILE - A mural of navigator Pius "Mau" Piailug of Satawal in Micronesia is seen on a building in Honolulu's Kakaako neighborhood, May 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Sam Eifling, File)FILE - Men blow conch shells to welcome the Hokulea voyaging canoe into Kailua Bay in Kailua, Hawaii, May 1, 2005. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman, File)Hokulea is pictured at the shore of Kualoa Regional Park after its 50th birthday commemoration, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Kamehameha Schools Hawaiian Ensemble dancers perform during Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Hokulea crew members and Hawaiian culture practitioners sing during Hokulea's 50th Birthday Commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Kaneohe Canoe Club paddles the crew members of Hokulea before Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Members of Te Aurere of New Zealand performs Maori haka during Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Hokulea sails into the shore of Kualoa Regional Park before its Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Abraham "Snake" Ah Hee, a member of Hokulea's first return trip from Tahiti to Hawaii in 1976, center, drinks an 'Award or kava, during Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)
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Kamehameha Schools Hawaiian Ensemble dancers perform during Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)
