This Sailboat will BLOW YOUR MIND! The Not-So-Lost Art of Polynesian Navigation || Cook Islands
October 13, 2019 by Gone with the Wynns | Language: EN Play Time: 00:25:15 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
We sailed to Rarotonga & our first few days are MAGIC. A traditional Vaka arrives from NZ along with a crazy crew. Toss in some sexy Polynesian dancing along with a dash of social drinking, a Boat Tour, the HAKA and it’s a trip we won’t forget.
Want to volunteer on a Traditional Polynesian Sailing Vaka? Or learn more about our first few days in Rarotonga, Cook Islands? Click over to our website: https://gonewiththewynns.com/art-of-polynesian-navigation
After getting a sneak peek sailboat tour of the Cook Island Vaka, Nikki is hooked! Now she’s ready to crew on a traditional Polynesian catamaran. Celestial navigation, hand steering with a massive rudder, tiny kitchen cooking, pooping over the rails and 16 bunks in a hull…Nikki is definitely the more hardcore sailor between the two of us. Now she’s added it to the bucket list, so one day it’ll happen with or without me!
Are you a Skip-Ahead-er? Here’s some of the top parts of this Cook Island Vid:
00:01 The Quick Catch-Up (Check-in and Crew Departure)
01:45 Our Raro Anchoring/Mooring/Dinghy Situation
02:59 The Traditional Cook Island Sailing Vaka Arrives
04:33 Beautiful Polynesian Dancing
05:03 The Vaka Haka
06:14 Vaka Catamaran Sailboat Tour
07:15 Diesel Fuel Conversion to Coconut Oil
11:24 The Local Rarotonga Brewery
13:18 Custard Squares?!?
17:21 Polynesian Drum Practice
18:34 Cook Island Dancing Competition
22:46 The HAKA – Traditional, Acapella and English Style
Our time in Rarotonga has just begun and we’re already in love with the Cook Island hospitality. Can’t wait to see what the next few days bring. Stick along for the adventure.
Shared with LOVE 💕 from all of us here aboard s/v Curiosity,
– Jason, Nikki, Cleo and Singa 😻
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This Sailboat will BLOW YOUR MIND! The Not-So-Lost Art of Polynesian Navigation || Cook Islands Locations
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Hello. We’re Jason and Nikki Wynn, a couple of explorers, modern-day documentarians, and cultivators of curiosity. We believe Curiosity is the key to unlocking life. It’s what pushes us outside our comfort zone, softens our assumptions and helps us embrace the great unknown. The future is a sea of uncertainty and each of us has a choice: to focus on problems or possibilities. Our goal is to cultivate a sense of curiosity about what is possible. “Every explorer I have met has been driven—not coincidentally but quintessentially—by curiosity, by a single-minded, insatiable, and even jubilant need to know.” ― Jacques-Yves Cousteau You can learn a lot more about us on our website: https://gonewiththewynns.com
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