-The Gift- In the lessons taught by both Nainoa and Bruce that navigators learn is that the two best ways to know your latitude in going to Hawaiʻi is measuring the North Star and the Southern Cross with the cross being much more useful than Hoku Paʻa or the North Star because of the really neat thing that happens in the cross. At the latitude of the middle of Hawaiʻi the Southern Cross at meridian (at its highest point) is the same distance from the top star to the bottom star as it is from the bottom star to the horizon. And so this morning after a dead reckoning (DR) estimation of 2076 miles along the reference course line and 17.5 degrees of estimated latitude, it was critical tonight that we get to see the cross to confirm the estimations. Excerpt from writings of Na’alehu Anthony aboard Hokule’a hokuleawwv palikudocfilms oiwitv #MalamaHonua #AnywhereAloha