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| 07.05.2009 | Challenging but successful: the Lapita VoyageThe journey from the Philippines to the remote islands in the Pacific Ocean was arduous. In retrospect, however, the journey was worth all the strain and was a great success. Both nautical and scientific evidence has been provided of the historic migration route. |
| 17.03.2009 | Lapita Voyage successfully reached destinationOn March 15th the LAPITA TIKOPIA boat reached the remote South Seas island of Tikopia. The second boat of the expedition, LAPITA ANUTA, is just before reaching the destination island of Anuta. Never before has a sailing expedition with two replicas of traditional Polynesian catamarans mastered a similarly long journey. |
| 20.01.2009 | Hardly any South Seas romanticismWith good 2,000 nautical miles the crew of the Lapita Voyage has now reached an important sub-destination and has covered half the voyage on the migration route of the Polynesians. |
| 24.11.2008 | TEETHING TROUBLES AND FREAK WEATHERThe first sailing expedition following the migration route of the ancient Polynesians, the Lapita Voyage, is in the first of six stages of the 8,000 km long voyage across the Pacific Ocean. |
| 20.11.2008 | Looking forward to startOn 26th October 2008 the two boats of the 6000km-long Lapita Voyage, Lapita Tikopia and Lapita Anuta, slipped into the water without a hitch. |
25.09.2008 |
The Lapita Voyage projectFrom the initial discovery of the Polynesians, their lifestyle and knowledge, which have enriched and lightened Western Society, have moved one way, from ‘them’ to ‘us’. It is time for us to give something back, this is what the Lapita Voyage is about. |