i dont think much was accomplished after the initial tahiti trip, which was amazing. with estimates of $15-$20M being spent on this project, i think spending it on full scholarships for a hundred or more hawaiian students would provide more of a long term benefit to the hawaiian nation than impressing the few people that met it at various ports.  i also dont understand what the point of, “We had to relearn what our ancestors had mastered", is. farmers dont plow fields with pointed sticks and fishermen dont use woven coconut basket nets anymore. ancient farmers and fishermen only used them because they didn't have tractors and mile long nets. time to train hawaiian kids in microsurgical techniques, cosmology and if you like boats, train to be a naval architect.