<P> Hōkūle'a navigates without instruments . In 1975, no Hawaiian living knew the ancient techniques for blue water voyaging . To enable the voyage, the Polynesian Voyaging Society recruited the Satawalese Master Navigator Mau Piailug (of the Weriyeng school in the Caroline Islands (map) of the Federated States of Micronesia (map)) to share his knowledge of non-instrument navigation . While as many as six Micronesian navigators had mastered these traditional methods as of the mid-1970s, only Mau was willing to share his knowledge . </P> <P> Mau, who "barely spoke English", decided that by reaching beyond his own culture, sharing what had been closely guarded knowledge, he could possibly save it from extinction . Through this collaboration, Mau's mentorship helped "spark pride in the Hawaiian and Polynesian culture", leading to "a renaissance of voyaging, canoe building, and non-instrument navigation that has continued to grow, spreading across Polynesia (map) and reaching to its far corners of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Rapanui, Easter Island". </P> <P> Led by Captain Elia David Ku ʻualoha "Kawika" Kapahulehua and Navigator Pius "Mau" Piailug, a Yapese master navigator., Hōkūle ʻa departed Honolua Bay, Maui, Hawai ʻi for Pape ʻete, Tahiti, (voyage map) as part of the celebration of the United States Bicentennial . Mau navigated from Hawaii to Tahiti without instruments . The return leg employed western instruments (compass, nautical charts, sextant, chronometer, dividers, parallel rulers, pencil, nautical almanac). </P> <Dl> <Dt> Honolua Bay, Maui, Hawai ʻi (map), United States--Pape ʻete, Tahiti (map), Society Islands (map), French Polynesia (map) </Dt> <Dd> 1 May 1976 to 4 June 1976 </Dd> <Dd> The crew for this leg was as follows:' Navigator: Mau Piailug; Captain: "Kawika" Kapahulehua; Crew: Clifford Ah Mow, Milton "Shorty" Bertelmann, Ben R. Finney, Charles Tommy Holmes, Sam Kalalau, Boogie Kalama, Buffalo Keaulana, John Kruse, Douglas "Dukie" Kuahulu, David Henry Lewis, David B.K. "Dave" Lyman III, William "Billy" Richards, Rodo Tuku Williams . </Dd> <Dt> Pape ʻete, Tahiti, French Polynesia--Hawai ʻi, United States </Dt> <Dd> 5 July 1976 to 26 July 1976 </Dd> <Dd> The crew for the return voyage was: Navigator: James "Kimo" Lyman; Captain: "Kawika" Kapahulehua; Crew: Abraham "Snake" Ah Hee, Andy Espirto, Mel Kinney, Francis Kainoa Lee, Gordon Pi ʻianaiʻa, Leonard Puputauiki, Penny Rawlins, Keani Reiner, Charles Nainoa "Nainoa" Thompson, Maka'ala Yates, Ben Young . </Dd> </Dl>

Who was the navigator on the first hōkūleʻa voyage