we’re featuring my interview with traditional Polynesian ocean Voyager 9
traditional Polynesian ocean Voyager 9
traditional Polynesian ocean Voyager 9 OA Thompson and I had to ask him how the
OA Thompson and I had to ask him how the
OA Thompson and I had to ask him how the ancient Polynesians navigated 2400 miles
ancient Polynesians navigated 2400 miles
ancient Polynesians navigated 2400 miles from Hawaii to Tahiti without being able
from Hawaii to Tahiti without being able
from Hawaii to Tahiti without being able to calculate longitude let’s check it
to calculate longitude let’s check it
to calculate longitude let’s check it out okay imagine imagine you’re standing
out okay imagine imagine you’re standing
out okay imagine imagine you’re standing on the beach at Waikiki you’re looking
on the beach at Waikiki you’re looking
on the beach at Waikiki you’re looking over the horizon to where T it is and
over the horizon to where T it is and
over the horizon to where T it is and then imagine you draw one line like a
then imagine you draw one line like a
then imagine you draw one line like a like a like an arc to the west side of
like a like an arc to the west side of
like a like an arc to the west side of TD and the other eye onto the east side
TD and the other eye onto the east side
TD and the other eye onto the east side that’s your target it’s less than a
that’s your target it’s less than a
that’s your target it’s less than a degree so your destination is not in
degree so your destination is not in
degree so your destination is not in view because it’s far beyond your eyes
view because it’s far beyond your eyes
view because it’s far beyond your eyes so so your destination spans an angle
so so your destination spans an angle
so so your destination spans an angle from where you’re standing in Waikiki
from where you’re standing in Waikiki
from where you’re standing in Waikiki and as long as you navigate inside that
and as long as you navigate inside that
and as long as you navigate inside that angle nothing else matters right because
angle nothing else matters right because
angle nothing else matters right because you’re gonna get to your target on the
you’re gonna get to your target on the
you’re gonna get to your target on the other side really really smart well in
other side really really smart well in
other side really really smart well in fact it seems to me your angle can be
fact it seems to me your angle can be
fact it seems to me your angle can be wider than that because you just have to
wider than that because you just have to
wider than that because you just have to get your destination within your horizon
get your destination within your horizon
get your destination within your horizon and then you can just reckon to it 50
and then you can just reckon to it 50
and then you can just reckon to it 50 miles yeah yeah 15 miles so you have a
miles yeah yeah 15 miles so you have a
miles yeah yeah 15 miles so you have a 30 mile so it’s really the width of 30
30 mile so it’s really the width of 30
30 mile so it’s really the width of 30 miles at the distance of where you’re
miles at the distance of where you’re
miles at the distance of where you’re headed
headed
headed that’s your angle 2,400 miles away
that’s your angle 2,400 miles away
that’s your angle 2,400 miles away though is thirty oh yeah that’s that’s
though is thirty oh yeah that’s that’s
though is thirty oh yeah that’s that’s narrow but still it’s a known problem
narrow but still it’s a known problem
narrow but still it’s a known problem right yes so but there’s so many
right yes so but there’s so many
right yes so but there’s so many unknowns in the navigation that it’s not
unknowns in the navigation that it’s not
unknowns in the navigation that it’s not it’s not a GPS it’s not a coordinate
it’s not a GPS it’s not a coordinate
it’s not a GPS it’s not a coordinate system you don’t have longitude you need
system you don’t have longitude you need
system you don’t have longitude you need you need instruments and you need tables
you need instruments and you need tables
you need instruments and you need tables which we don’t have it’s a dead
which we don’t have it’s a dead
which we don’t have it’s a dead reckoning system so you only know where
reckoning system so you only know where
reckoning system so you only know where you are but memorizing where you come
you are but memorizing where you come
you are but memorizing where you come from if you memorize or your complement
from if you memorize or your complement
from if you memorize or your complement you got to be awake you know we stay up
you got to be awake you know we stay up
you got to be awake you know we stay up 21 22 hours a day so it ain’t easy
21 22 hours a day so it ain’t easy
21 22 hours a day so it ain’t easy here’s what you do
slip this in your so what that’s that
slip this in your so what that’s that same sex I see he didn’t take it
[Laughter]
[Laughter] [Music]
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