The two traditional sailing canoes, Hokulea’ and Mathawmaram, were set to depart on Thursday; however, both navigators Ali Haleyalur and Bruno Tharngan said “that will depend if the weather is permissible but we can delay to Friday or Saturday.”
The Hokulea’ and Mathawmaram will each have a crew of 11 including the personnel from the BBC branch in London who will be going along to observe and learn exactly why man should respect nature.
Crew of the Hokulea’ include Ali Haleyalur, Roland Halichilmal, Johannes Hashigeluw, Tony Pekalpiy, Adrian, Yarofalgil, Toby Saufoa, Lorenzo Saremaliyoang, Denny Yangerelpiy Magnus Resemanglug and two of the BBC film crew members.
The crew of the Mathawmaram are Bruno Tharngan, Nicholas Gomagag, Alfred Amthun, Martin Lungred, Gabriel Gibiy, Daniel Baweg, Edmond Pasan, Fanom, Goofigir, Mathew Chomed and a member of the BBC.
The British Broadcasting Corporation is currently in production of a television series entitled “Human Planet.”
It is a show in which BBC film crew and news reporters have been traveling to remote corners of the world to report about man’s relationship with the natural world.
The film crew has chosen Yap among the remote areas around the world to be featured in one of the series. Perhaps this will also be a great chance for Yap to be promoted by one of the world’s famous news network.
The Traditional Navigation Society has already planned to have a canoe capsizing demonstration for the BBC film crew after they return from this trip to Ngulu. The canoe capsizing will also be part of the documentary film about Yap which will be shown on BBC television series “Human Planet”.
