Our Number 50, Hawaii, made some global news recently, but it took a text from my Connecticut-born, Hawaiian-transplant daughter for this news junkie to learn of it, probably due to the tsunami of fears and loathing leading the news.

Three years circumnavigating the globe in a "canoe," however, is a terrible thing to overlook. 

I can't help but think what a pity this publication in particular, its e-logo withstanding, missed what the voyage connotes: Native Americans and their maritime history, a topic that gave us the words canoe and kayak. 

Three years navigating a "Hukale'a" 'round the world by reading the stars, wind and waves may not be a moon shot and NASA might not have had its sharpest eye on it. But for this publication to have not yet published an account of round-the-world Hawaiian-style, is not something I take as kin to its tradition of maritime emphases. 

Hello, Mystic Seaport. You awake? A canoe wake has rocked maritime history, experts say. Take note. To not do so credits you not, no more than does the paddle-wheel credit a canoe. A Hawaii Day comes to mind, free leis at the door, Hail Hokale'a its moor. Talk about made in America.

Bud Bray

Waterford