Center, BYUH forge closer ties to Iosepa
![The Iosepa crew at Kahana Bay, with training crew members from the Makali'i (in Kawaihae, Hawaii Island).](https://legacy.polynesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/haverly-iosepa-makalii-crews-kahana.jpg)
The Polynesian Cultural Center and BYU–Hawaii have recently entered into a new agreement in which the PCC will take a bigger role with the BYUH’s 57-foot traditional sailing canoe, the Iosepa.
The “Soul of the Seafarer” and Mark Lee
![Ka 'Uhane Holokai sailing at Kahana Bay.](https://legacy.polynesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ka-uhane-kahana-by-mark-lee.jpg)
Everyone knows about the BYU–Hawaii Iosepa canoe in the PCC’s Hawaiian Village . . . but did you know there’s a new 24-foot training canoe patterned after the Iosepa that’s recently been added to the “fleet.”