Project Niu would like to say "mahalo" to ocean rower Roz Savage, who has rowed solo all the way from Hawaii to drop "Niu Hae Akala" directly on the equator (which had been a stow away on her rowboat for the past few months). Roz is currently on her way to Tuvalu on the second leg of her attempt to be the first woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean.

If you go to the NiuTracker, you'll see that Niu Hae Akala (in pink) left Honolulu in May 2009 and headed southwest until it reached the equator on August 23rd. From here on out, where it goes is anyone's guess. The currents and winds around the equator are notoriously unpredictable, so it will be really interesting to see what happens to Niu Hae Akala.