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Pius "Mau" Piailug (pronounced / ˈ p aɪ ə s ˈ m aʊ p iː ˈ aɪ l ə ɡ /; 1932 – 12 July 2010) was a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging.
Aug 21, 2023 · A Micronesian man named Pius “ Mau ” Piailug—usually referred to as Mau—sits at the back of the boat, studying the rhythm of the waves and giving commands. This journey of 6,000 nautical miles will take thirty-four days to complete, but Mau will never rest for more than a few hours at a time.
Pius Mau Piailug, master navigator from Satawal, Yap State, Micronesia navigated Hōkūle‘a on her first voyage to Tahiti in 1976; subsequently, he taught Hawaiians and other Polynesians to the arts of navigating without instruments.He passed away on Satawal on July 12, 2010.
Mar 24, 2021 · A virtual ceremony connecting atolls and high islands from Micronesia to Hawaiʻi was held on March 8, 2021, honoring Pius Mau Piailug and the Assembly of Micronesian Pwo Navigators. They were recognized as a Pacific Legacy of Distinction in a declaration presented by the ʻAha Moananuiākea Pacific Consortium.
Mau Piailug (1932–) is one of the leading navigators on Satawal in the Federated States of Micronesia where traditional navigation is still vigorously practised. When he was only five or six, Mau started learning traditional wayfinding from his grandfather, and was formally initiated as a navigator (pelu) some 10 years later.
Affectionately known as “Papa Mau,” he was one of the most transformative Pacific figures of the 20th century. In 1976, among the last traditional navigators in the world, Mau successfully navigated the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti without modern instruments.
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Sep 4, 2014 · By successfully navigating the 2,500 miles to Tahiti and making landfall, Mau Piailug demonstrated the efficacy of the various techniques of navigation and landfinding.
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