The article brings up valid points but argues against itself many times. If the Polynesians were to make a trip from Polynesia or Hawaii it would be a journey into the abyss with uncertainty. A small boat of that caliber is proven to make journeys of that distance or further but still seems very impossible to make the trip more than once. The winds would easily take the Polynessian canoe to California but the trip back wouldn't be as easy. It would really require a knowledge of the winds and currents of a voyage previously never taken. (They would have to know that the wind would take them back to Hawaii or Polynessia).
The boats were crafted in the same manner but were very different in size. One being 10-15 m and the other being 25 ft or longer. This size difference is nearly double. The pictures shown in the article appear to be 4 completely different vessels.
The language similarities for particular words are neither here nor there. It could be a miss understanding of the translation or the words could of been brought over at any time rather than this 1000 year period in which the trips were presumed to be taken.
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