As inconceivable as this may be, at some point, someone on an outrigger canoe will probably be able to accomplish this amazing journey ....
No stranger to adventure, having been shot at twice and kidnapped in South America, San Diego's Edward Gillet, 36 years old, decided to paddle his kayak from California to Hawai'i.
In 1987, he took off from Monterey California in his 21 feet long kayak, crammed with 60 days food supply and 25 gallons of water, and using simple navigation devices - sextant and a calculator (pre-GPS days), kayaked some 2200 miles in 63 days, followed by a school of Mahi Mahi, and landed at Kahului, Mau'i.
A trip that he thought would only take 40 days ended up 23 days longer than expected. After only his third day at sea, his okole was covered in salt water sores. Within a week, the skin on his hands and back began to chap and crack open. On the 50th day, the school of Mahi Mahi that followed him was no more, eliminating a source of food. Four days before reaching land, he ran out of food. On the 63rd day, he states, "When I swung my sextant to look at the southern horizon, I was annoyed by the mountain filling my sextant viewfinder and fouling up my view of the horizon line. "That damned mountain..." I thought. Seconds later, I realised I was looking at land!"
Upon landing on shore, having spent all those days at sea, his legs gave out from under him as he crumbled to the ground.
You can read about his account here:
Edward Gillet's Journey