The old and the new: a motorboat passes the ancient navigator's voyaging canoe.
Another example of old and new. When folks travel on these navigational canoes, it becomes like a family. The boat is the mother, the navigator is the father and the crew is the children. Everyone must rely upon everyone else. Everyone and everything has a purpose; there is no dead weight.
While traveling on a navigational canoe, it becomes an island for the people aboard: limited food and limited water. It is like a metaphore for actual islands which are also limited in terms of resources. The speakers spoke of their stay on Majuro before they came here. Majuro is an atoll which relies upon rainfall for fresh water. They have been going through a drought recently and are on strict water conservation. Resources are similarly precious on these canoes. It is a lesson for all of us living on islands or on the island of earth.
"Your canoe is your island, your island is your canoe."