The Morris West "The Navigator" is a really good read related to this topic (IMO). It's fiction, but I think some of the stuf mentioned is based on facts about the navigation skills the Polynesians had. A National Geographic team had visited many Pacific islands (across many island groups), done a study and made an article (or series) about it. I had read it a while ago.
Just did a quick search:
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=national+geographic+articl...
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/03/03/hokulea-the-a...
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070927-poly...