2007 Voyage Photos > 2007 Crew Photos (33)
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Kawika Kapahulehua, 1976
Photo by crewmember Dr. Ben Young, who sailed on the trip back to Hawai'i in 1976: Captain Kawika Kapahulehua on the '76 voyage.
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Kawika Kapahulehua
Photo from “Pictures of a Lifetime, Photos by Kathryn Bender” Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Tuesday, December 28, 1999. Caption: "Aboard the Hokule'a, Kawika Kapahulehua chants a request to approach Te Ava Mo'a." Te Ava Mo'a is the sacred pass through the reef, leading to the marae of Taputapuatea, one of the most sacred in all of Polynesia, located on the island of Ra'iatea, in Tahiti Nui.
Kawika Kapahulehua was the captain of Hokule'a on her historic first voyage from Hawai'i to Tahiti in 1976. Mau Piailug was the navigator. Kawika passed away on May 17, 2007, during Hokule'a tenth major voyage, to Micronesia and Japan. The shoulders of courageous and visionary giants like Kawika have provided the firm foundation for the perpetuation of Hokule'a's achievements.
Kawika was fascinated with sailing since age 18. Raised briefly on Ni'ihau, he was also a native speaker of Hawaiian. After retirement, he turned his attention to teaching Hawaiian language, culture, values, and traditions, including ocean navigating techniques.
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Kawika Kapahulehua with early crew members of Hokule'a
Photo from the Honolulu Advertiser, posted on Sunday, March 5, 2006.
Caption: "Crew members and friends of the Hokule'a in February 1976, before its first voyage to Tahiti that May: on hull, from left, Tommy Holmes, Abraham "Snake" Ah Hee, Nainoa Thompson, Keani Reiner, Sam Kalalau, Mel Kinney, Penny Rawlins, David Lewis. On central platform: Capt. Kawika Kapahulehua, John Kruse, Kimo Hugho, Billy Richards, Maka'ala Yates, Shorty Bertelmann, Ben Finney, and Vic Fageroos."
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Hokule'a, Honolua 1976
Photos by crewmember Dr. Ben Young, who sailed on the trip back to Hawai'i in 1976: Hokule'a moored in Honolua Bay, Maui, the day before setting sail on the maiden voyage to Tahiti.
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Clay Bertelmann, leader of Na Kalai Wa'a Moku o Hawai'i, the builders of Maisu
Clay is traveling in spirit with the canoes to Satawal. (Photo by Monte Costa)
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Hokule'a Captain and Navigator Bruce Blankenfeld
Navigation: Measuring the Altitude of the Sun by Hand / Rapanui to Tahiti 1999
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Maisu Navigator Chadd Paishon
Lashing a railing; from Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Maisu Crew Sesario Sewralur
Mau Piailug's son with a Mahimahi
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Hokule'a Crew Ka'iulani Murphy
Steering / Tahiti to Hawai'i 2000
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Hokule'a Crew Attwood Makanani
Carving a Stone Gift on the Beach at Taiohae, Nukuhiva / Rapanui Voyage 1999
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Hokule'a Crew Tim Gilliom
Fishing Off Pitcairn Island, Caught a pile of 'Ahi / Rapanui Voyage 1999
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Mona Shintani
Mona Shintani, with crew members Moana Doi and Kaniela Akaka. Taiohae, Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands, 1999. Voyage to Rapanui.
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Kamahele Captain Mike Taylor (right) with Engineer Erik Norris
Photo by James Hadde
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Maka, Nainoa, and Timi
Maka, Nainoa, and Timi, with an 'ahi caught near Ulithi in Micronesia. Photo by Gary Kubota, Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Wednesday, April 4, 2007).
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Ka'iulani Murphy on the satellite phone
Ka'iulani Murphy calls classrooms and students on the satellite phone to report on the voyage. Photo: Sam Low.
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Kana Uchino
Hokule'a crew member Kana Uchino sits on the deck after a dive at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Photo: Jan TenBruggencate, The Honolulu Advertiser, Tuesday, June 8, 2004.
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Billy Richards
Photo: Sam Low
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Chad Baybayan
Photo: Sam Low
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Keoni Kuoha
Photo: Sam Low
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Attwood Makanani
Photo: Sam Low
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Na'alehu Anthony
Photo: Sam Low
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Pomai Bertelmann
Photo: Sam Low
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Snake Ah Hee
Photo: Sam Low
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Mike Taylor, Captain of Kamahele
Photo: Bob Douglas
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Na'alehu Anthony, Crew Member/Videography, Pohnpei to Satawal
Photo by Monte Costa
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Mike Tongg, steering Hokule'a, 1999 voyage to Rapanui. Courtesy of Sam Low.
7/13/2007: We are very sad to say that we have lost Mike Tongg--a great voyager and canoe paddler, a great ocean man, president of the Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association, former president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and dear friend to many. Mike passed away at home this afternoon. Mike was a veteran Hokule'a crew member, watch captain, and captain: 1980 Tahiti to Hawai'i; 1985 Tahiti to Cook Islands, Cook Islands to Aotearoa; 1986 Aotearoa to Tonga, Tonga to Samoa, Cook Islands to Tahiti; 1987 Tahiti to Rangiroa, Rangiroa to Hawai'i; 1992 Cook Islands to Hawai'i; 1995 Hawai'i to Tahiti, Nukuhiva to Hawai'i; 1995: West Coast; 1999 Mangareva to Rapanui.


