CREWMEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Kala Tanaka
Kala Baybayan pounds awa
Crew Profile: Kala Tanaka
PVS Member Since
HOMETOWN:
Lāhainā, Maui
PRIMARY DUTY:
Apprentice Navigator
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
WORLDWIDE VOYAGE LEGS SAILED:
2017 Hawaiʻi Homecoming, 2017 Hikianalia: Hawaiʻi to Tahiti, Leg 20: Virginia to New York City, Leg 3: Tahiti to Sāmoa, 2014 Tahiti
Kalā Baybayan grew up playing around voyaging canoes with her siblings and watched as her father, Pwo navigator and captain Kālepa Baybayan, left for and arrived from voyages. She learned sailing and navigation from her dad and other mentors in PVS. On her home island of Maui, she is an educator and apprentice navigators with Hui o Wa'a Kaulua, Maui's Voyaging Society. She teaches kids the star compass and the history of voyaging and dreams of being able to train them on the voyaging canoe Mo'okiha o Pi'ilani.
Though she has participated in several inter-island sails, crewing on Hikianalia from Hawai'i to Tahiti was her first long distance voyage. She relished the opportunity to sight land, to experience islands rising from the sea.
Though she has participated in several inter-island sails, crewing on Hikianalia from Hawai'i to Tahiti was her first long distance voyage. She relished the opportunity to sight land, to experience islands rising from the sea.
