The Polynesian Voyaging Society Archives
Crew list
1999 Rapa Nui
Hawai‘i to Nukuhiva
June 15, 1999 departure
- Captain and Navigator: Bruce Blankenfeld
- Watch Captain: Dennis Chun (Kaua‘i)
- Watch Captain: Leon Sterling (Maui)
- Desmon Antone (Maui)
- Kekama Helm (Molokai)
- Atwood Makanani (Kaua‘i)
- Wallace Wong (Hawai'i)
- Apprentice navigator: Pi‘ikea Miller
- Watch Captain: Terry Hee (O'ahu)
- Russell Amimoto (O‘ahu)
- Darcy Attisani (Kaua‘i)
- Ka‘au McKenney (O‘ahu)
- Hau'oli Smith (O'ahu; Sausalito, CA
Nukuhiva to Mangareva
August 14, 1999 departure
- Captain Navigator: Chad Babayan (Hawai‘i)
- Apprentice Navigator: Catherine Fuller (O‘ahu)
- Watch Captain: Terry Hee (O‘ahu)
- Watch Captain: Tava Taupu (Nukuhiva / Hawai‘i)
- Tim Gilliom (Maui)
- Aeronwy Polo (Hawai‘i)
- Gary Suzuki (Lana‘i)
- Gary Yuen (O'ahu)
- Apprentice Navigator: Moana Doi (O‘ahu)
- Student Navigator: Aldon Kim (O‘ahu)
- Watch Captain: Mel Paoa (Molokai)
- Protocol Officer: Kaniela Akaka (Hawai‘i)
- Kealoha Hoe (O‘ahu)
- Mona Shintani (Ni‘ihau)
- Nalani Wilson (O‘ahu)
PVS Education Coordinator Dennis Kawaharada (O'ahu) and video cameraman Hugh Gentry joined the crew of Hokule'a for the Marquesas interisland sails.
Mangareva to Rapa Nui
mid-September 1999 departure
- Captain and Navigator: Nainoa Thompson
- Navigator: Bruce Blankenfeld
- Shantell Ching (O'ahu)
- Mel Paoa (Molokai)
- Tava Taupu (Nukuhiva/Hawai'i)
- Max Yarawamai (Micronesia/Hawai'i)
- Navigator: Chad Babayan
- Photographer and videographer: Sonny Ahuna (O'ahu)
- Terry Hee (O'ahu)
- Ben Tamura, M.D. (O'ahu)
- Mike Tongg (O'ahu)
- Aaron Young (O'ahu)
Rapa Nui to Tahiti
November 1999 departure
- Navigator: Bruce Blankenfeld
- Na'alehu Anthony (O'ahu)
- Blane Chong (O'ahu)
- Terry Hee (O'ahu
- Kawika Crivello (Molokai)
- Kimo Lyman (O'ahu)
- Kamaki Worthington (O'ahu)
- Captain: Wally Froiseth
- Bob Bee (O'ahu)
- Dennis Chun (Kaua'i)
- Nalani Kaneakua (Kaua'i)
- Kealoha Hoe (O'ahu)
- Kawai Warren (Kaua'i)
Tahiti to Hawai‘i
December 1999 departure
- Navigator: Nainoa Thompson
- Snake Ah Hee
- Pomaikalani Bertelmann
- Sam Low
- Kahualaulani Mick
- Kau‘i Pelekane
- Mike Tongg
- Kona Woolsey
- Navigator: Shantell Ching
- Chad Baybayan
- Bruce Blankenfeld
- Joey Mallot
- Ka‘iulani Murphy
- “Tava” Teikihe‘epo Taupu
- Dr. Patrice Ming-Lei Tim Sing
This is a list of names. Sources are the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the PVS Archives and other documents. No claim to accuracy is made.
