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HOThe next generation. A family legacy of voyaging.
A second-generation voyager, watch captain, and navigator aboard Hikianalia, Kalā Baybayan-Tanaka sailed the very path voyages by her late father, Pwo Navigator Chad Kālepa Baybayan. Kālepa’s first voyage on Hōkūle’a was in 1980 and he sailed many after, including this same leg to Aotearoa during the 1985 Voyage of Rediscovery and again in 2014 for the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage.
A key captain and navigator for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Kālepa helped lay the foundation for the generations of voyagers who sail today.
Now, from father to daughter, that ʻike continues as the Leg 15 crew successfully pulled Aotearoa from the sea on November 6th, 2025.
Watch Kalā’s full story at the link in our bio and on our YouTube channel.
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