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The Voyage of Rediscovery:
1985-87
Photo Below: Nga Toki
Matawhaorua, a Maori Canoe Greets
Hokule'a, 1985
 Replicating a legendary voyage from Hawai'i to Tahiti and back in 1980
awakened in those who sailed Hokule'a a desire to sail to other
ancestral homelands
of Polynesia and reconnect the family of the Pacific. From 1985 to 1987,
Hokule'a carried out the Voyage of Rediscovery to
Aotearoa (New Zealand) and back, with stops in Tonga, Samoa, the Cook
Islands, Tahiti,
and the Tuamotus. The purpose was to take the canoe to the peoples
of Polynesia who share a common ancestry and to reawaken
pride in their common traditions of navigation and voyaging. During this
voyage, Hokule'a
retraced ancestral migration routes
while continuing to answer
questions of scientific interest about how
Polynesia was settled in ancient times.
Crew Lists
Hawai'i - Tahiti (July 10,
1985 - Aug. 11, 1985): Navigator: Nainoa Thompson; Captain: Shorty Bertelmann; Crew:
Clay Bertelmann, Dennis Chun, Richard
Tai Crouch, Harry Ho, Dr. Larry Magnussen, Buddy McGuire, Mau Piailug, Thomas
Reity, James Shizuru, Tava Taupu
Tahiti - Cook Islands
(Aug.
30 1985 - Sept. 14, 1985)--Navigator: Nainoa Thompson; Captain:
Gordon Pi`ianai`a; Crew: Dr. Patrick Aiu, Snake
Ah Hee, Chad Baybayan, John Kruse, Vic Lipman, Mel Paoa, Mau Piailug, Abraham
Pi`ianai`a, Chad Pi`ianai`a, Michael Tongg, Andrew Tutai (Cook Islands),
Peter Sepelalur, Leon Sterllng, Cliff Watson, Bob Krauss, journalist, was
a crew member from Tahiti to Raiatea
Cook Islands - Aotearoa (New Zealand)
(Nov. 21, 1985 - Dec. 7, 1985): Navigator: Nainoa Thompson; Captain: Shorty
Bertelmann; Crew: Dr. Patrick Aiu, Chad Baybayan, Bruce Blankenfeld, Stanley
Conrad (New Zealand), Dr. Ben Finney, Harry Ho, Buddy McGuire, Billy Richards,
James Shizuru, Leon Sterling, Tava Taupu, Michael Tongg
Aotearoa - Tonga
(May 1, 1986
- May 11, 1986): Navigator:
Nainoa Thompson; Captain: Leon Sterling; Crew: Snake Ah Hee, Dr. Patrick
Aiu, Carlos Andrade, Chad Baybayan,
Philip Ikeda, John Keolanui, Kimo Lyman, Mau Piailug, Scott Sullivan, Michael
Tongg, Sione Ula (Tonga)
Tonga to American Samoa
(May
23, 1986 - May 25, 1986): Navigator: Nainoa Thompson; Captain: Leon Sterling; Crew:
Dr. Patrick Aiu, Carlos Andrade, Gil Ane, Gail Armstrong, Chad Baybayan,
Hector Busby (New Zealand), Philip Ikeda, Sam Ka`ai, John Keolanui, Kimo
Lyman, Mau Piailug, Scott Sullivan, Jo Anne Sterling, Sione Taupeamuhu (Tonga),
Michael Tongg, Sione Uaine Ula (Tonga)
American Samoa to the Cook Islands
(July 7, 1986 - July 16, 1986): Navigator: Nainoa Thompson; Captain: Shorty
Bertelmann; Crew:
Clay Bertelmann, Harry Ho, Pauahi Ioane, Bernard Kilonsky, Ben Lindsey,
Mel Paoa, Mau Piailug, Tua Pittman (Cook Islands), Tava Taupu
Cook Islands to Tahiti (Aug.
12, 1986 - Aug. 21, 1986): Navigator and Captain: Nainoa Thompson; Crew:
Dr. Patrick Aiu, Snake Ah Hee, Chad Baybayan, Bruce Blankenfeld,
Wallace Froiseth, Harry Ho, Glen Oshiro, Mau Piailug, Richard Rhodes, Michael
Tongg, Aaron Young
Tautira, Tahiti -
Pape'ete, Tahiti
(One-day sail, Mar. 27, 1987): Navigator: Nainoa Thompson; Captain: Chad Baybayan; Crew:
Wallace Froiseth, Harry Ho, Kilo Kaina, Michele Kapana, Will Kyselka, Russell Mau, Abraham
Pi`ianai`a, Tutaha
Salmon (Tahiti), Cary Sneider, Tava Taupu, Michael Tongg, Aaron Young
Tahiti - Rangiroa
(April 2, 1987 - April 4, 1987): Navigator: Nainoa Thompson; Captain: Chad
Baybayan; Crew:
Clay Bertelmann, Wallace Froiseth, Rey Jonsson, Sol Kahoohalahala, Will Kyselka, Charles Larson, Mel
Paoa, Cary Sneider, Tava Taupu, Michael Tongg,
Cliff Watson, Dr. Nathan Wong, Elisa Yadao, Aaron Young
Rangiroa - Hawai'i (April
24, 1987 to May 21, 1987 Hilo; May 23,1987, Kualoa): Navigator: Nainoa Thompson; Captain: Shorty
Bertelmann; Crew:
Snake Ah Hee, Dr. Patrick Aiu, Chad Baybayan, Bruce Blankenfeld, Stanley
Conrad (New Zealand), Eni Hunkin (Samoa), Tua Pittman (Cook Islands), Dixon
Stroup, Puaniho Tauotaha (Tahiti), Sione Taupeamuhu (Tonga), Tava Taupu,
Michael Tongg, Cliff Watson, Elisa Yadao
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