The crew of ±á¨°ì¨±±ô±ðʻ²¹ has reached the climax of the most ambitious leg—the final stop on the South African leg of her historic journey. South Africa marks the halfway point of the Worldwide Voyage and the furthest point from Â鶹´«Ã½ for ±á¨°ì¨±±ô±ðʻ²¹ and her crew. ±á¨°ì¨±±ô±ðʻ²¹ arrived into Cape Town on Thursday, November 12.
Three members of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ ʻohana are participating in the South Africa leg of the World Wide Voyage. They are Chad Kalepa Baybayan, navigator-in-residence for the at UH Hilo; Linda Furuto, associate professor of curriculum studies at UH Mānoa and Honolulu Community College Associate Professor and Director of Marine Maintenance and Repair Robert Perkins.
The ±á¨°ì¨±±ô±ðʻ²¹ and her crew are expected to spend one week in Cape Town. They will be joined by a 60 person delegation of Â鶹´«Ã½ educators, students and families. Together, they will support the Mālama Honua mission of the voyage by engaging with the local community through various activities to be held throughout the week including a ceremony of friendship, a service project at Table Mountain National Park, a cultural exchange and a surf session with The Surfer Kids, canoe tours, school visits and more.
The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ is an education partner in ±á¨°ì¨±±ô±ðʻ²¹’s Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. More than 50 University of Â鶹´«Ã½ faculty, staff and students from , , , , , , , Kauaʻi Community College and are actively participating in the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage.
—Story includes excerts from a Polynesian Voyaging Society news release