Apr. 10—For master navigator Chad Kalepa Baybayan, there is a special seat among traditional navigators. He was one of 10 non-Micronesians inducted into Pwo, a 2, 000-year-old society of deep-sea ...

Apr. 10—Master Navigator Chad Kalepa Baybayan, part of the Hawaiian renaissance of Polynesian voyaging since 1975, died suddenly Thursday in Seattle. He was 64. Baybayan was one of only five Hawaiians ...

Chad Kalepa Baybayan, master (pwo) navigator and a captain of the Hokule‘a, died late Thursday night Hawaii time while visiting family in Seattle. He was a crew member of the Hokule‘a since 1975, when ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ceremonies to honor the people involved in the first 50 years of Hōkūleʻa turned into a gathering under the stars, which was entirely fitting. That’s because the stars are ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — One of the pioneers behind the Hōkūleʻa has died. Chad “Kālepa” Baybayan joined the crew of the Hōkūleʻa in 1975 when he was just 19 years old. Baybayan became a master navigator ...

Hokule‘a made a stop outside Keauhou Bay Sunday to receive the ashes of the late Chad Kalepa Baybayan to join the crew on its first major training voyage since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. A small ...

Larry Raigetal, a master navigator from Lamotrek, Yap, is scheduled to lead a special six-week course on traditional seafaring navigation and climate change, starting Monday, at the University of Guam ...

LOS ANGELES, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emmy-winning actor, Latin Grammy nominated artist, and international screen star Carlos Ponce has joined the animated children’s series MariVi the Master ...

For master navigator Chad Kalepa Baybayan, there is a special seat among traditional navigators. He was one of 10 non-Micronesians inducted into Pwo, a 2,000- year-old society of deep-sea navigators, ...

Master Navigator Chad Kalepa Baybayan, part of the Hawaiian renaissance of Polynesian voyaging since 1975, died suddenly Thursday in Seattle. He was 64. Baybayan was one of only five Hawaiians along ...