CREWMEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Kaʻiulani Murphy
Crew Profile: Kaʻiulani Murphy
PVS Member Since 1997
HOMETOWN:
Honolulu, Hawaii
PRIMARY DUTY:
Watch Captain
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
Navigation student
WORLDWIDE VOYAGE LEGS SAILED:
2017 Hawaiʻi Homecoming, Leg 21: New York to Maine, Leg 5: Samoa to Aotearoa, 2014 Tahiti
Kaʻiulani Murphy graduated high school from Kamehameha in 96 and then from UHM in 2001 with a degree in Hawaiian Studies.
She is a PVS Education Specialist and an Instructor at Honolulu Community College where she teaches Hawaiian Studies – Voyaging. She is not married or has any children.
She found the Polynesian Voyaging Society in 1997 in her Fall semester when she enrolled in Hawaiian Studies Voyaging class in college. She was asked to help dry dock and when Hōkūleʻa was taken out for sea trials to Molokai she got to sail. When she didn’t get sick, after majority of the class did, she applied for a job with PVS and started working the summer of 2008.
She is looking most forward to reconnecting with her ʻOhana in the Pacific and strengthening old relationships and building new ones.
She is a PVS Education Specialist and an Instructor at Honolulu Community College where she teaches Hawaiian Studies – Voyaging. She is not married or has any children.
She found the Polynesian Voyaging Society in 1997 in her Fall semester when she enrolled in Hawaiian Studies Voyaging class in college. She was asked to help dry dock and when Hōkūleʻa was taken out for sea trials to Molokai she got to sail. When she didn’t get sick, after majority of the class did, she applied for a job with PVS and started working the summer of 2008.
She is looking most forward to reconnecting with her ʻOhana in the Pacific and strengthening old relationships and building new ones.
Kaʻiulani Murphy: Related Posts
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Tahiti Departure Update
Hōkūleʻa navigator Kaʻiulani Murphy discusses how the winds today are less than ideal for crewmembers to depart from Tahiti. -
Navigation Update | November 5, 2014
Navigator Ka'iulani Murphy recaps recent days voyaging near Rangitahua as the wa'a continue onto Aotearoa. -
Ask the Crew | Kaʻiulani Murphy: What happens if something breaks?
Navigator Kaʻiulani Murphy answers a question from Maila at the University Lab School in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. -
Ask the Crew | Kaʻiulani Murphy: What is the line between modern and traditional navigation?
Navigator Kaʻiulani Murphy answers a question from Shawna at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas -
Update | October 23, 2014
Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrive in Tongatapu in the Kingdom of Tonga. -
Update | October 9, 2014
Navigator Kaʻiulani Murphy has an update as the wa'a prepare in Pago Pago, American Samoa. -
Crew Profile: Kaʻiulani Murphy
From Waimea, Hawaiʻi, Kaʻiulani Murphy continues the long legacy of ancient navigation passed down from her teachers. -
Into the Deep
For several young crew members, this leg to Tahiti is the first time they will sail out of sight of land and into the deep ocean. -
Ask the Crew | Kaʻiulani Murphy: How do you know when you are at the equator?
Namen from Waimea Middle School, Kamuela, wants to know how crewmembers know when they are exactly between both hemispheres. -
Ask the Crew | Kaʻiulani Murphy: How many miles do you travel per day?
Calie at Punahou School asks how far voyagers usually go per day during the Mālam Honua Worldwide voyage. -
Ask the Crew | Do you change navigators for each leg?
Keola who is in kindergarten at Punahou School, asks about swapping out navigators. -
Ask the Crew | Kaʻiulani Murphy: How does the moon phase affect the sail plan?
Holly from Holy Nativity School 5th grade, Honolulu, asks if navigators consider the phase of the moon when planning to sail.
