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A look back at the adventures of Hokule‘a captain Chad Kalepa Baybayan

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COURTESY POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

Chad Kalepa Baybayan, Hokule‘a’s captain and master navigator, died Thursday at the age of 64. This courtesy undated photo shows Baybayan on a voyaging trip.
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COURTESY POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

Chad Kalepa Baybayan, Hokule‘a’s captain and master navigator, died Thursday at the age of 64. This courtesy undated photo shows Baybayan on a voyaging trip.
4/17
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COURTESY POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

Chad Kalepa Baybayan, Hokule‘a’s captain and master navigator, died Thursday at the age of 64. This courtesy undated photo shows Baybayan on a voyaging trip.
5/17
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COURTESY POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

Chad Kalepa Baybayan, Hokule‘a’s captain and master navigator, died Thursday at the age of 64. This courtesy undated photo shows Baybayan on a voyaging trip.
6/17
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COURTESY POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

Chad Kalepa Baybayan, Hokule‘a’s captain and master navigator, died Thursday at the age of 64. This courtesy undated photo shows Baybayan on a voyaging trip.
7/17
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COURTESY POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

Chad Kalepa Baybayan, Hokule‘a’s captain and master navigator, died Thursday at the age of 64. This courtesy undated photo shows Baybayan on a voyaging trip.
8/17
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COURTESY POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY

Chad Kalepa Baybayan, Hokule‘a’s captain and master navigator, died Thursday at the age of 64. This courtesy undated photo shows Baybayan talking to students.
9/17
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COURTESY LINDA LINGLE / 2007

Chad Baybayan, who served as captain of the Hokule'a during a portion of its voyage to Micronesia and Japan told Gov. Lingle of the historic journey at the voyaging canoe's final port in Yokahama.
10/17
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2011

A crowd listens to Chad Kalepa Baybayan, captain and navigator of Hokule‘a, explain the relationship of the bird model to the canoe. He died Thursday at the age of 64.
11/17
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2011

A crowd listens to Chad Kalepa Baybayan, captain and navigator of Hokule‘a. He died Thursday at the age of 64.
12/17
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2011

A crowd listens to Chad Kalepa Baybayan, captain and navigator of Hokule‘a, explain the relationship of the bird model to the canoe. He died Thursday at the age of 64.
13/17
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2011

A crowd listens to Chad Kalepa Baybayan, captain and navigator of Hokule‘a, explain the relationship of the bird model to the canoe. He died Thursday at the age of 64.
14/17
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2011

A crowd listens to Chad Kalepa Baybayan, captain and navigator of Hokule‘a, explain the relationship of the bird model to the canoe. He died Thursday at the age of 64.
15/17
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2014

Sue Ann Allison of Laupahoehoe, greets Hokule'a captain Chad Kalepa Baybayan with a maile lei a some Moringa Tea that she made for the crew. The Hokule'a arrived to the Port of Hilo early Tuesday morning.
16/17
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2014

Gary Yuen, center, shares sashimi and coleslaw with master navigator Chad Kalepa Baybayan with food prepared by Haunani Kane, left, and Ana Yarawamai, right, while training with Yuen to prepare for a voyage on the Hokule'a, docked at the Marine Education Training Center at Sand Island on Thursday, April 24.
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2014

From left to right, Nainoa Thompson, Bruce Blankenfield, Kalepa Baybayan, Tua Pittman, Jacko Thatcher, Peia Patai, Chadd Paishon and Shorty Bertelmann participate in a question and answer session after the showing of 1983 documentary film "The Wayfinders: Pathfinders of the Pacific" at The Palace Theater in Hilo on Friday evening.

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