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Chaminade University Student Shares About Her Recent Expeditions At Sea
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volunteer to care for the dry- docked canoes.
Navigation was a daunting thing for me, but I realized through a lot of studying and dedication — as well as help from my mentors — it would be achievable.
“I wanted to be involved,” says Lee. “This time gave me an opportunity to restart my relationship with the wa‘a. I became more com- fortable in the ocean, being able to do short sails.
has been used to train nav- igators for decades. Sailing the Hōkūleʻa more than 160 nautical miles along with four other novice navigators, she successful- ly sighted Nihoa through careful calculations of the sun, stars and swells.
again helped to navigate Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia on their return voyages from Tahiti to O‘ahu, arriving back in mid-June.
After her return to O‘ahu, Lee continued her studies at Chaminade while also fur- thering her navigation skills.
“Once we passed the equator, we had an ‘awa cer- emony where we dropped pōhaku (stones) to honor
“Voyaging is not about me, but it’s about our com-
“As I look towards be- coming an environmental
This past May, Lee
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“The teachers saw I was capable and asked how I wanted to be involved in the next voyage,” Lee continues. “Navigation was a daunting thing for me, but I realized through a lot of studying and dedication — as well as help from my mentors — it would be achievable.”
“During the Tahiti voy- age, I sailed on the Hikiana- lia,” explains Lee. “My re- sponsibility was to estimate latitude through constantly checking speed, wind direc- tion, sun rising and setting, and star location.”
Chaminade University student navigator Lucy Lee, who will graduate next spring, looks forward to becoming an environmental lawyer. PHOTO COURTESY LUCY LEE
Lee poses with seasoned navigator Nainoa Thompson upon returning home from a Tahiti-to-Hawai‘i voyage on Hikianalia. PHOTO COURTESY JORDAN FONG
lawyer after graduating from Chaminade in spring 2023, I seek to preserve the environment that has been entrusted to us — to make sure that it will be there for future generations after us,” Lee concludes.
In summer 2021, Lee embarked on the Pap- ahānaumokuākea voyage in a quest to find the less than half-mile long island of Nihoa — a voyage that
“Finding Nihoa proved we had prepared ourselves well,” Lee explains.
those we were sailing for,” Lee recollects. “While I am out on the water, I am always thinking about the friends, family and teachers who have nurtured me.
munity,” Lee continues. “During voyages, all dif- ferent types of people with different skills come to- gether to reach a common destination.
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