Field Trip & Sailing Requirements
Our dream is to have haumana from Punahou and the wider community sailing on Kamaola and perpetuating the traditions and lessons from Hawaiian Navigators. There are requirements to be met for Course students and Club members to sail on Kamaola.
Note: When students are aboard a lifeguard will be present at all times on Kamaola as well as an escort boat is nearby.
Required Forms: 2021-2022 Voyaging Course & Club
Guided by Punahou School's Off-Campus Field Trip Policies and Procedures and a partnership with Honolulu Community College Marine Education & Training Center, we are committed to safe and meaningful experiences for all students, faculty, staff and volunteers. Please review the forms and requirements listed below and contact any of the Faculty for questions or clarifications.
Knots, Oli, Mo'olelo and Swimming
It is required for students to demonstrate the following skills prior to the field trip:
Figure 8
Bowline
Square knot
Round turn and 2 half hitches
Clove hitch
E Hō Mai
Eia ka punahou
Lei Mānoa
Oli Mahalo
Hōkūle’a founders
Pāpā Mau
Ka’au McKenney
Kamaola
One of their choice
Passed Lifetime Fitness or an equivalent swim test, if they are to sail on the waʻa. Students who choose
not to sail or have not passed an equivalent swim test, activities may be substituted.
