Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 2, 1 February 2004 — Clayton Norman Bertelmann 1946-2004 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Clayton Norman Bertelmann 1946-2004

He was a big man with a big heart. Navigator, eanoe builder, educator, mentor, friend and family man, Clayton

Bertelmann had a big hand in the development of modern-day open oeean voyaging. He served as a crew member and captain of Hōkūle'a, and later led the Hawai'i island canoe-building organization Nā Kālai Wa'a in the construction of the Makali'i voyaging eanoe. One of the most significant undertakings of Bertelmann and the Makali'i 'ohana was the 1999 voyage from Hawai'i to Satawal in Micronesia, home of master navigator Mau Piailug. Honoring Piailug's mammoth contributions to the art of traditional celestial See BERTELMANN on page 18

BERTELMANN from page 5 navigation, Bertelmann and a crew of young Hawaiian men and women sailed Pialug to Satawal in a historic and symbolic gesture of aloha and mahalo. Days before Bertelmann's passing, Piailug, on a visit back to Hawai'i, spent time with his ailing friend. Under Bertelmann's watchful eye and skillful direction, more than 4,000 Hawai'i island school

children have benefited from the Makali'i as a "floating classroom" where valuable life lessons were learned. Bertelmann also served as cultural programs director at Ka'ūpūlehu Makai in Kona. The Makali'i voyaging eanoe will continue the legacy of Clay Bertelmann through cultural education of Hawai'i's youth. He will be greatly missed by many, from the rising sun at Ha'eha'e to its setting at Lehua. Aloha nō ... ■