Annual Founders Event
10 . 26 . 22
WHO
The International SeaKeepers Society honors 2022 awardees and recognizes the DISCOVERY Yacht Fleet
An Evening Inspired by Voyagers and Navigators
WHAT
Presentation of the 2022 SeaKeeper of the Year Award to Nainoa Thompson
Presentation of the NextGen Award to Lehua Kamalu
WHEN
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
7:00 PM Cocktails & Silent Auction
8:00 PM Program & Banquet Service
WHERE
Private Waterfront Residence
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attire: Aloha Shirts & Ocean Cocktail
TICKETS
Ticket Package (10): $3,000
Single Tickets: $350
RSVP
All attendees will be required to be listed on the RSVP list with the purchase of tickets or tables for entry to the event.
2022 DISCOVERY YACHT FLEET
Aqua Blu • Best Shot • Calliope II • Consort • Diversion • Dulcibella • E Cruz • Gracie Hanging By A String • Jillian Glenn • Magic Moment • Oil Spill Response USA Inc. Oro • Peeling 20's • River Queen • Santosha • Sauerkraut • Statsraad Lehmkuhl Surface Interval • Swift of Southampton
Event Details
Event information
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2022 SeaKeeper of the Year, Nainoa Thompson
Explorer, navigator, cultural revivalist, educator, and storyteller: Nainoa Thompson has led the rediscovery and revival of the ancient Polynesian art of navigation. Through his voyaging, teaching, and engagement, he has opened a global, multi-generational dialogue on the importance of sustaining ocean resources and maritime heritage. To learn more, click here.
2022 NexGen Awardee, Lehua Kamalu
Lehua Kamalu is a captain, navigator, and the Voyaging Director at the Polynesian Voyaging Society, a non-profit and educational organization supporting the ongoing voyages of the double-hulled canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia, and dedicated to perpetuating the practice of traditional Polynesian voyaging and non-instrument navigation, where wayfinders find their way across hundreds of miles of open ocean with thousands of minute observations of stars, moon, waves, clouds, and sea birds, not with compasses or GPS or any other instruments. As Lehua/Kamalu says, “The navigator is the instrument.”
EVENT STEERING COMMITTEE
Patty Elkus, Event Chair
Dr. Sylvia A. Earle, SeaKeeper of the Year 1997
Erin Ackor • Ann Avery • Antonella Bertello • Wendy Benchley • Jill Bobrow Diane M. Byrne • Emily Callahan • Ximena Caminos • Joyce Clear • Mary Crowley Kristen Klein • Kitty McGowan • Hinano Murphy • Claudia Potamkin • Gill Rodrigues Victoria Rowland • Kris Sarri • Amber Sparks • Norma Trease Ambassador Olai Uludong • Charlotte Vick • Dawn Wright • Captain Sandy Yawn
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SPONSORS
Sustainability Sponsor
Travel Sponsor
DISCOVERY Sponsor
Science Sponsor
Photography Sponsor
Giftbag Sponsor
Gallery Sponsor
Throughout the year we have enjoyed the continual support of our Media Partners who have shared our stories with their constituents and created awareness about the opportunities to engage with SeaKeepers.
BOOK YOUR HOTEL STAY
Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 2022 has secured discounted rates at a selection of hotels with convenient locations.ear 1997
Bahia Mar
Fort Lauderdale Beach
Cambria Hotel
Fort Lauderdale Beach
Courtyard by Marriott
Fort Lauderdale Downtown