Episode 4 - Captain Aunofo Havea

In this episode, Captain Morgan Dawicki interviews Captain Aunofo Havea, the first commercially licensed female Captain in the Kingdom of Tonga. She runs the company Vaka Moana, a swimming with the whales eco-tourism company in Tonga. She has experience sailing a traditional vaka all over the world and was captain of an all-female crew on a traditional vaka – something that had never been done before. The documentary, The Ocean Knows No Borders, released to the public for free this year on the Northeast Maritime YouTube channel, covers Aunofo’s ability to break the glass ceilings in the maritime industry and in her culture.

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Maritime Matters is the official podcast of the Northeast Maritime Institute - College of Maritime Science and was re-launched in April 2020. The podcast promotes dialogue through our shared connections to the sea. Featuring interviews with mariners, military personnel, entrepreneurs and maritime enthusiasts alike - Maritime Matters unveils the role the sea plays in all our lives and even if we don't work in the maritime industry specifically, the impact it makes.