Cast Detail: Colin Philp

Colin Philp is the son of an Australian naval architect and his mother is of Tongan and Fijian descent from the Lau Group of islands, the epicenter of voyaging canoe-building heritage. An avid sailor and outrigger paddler, who has represented Fiji in Olympic Yachting, he is the co-founder of the Fiji Islands Voyaging Society (now the Uto ni Yalo Trust) that led the Fiji revival in traditional navigation and voyaging in 2009. Philp is passionate about ocean conservation and assisting island communities.

Colin Philp is the son of an Australian naval architect and his mother is of Tongan and Fijian descent from the Lau Group of islands, the epicenter of voyaging canoe-building heritage. An avid sailor and outrigger paddler, who has represented Fiji in Olympic Yachting, he is the co-founder of the Fiji Islands Voyaging Society (now the Uto ni Yalo Trust) that led the Fiji revival in traditional navigation and voyaging in 2009. Philp is passionate about ocean conservation and assisting island communities.