Keani Reiner and her crewmate Penny Rawlins were the first women to sail on a long-open ocean voyage aboard Hōkūleʻa on the return trip from Tahiti to Hawai'i in 1976.

[1][2] She was also a part of the first all-girl crew to complete the Na Holo Kai Sailing Canoe Race from Oahu to Kauai in 1990.

[3][4][5] She sailed along with other crew members including Snake Ah Hee, Andy Espirito, Kawika Kapahulehua, Mel Kinney, Kainoa Lee, Kimo Lyman, Gordon Piʻianaiʻa, Leonard Puputauiki, Penny Rawlins, Nainoa Thompson, Makaʻala Yates and Dr. Ben Young.

[6][7] In a personal communication, her crewmate Penny Martin said, When the selection committee met to decide on potential crewmembers for the final cut, there was only one woman that was named, Keani.

The guys remembered me from Moloka'i and said that there was another woman and she would go.In 1990, Keani was a member of the first all-girl crew to complete the Na Holo Kai Sailing Canoe Race from Oahu to Kauai in 1990.