A week after a small sailboat ran aground just offshore near the Kahala Hotel, it has apparently been removed.
After a day in shallow water, the tide washed the boat up on to the sand in front of the 2nd green at the Waialae country Club. It’s been bouncing around there since last Wednesday.
But this morning it was gone, all except for the aluminum mast and remnants of a sail, washing in the waves of this morning’s King Tide.
That seems like pretty speedy procurement by the state land department for the salvage operation.
Only the mast remains
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Wouldn’t be surprised if rogue salvaging took place. That mast and boom doe not appear to be bent and has salvage value. My guess is that it requires special transport and was left behind because of that.
I also wouldn’t doubt the “rogue” approach.
They really need to remove that big boat wrecked on the reef at Kaimana Beach. So worried for the sea life, especially the monk seals that frequent that beachfront, Rocky (I believe she has not been sighted in weeks) and Kaiwi.
The “former” Pacific Paradise off Kaimana Beach is now a shipwreck. It is listing quite a bit to starboard and the bow is underwater. Hence waves wash through the boat at all times. This makes for a very difficult salvage operation. As a Kaimana Beach swimmer, I observed that the bow is lodged against the reef and the ship is sitting in a hole. Hence the hull must be floated in order to pull it forward. So a bevy of experts are studying the situation and will come up with a plan to attach inflatable pontoons underwater, fill them up and enable the ship to float. Also the ship will have to be drained of sea water. It’s a mess and will take time to accomplish. In the meantime it continues to leak fuel from one of its tanks.