Fifteen Boat Groundings in Maui Nui Over the Past Year b97hawaii.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from b97hawaii.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A series of powerful storms in 2023 and the first part of 2024 contributed to a higher than usual number of boat groundings in Maui, according to state officials. Today, DOBOR awarded a $841,820 contract to Sea Engineering, Inc., to salvage the former Navy torpedo boat, Chaparral. It currently rests in sand, next to a seawall in North Kīhei.
MĀ‘ALAEA SMALL BOAT HARBOR A series of powerful storms in 2023 and the first part of 2024 contributed to a higher than usual number of boat groundings in M
At its upcoming meeting on Jan. 26, 2024, the Board of Land and Natural Resources will consider enforcement action against the owners of the vessel Nakoa, which, in February 2023, grounded outside the Honolua-Mokulēʻia Bay Marine Life Conservation District. In the incident, 119 specimens of stony coral and 1640.5 square meters of live rock were damaged.