03/03/23 – SALVAGE OF GROUNDED LUXURY YACHT SET TO RESUME THIS WEEKEND

Posted on Mar 3, 2023 in News Releases, slider JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  March 3, 2023 To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/802956139 (HONOLULU) – Weather and ocean conditions allowing, salvage efforts to free the grounded yacht Nakoa from the near-shore reef on the edge of Honalua Bay will resume sometime this weekend. DLNR Chair Dawn Chang said, “We continue to face a challenging set of circumstances with this salvage operation, and we have found it difficult to find qualified industry partners willing to do this work. We truly appreciate the efforts of Visionary Marine LLC and Sause Brothers Inc., both out of Honolulu, for their willingness to help us with this very complicated job.” The vessel has been hard-aground in very shallow water just outside the Honolua- Mokulē‘ia Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD) in west Maui, since Monday, Feb. 20. The 94-foot, 120-ton yacht grounded after apparently slipping loose from a mooring in the bay. Two earlier salvage attempts were not successful, when rigging attached to the Nakoa did not prove strong enough and failed. The salvage ship Kahi and the tractor tug Mary Catherine plan to
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