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Storm Damages Canoes and Beach at Kihei Canoe Club Last night’s storm wrecked havoc at Ka Lae Pohaku Beach, home of Kihei Canoe Club. The heavy rain and winds combined with unexpectedly high surf and a high tide to cause extensive damage at the club site. The nearby river overran its retaining walls and spilled down South Kihei Road adding momentum to the forces of nature. The beach eroded under the club’s line of canoes, causing the front ends to pitch down at steep angles. The high surf, filled with debris from the river runoff, caused the canoes to smash against each other. One of the club’s newest canoes, the Lele Mama, was swept out to sea, only to be violently returned as a battering ram in the pounding surf. Another of our canoes, Hoku wela wela is missing and presumed lost. Emergency calls and tweets went out starting at 4am and the club’s members rushed to the beach to salvage and protect what they could. “Our canoes are the most precious resource of our club, they are like family members” says Casey Logsdon, Vice President of Kihei Canoe Club and Head Coach for Baldwin High School’s Paddling team. “The losses we sustained last night will take a long time to overcome. Both Maui High and Baldwin practice from this beach, and we are right in the middle of the High School paddling season. The beach in it’s current state is dangerous and unusable. We lost several canoes to damage, and more amas and the iako’s that lash them together. It’s going to be very difficult to find the resources to keep the kids on the water for the rest of the season.” The run down on the canoe damages is: Rockets - Hoku Wela Wela lost, Helu Ekahi and Kaohelo badly damaged Malias (used in double hulls) - Pakalana and Miki Ala badly damaged, Pulelehua moderately damaged Bradley Encore - Hoku Ao moderate damage Mirages - Lelemama severely damaged and possibly unrepairable Amas - 2 missing, 1 broken in half, 1 broken nearly in half Iakos - 2 missing, 2 broken Fortunately, we did not have significant damage to our Force Five, Bradley Racers, Strikers, Lightnings or light weight Malia hulls. Pictures are already appearing on the club's Facebook group page which show missing manus, smashed manus, cracks, broken tail and noses, broken seats, etc. We post more as we get them. Kihei Canoe Club is asking our members to help raise money to begin the restoration of these beautiful va`as. We have created a Donation button on our website which you can use to make a donation to help. Any amount you can spare will be appreciated. Mahalo in advance for your help!!! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm. That link only takes me to my gmail inbox... > > -p > > > On 1/4/2015 9:05 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> I may not be doing as much ocean canoeing as I had planned: >> >> https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en-GB&shva=1#inbox/14ab39e0e7135517 >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 4 Jan 2015, at 05:11, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> [...] >>>> >>>> >>>> I have given thought to making a film about training and racing but it'd >>>> be well beyond my skill and budget to produce to my satisfaction. >>>> >>> >>> "All you need to make a good film is a girl and a gun" >>> >>> --- Jean-Luc Godard >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
