"I would like to take this time to congratulate Mark Logan and the crew of Puanani. He started and finished every race from Kaneohe to Ko Olina, to Waikiki and on the way back had to drop out. This is where the story of congratulations begins. Kaneohe Yacht Club boat started off the Ala Wai with the wonderful help of the Hawaii Yacht Club Race Committee on the Yacht Prima Donna. All was fine; every one was sailing along beautifully. At one point aboard Desperado one of the crew looked up and saw four or five colored inflated sticks floating vertically about a mile and half off Kokohead. With further investigation the crew of Desperado realized that they were divers in distress and caught in ripping current and heading to Kauai. Desperado tried to hail the Coast Guard on the radio with no luck, but they were able to raise what they thought was the dive boat. The person on the other end of the radio said, “Roger, we will investigate. Thank you very much.” So Desperado went on its merry way and headed to homeport. Later, we discovered Mark Logan and the crew on Puunani saw the same divers and dropped out of the race to help them. Once they turned around and picked up one of the divers, they figured out that the dive boat was way off course and down by Diamond Head. Mark returned the one retrieved diver to the dive boat. Then the dive boat was able to go get the other divers and bring them home to safety. If not for Mark Logan and the wonderful crew of the Puunani, who knows what would have happened to those divers? Please, when you get a chance thank Mark and shake his hand; he deserves it for his efforts."
-from the May issue of the Kaneohe Yacht Club newsletter.
-from the May issue of the Kaneohe Yacht Club newsletter.