Justin Francis Self-Portrait

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Honolulu

We did an overnighter from Lahain, Maui and arrived off the coast of Honolulu around 7 am on June 15th. There has been a south swell hitting the islands for the last week and as a result some fantastic surf along the southern and eastern coasts of the Islands. Entering Ala Wai Harbour in Honolulu is the most dangerous thing we have done with Steady Beat. The surf was breaking on the reef on either side of the entrance bringing some fantastic rides to the surfers but a not so cool ride for us. I was watching for any breaking waves behind us as Justin surfed our 24,000 lbs into the harbour, it was SCARY.Below is a set of pictures of a boat leaving the harbour after we entered.







On the right side of the boat in the water you can see their life raft that was ripped off the deck.

With some quick thinking of some boater in dinghies this boat did not end up on the reef.

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