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Kona, Hawaii

September also found me in Kona to help verify the builder's work and workmanship on the 65' x 35' Teralani 3 daycharter catamaran. This KHSD catamaran had a few unauthorized revisions to the plans that had to be sorted out.



I did get to meet the very impressive crew there. They were, Gary Hoover, the delivery skipper who drove T3 to Hawaii, Jeff, the everyday charter boat driver, and of course Jan, the owner of T3.

While there at Honakahou harbor, I got to visit the first KHSD charter cat ever built, the Kamanu.

I had the pleasure of meeting the skipper, Capt. Jay O'Bannon, while there.



That cylinder molded 36' x 24' daycharter cat is reported to be the first daycharter catamaran ever to be certified by MSC in Washington DC.

Next year she will have been operating continuously for 20 years.

While we were running Teralani 3 out for sea trials, I got an unexpected surprise. The sister ship to Bob Kukowski's 34' x 14' power cat sped by. Both were built by Force Marine of Hilo. This boat did not have a name on it, but it was packed with people and dive gear. I understand there is a third one that I did not see.

The impressive thing was though she was speeding along at maybe 20 knots, there was no divergent wave at all the transom turbulence minimal, probably less than 6". It makes the boat a very friendly neighbor.



It is also a very economical powercat. I understand that Bob's boat only drinks 3 gallons of diesel per hour at 20 knots. The hulls are basically 36' sailing charter cat hulls with a splash flare.