Heavy surf and high winds broke nine vessels away from their off-shore moorings on Maui and Molokaʻi. In Lahaina six boats ended up on rocks.

Under a new revocable permit, Diamond Parking Services, will assign the approximately 35 parking stalls at Lahaina Small Boat Harbor to tenants by permit...

State Rep. Angus McKelvey says maintenance dredging of Lahaina Harbor has been approved and is moving forward with expected completion by the end of the year.

The scope of the project was reduced to address public comments and includes the elimination of original plans to widen the harbor basin through dredging and a reduction in the width of the new interisland ferry pier.

A salvage operation to remove a 35-foot sailboat from the reef outside the Lahaina Small Boat Harbor was completed on Monday.

Surfers and boaters are asked to stay clear of the removal operation that begins tomorrow. Parker Marine will secure heavy lines to the vessel and its mast, and by afternoon begin pulling them in with a winch to the nearby Kamehameha Iki beach park.

An insurance company was on scene yesterday trying to stabilize the vessel with lines. The Molokai Ferry reportedly offered to assist in efforts to pull the vessel free during high tide.

State Senator Roz Baker, Representative Angus McKelvey, and the State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation will host the meeting, set for 2 p.m. at the Pioneer Inn Courtyard in Lahaina.

By Wendy Osher Several West Maui projects will be the focus of tonight’s (Wednesday, January 27, 2010) meeting of the Governor’s council of neighbor island advisors for Maui. A county engineer will give an informational presentation on the Lahaina Watershed Flood Control project, DLNR managers will present an update on projects at the Lahaina Small... Read more »

By Wendy OSHER © 2009 Photo of Lahaina Lighthouse by Wendy Osher Graphic image of Recreational Renaissance courtesy: Hawaii DLNR A list of 39 Maui County projects including long awaited repairs of the small boat ramp at Maliko Gulch, are included in a $240 million Recreational Renaissance Plan unveiled by the state today. The Maui... Read more »