Ala Wai Harbor
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Trash-bergs
Ray Pendleton, Star-Bulletin Water Ways columnist,
calls this a "Trash-berg". He snapped this photo from the Waikiki Yacht Club.
Steered by tides, rains, and winds, the trash-bergs drift about the marina unhindered by human intervention. |
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Aerial of WYC Trash-berg
Photo by Ray Pendleton after a winter rain. The trash originates upstream in the
Ala Wai Canal watershed.
Trash-bergs "... made up of cut
logs, limbs and branches, and a wide variety of wood, plastic, rubber and foam
containers." writes Ray in his column
Trash-berg solutions are needed
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Welcome to Waikiki
As you walk across the bridge into Waikiki, you're greeted with this debris trap. The trap snags a tiny portion of the
debris that floats down the Ala Wai Canal and into the Ala Wai Harbor. |
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Mooring in soup
Only boat owners and the Sierra Club clean the harbor. The state bought a machine for the job, but it was too big. |
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Ala Wai "F" dock looking away from the harbor office.
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DOBOR removed the slips, actually some floated away. As of Mar 2004, there is no contract nor RFP to replace the docks. |
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"F" dock as seen from the X-dock that accesses "B", "C", & "D" docks.
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The boaters of "F" dock were moved to the designated transient slips on the 800 Row. Now, there is no room for transients. Welcome cruisers! |
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Danger banner on a condemned 700 Dock pier.
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The condemned piers of 700 dock looking towards the fuel dock.
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700 dock looking towards Diamond Head.
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This is one of "safe" piers on 700 dock.
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Look closely and you'll see the crumbling cap on the piling and re-bar drooping from the pier
to the water. |
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B, C, & D docks are deteriorating as well.
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This "D" finger has been abandoned. |
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| Scary. This sign warns boaters before entering the brand new (2002) "G" Dock.
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The problem of static electricity on the dock has not been solved. Watch those sparks. |
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Great Liveaboard - 25 footer!
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Part of the problem is that many who are "nested" in the Ala Wai with cheap rent and a waterfront Waikiki "condo" fight every attempt to correct the problem. I'm a long-time liveaboard myself, not at Ala Wai, and have nothing against liveaboards. But if the only purpose of the boat is as a
cheap place to live, then... |
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News
Dock Maintenance:
- 'F' Dock Razed, 37 other slips closed.
- Transient slips - closed to transients
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Contacts
Harbor Agent: Meghan Statts
1651 Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
Ph: (808) 973-9727 Fax: (808) 973-9739
E-mail: Ala.Wai.Harbor@hawaii.gov
O'ahu District Supervisor: Edward Underwood (Acting)
Division of Boating & Ocean Recreation
333 Queen Street, Room 300
Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813
Phone 808-587-1973 FAX 808-587-1977
Email: Ed.R.Underwood@hawaii.gov
12th Senatorial District
Hawaii State Capitol, Room 203
415 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
phone 808-586-7100 FAX 808-586-7109
e-mail:
sentrimble@Capitol.hawaii.gov
State Representative:
Galen
Fox
23rd Representative District
Hawaii State Capitol, Room 318
415 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
phone 808-586-8520 Fax 808-586-8524
e-mail:
repfox@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Ala Wai Harbor Activist: ---open --- email
WebSailor
with suggestions
Please send corrections, comments, additions to
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