A sixteen meter motor yacht titled m/y Kuuipo ended aground in the North side of the Lahaina Boat Harbor Channel to the West of Maui, Hawaii Islands on the eight March. According to reports the yacht broke its swing mooring after strong winds on the day, with another boat also reported running loose. A salvage operation to refloat and remove the yacht was initiated on the eighteen March, with Kuuipo ending in further trouble as it ended under three meters close to the Hauola birthing Stone, with this action leading to the Department of Land and Division of Boating and Recreation confiscating the yacht.
Ultimately on the fifth of May the Division of Boating and Recreation ended cutting and scuttling Kuuipo in various pieces and removing it from the area.
M/y Kuuipo is a Vitech 59 as produced in the mid to late eighties. Vitech was a yacht builder founded in Taiwan in the mid to late eighties, with the company closing its doors in the noughties.
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