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An Oahu man recently had come into an inheritance and used almost all of that money to buy a sailboat for cash, but ran out of funds to insure it. On Halloween night 2004 the boat’s owner sailed to the island of Maui and dropped anchor in water too shallow for the windy conditions, so he could attend the Halloween celebration in Lahaina, Maui's version of Mardi Gras. During the night, there was a south swell and the 30-foot, steel-hulled Dolphin sailboat ran aground and was carried onto the reef where it sits today.
At the time the boat ran aground it was estimated it would cost as little as $18,000 to remove it. The Honolulu boat’s owner has apparently “fallen off the face of the earth", and he cannot be held liable for the removal costs, as a 2006 state law requiring boat owners to tow away grounded boats postdates the Dolphin mishap.
The Dolphin has become a joke to some, an eyesore to others and a treat to many tourists. Now the 22 ton hulk rests on sand in just 6-feet of water at medium tide. It is situated inshore of a delicate reef and roughly 100 yards offshore from the Historic Lahaina Store at 744 Front St. It is a complete marine habitat under the waterline, filled with more fish and sea life than an aquarium in a fancy restaurant. The sailboat sits, the hull is rusting away but not polluting the water or threatening the environment, according to local watermen.
A local man has made a killing selling T-shirts with an illustration of the boat and the caption, "I got wrecked in Lahaina”.
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