09-17-2007, 01:30 PM
Aloha Everyone,
Back in January we brought to you the first commercial boat charter to see active lava known to most as Lava Ocean Adventures www.lavaocean.com. Recently we replaced our 6 passenger vessel with a 34ft vessel rated for 24 passengers and plan on showing you PUNAs beautiful coastlines. Our plan is to opperate 2 tours out of Pohoiki during the hours of 9-3 generally on the days the cruise ships are in. The trips last 3hrs and consist of coastline touring to Volcanos park and back passing 3 of our beautiful black sand beaches. Each trip we will be at the ramp for 5-10 minutes while loading. This brings me to the current discussion going on among the locals, I hope to both inform you about our plan and to listen to your responses to make this area viable for all.
Current topic of discussion
Swimming in the boat ramp? Having swam here as a child I understnd that there is few places where children can enter the water, however this is a state boating facility. We would love to be able to continue sharing the ramp as long as it can be achieved in a safe matter. Also we would like to assist in providing a Trust that would be set aside for the developement of swimming facilities and harbor safety improvements.
On October 10th we are planning a meeting in Pahoa to further discuss this with the community.
Shane Turpin
Lava Ocean Adventures
Back in January we brought to you the first commercial boat charter to see active lava known to most as Lava Ocean Adventures www.lavaocean.com. Recently we replaced our 6 passenger vessel with a 34ft vessel rated for 24 passengers and plan on showing you PUNAs beautiful coastlines. Our plan is to opperate 2 tours out of Pohoiki during the hours of 9-3 generally on the days the cruise ships are in. The trips last 3hrs and consist of coastline touring to Volcanos park and back passing 3 of our beautiful black sand beaches. Each trip we will be at the ramp for 5-10 minutes while loading. This brings me to the current discussion going on among the locals, I hope to both inform you about our plan and to listen to your responses to make this area viable for all.
Current topic of discussion
Swimming in the boat ramp? Having swam here as a child I understnd that there is few places where children can enter the water, however this is a state boating facility. We would love to be able to continue sharing the ramp as long as it can be achieved in a safe matter. Also we would like to assist in providing a Trust that would be set aside for the developement of swimming facilities and harbor safety improvements.
On October 10th we are planning a meeting in Pahoa to further discuss this with the community.
Shane Turpin
Lava Ocean Adventures