03-29-2013, 03:29 AM
I wouldn't recommend the Lavakai. Capt. Shane is greedy and anti-aloha. The Lavakai is too big to maneuver safely in small Isaak hale boat harbor and his answer is to ban ramp use by surfers and swimmers. Until there is a separate facility in Lower Puna for people to access the water they are going to have to share. To ban swimmers and surfers is impractical and unenforceable.
I have personally watched him approach unstable ocean entry sites in a way that endangers his customers and violates marine safety law. While truly spectacular, his actions are a serious, potentially fatal, accident waiting to happen.
Of course people think it's marvelous to be a few feet from the Lava entry; but they don't realize the potential danger in which they are being placed by this person's greed and ego; All the while assuming that they are safe. Shane has actually scooped up floating lava from his boat to demonstrate, what? His bravery? How many gallons of fuel on board?
There's never been a bench collapse? Superheated wave and steam explosions? Engine or other mechanical failures on a "lee shore"? (That's where a disabled boat is going to go where the wind pushes it; in Puna Makai it's predominantly onto the rocks/Lava).
So I would agree that Captain Shane is the fastest, and probably the most exciting, but I wouldn't call him the best; Endangering unsuspecting visitors for profit isn't Pono.
I have personally watched him approach unstable ocean entry sites in a way that endangers his customers and violates marine safety law. While truly spectacular, his actions are a serious, potentially fatal, accident waiting to happen.
Of course people think it's marvelous to be a few feet from the Lava entry; but they don't realize the potential danger in which they are being placed by this person's greed and ego; All the while assuming that they are safe. Shane has actually scooped up floating lava from his boat to demonstrate, what? His bravery? How many gallons of fuel on board?
There's never been a bench collapse? Superheated wave and steam explosions? Engine or other mechanical failures on a "lee shore"? (That's where a disabled boat is going to go where the wind pushes it; in Puna Makai it's predominantly onto the rocks/Lava).
So I would agree that Captain Shane is the fastest, and probably the most exciting, but I wouldn't call him the best; Endangering unsuspecting visitors for profit isn't Pono.