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  1. 120-ton private yacht sinks in Hawaii after grounding, oil leak

    Nearly two weeks after a 120-ton luxury yacht grounded near a marine sanctuary in Hawaii, officials finally freed it Sunday afternoon following two unsuccessful attempts. Then, during recovery...

  2. DLNR: Grounded yacht scuttled at sea after being ...

    HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The grounded luxury yachtNakoa’ was freed Sunday afternoon after three unsuccessful attempts in two weeks — but now, it’s at the bottom of the ocean.

  3. The Yacht Was Finally Freed From Honolua Bay — Then It Sank ...

    The 120-ton yacht that ran aground two weeks ago has finally been hauled away from the rocky shoreline at Honolua Bay. After being freed Sunday afternoon, the yacht began to take on water while...

  4. Yacht Nakoa Sinks Off Hawaii After Grounding - Megayacht News

    A superyacht sitting grounded off Maui for nearly two weeks finally became freed on March 5. However, minutes after salvage crews began towing her, the 94-foot (28.65-meter) yacht Nakoa sank. Nakoa ran aground in Honolua Bay, off Maui’s northwest coast on February 20.

  5. Grounded yacht sinks after being freed from Honolua Bay

    The grounded luxury yacht that sat on the shores of Honolua Bay for nearly two weeks has been scuttled, or deliberately sunk, shortly after salvage crews freed it on Sunday.

  6. Luxury yacht finally freed from Maui near-shore reef only to ...

    Nearly two weeks after a 120-ton, 94-foot luxury yacht grounded in Honolua Bay on Maui, a salvage ship and a tugboat from Honolulu finally freed the vessel named Nakoa from the rocky shoreline ...

  7. Grounded yacht at Honolua finally freed but later sinks ...

    Luxury yacht, the Nakoa, was finally removed Sunday by rigging crews after it was grounded on the rocks and reefs for nearly two weeks at Honolua Bay. It later sank in 800 feet of water. DLNR...

  8. Yacht on Maui sinks just after it was freed from rocks, coral

    A photo shows the aground luxury yacht, Nakoa, that has been stranded outside the Honolua-Mokulē’ia Marine Life Conservation District since Feb. 20, 2023 in Maui, Hawai’i. (Photo/Department ...

  9. Grounded yacht sinks to bottom of the sea after freed off Maui

    After several towing attempts and a fuel leak over the past two weeks, the luxury yacht Nakoa is now at the bottom of the channel between Molokai and Maui.

  10. Owners contest $1.8M fine after grounded yacht causes damage ...

    This follows an incident that saw the Sunseeker yacht break free of her mooring in the protected Honolua-Mokulēʻia Bay Marine Life Conservation District and cause damage to over 100 coral colonies and over 1,500 square metres of live rock on Maui’s west coast (20 February 2023).