Boat found adrift, deserted after 1 month
A sailboat that left the Ala Wai boat harbor Oct. 2 was located Friday 1,600 miles west of Oahu, adrift with no one aboard, the Coast Guard said.
Greg Stephanoff, who may have been headed to Hanalei Bay on Kauai, took his sloop, named C:Drive, from the harbor. A friend notified the U.S. Coast Guard on Oct. 4 that Stephanoff hadn’t been heard from over the two days, the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard put out a call for information on Stephanoff’s whereabouts but suspended efforts Oct. 15 pending further developments.
The C:Drive was spotted by crew members on the container ship Manukai on Nov. 7, 1,300 miles west of Oahu, who reported it as derelict after efforts to communicate with anyone who may have been aboard failed.
An HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew was launched from Air Station Barbers Point, and the fishing vessel Wakatake Maru was redirected to rendezvous with C:Drive.The Wakatake Maru crew members located the C:Drive, but weather conditions made boarding unsafe, the Coast Guard said.
The Honolulu-based Coast Guard Cutter Kukui was dispatched to locate the sailboat, boarding it at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
No one was on the boat, and there was no indication of what may have happened to Stephanoff, the Coast Guard said. A GPSand personal effects were collected to possibly help piece together what happened during the month the vessel was adrift. The sailboat was marked and left adrift.
Woman is injured in shooting in Waikiki
Honolulu police are investigating the apparent shooting of a 32-year-old woman in Waikiki on Monday evening.
According to police, the woman and a friend were walking mauka on Liliuokalani Avenue when they heard a "popping" noise. The victim’s friend told police that the victim then turned to her and indicated that she had been shot in the upper torso. The women were able to walk to a nearby hotel for help.
Neither woman was able to identify where or from which direction the single shot may have been fired.
The victim was transported in serious but stable condition to the Queen’s Medical Center.
Police closed Liliuokalani Avenue from Prince Edward Street to Kuhio Avenue as they investigated the scene and canvassed the area for possible witnesses.
