45-foot sailboat hits reef off Old Kona Airport
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John Berg's sailboat "Seaquel" sits aground at Maka'eo recreational area (the site of the Old Kona Airport). Berg, of Ventura, CA and his traveling partner Danelle Peters of Puerta Vallarta, Mexico called in a coast guard mayday around 1 a.m. last night after losing their navigational system and realizing they were to close to the shore line. Berg, who is blind, has lived on the boat for 12 years.
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John Berg's sailboat "Seaquel" sits aground at Maka'eo recreational area (the site of the Old Kona Airport).
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John Berg's sailboat "Seaquel" sits aground at Maka'eo recreational area (the site of the Old Kona Airport).
A 45-foot sailboat ran aground near off shore of the Old Kona Airport overnight.
Hawaii County firefighters launced a rescue boat from Kailua pier after receiving a report of a boat taking on water about 100 to 200 feet offshore just before midnight.
Two people on board, a man and a woman, swam to shore after the boat hit the reef.
A medical unit also responded to the scene, but the sailors were uninjured, according to a Fire Department report.
The Coast Guard was notified of the incident.
