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Hawaiʻi Kai is the largest of several communities at the eastern end of the island. The area was largely developed by Henry J. Kaiser around the ancient Maunalua fishpond and wetlands area known as Kuapā (meaning "fishpond wall"). Hawaiʻi Kai or Koko Marina was dredged from Kuapā Pond starting around 1959.
Ala Wai Harbor Ala Wai Harbor map Waikiki Yacht Club. Ala Wai Harbor [1] is the largest small boat and yacht harbor in Hawaii. The harbor is situated in Honolulu at the mouth of the Ala Wai Canal, between Waikiki and downtown Honolulu. To the east are Waikiki and Diamond Head; to the west, Magic Island and the Honolulu waterfront.
In the east is the suburb of Hawaii Kai, built by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser after World War II. Hawaii Kai has a marina, shopping centers, including a Costco, Walgreens, Longs, and Safeway, and numerous restaurants such as the well-known Roy's and Kona Brewing Co. pub. On the headland leading to Koko Head is the suburb of Portlock, which is ...
Hawaii Country Club, Wahiawa [2] Hawaii Kai G.C. (Championship Course • Executive Course (9 hole Par 3)). Designed by William Bell and Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Hawaii Prince G.C. (A Nines • B Nines • C Nines) Kapolei G.C. – host to the Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship; Ke'alohi G.C., Hickam Course; Ko Olina G.C. – host to the LPGA ...
Hawaii Kai was next to Kalama Valley, an existing community of working-class Hawaii locals. Before Kaiser's development plan, the land was a salt-water marsh , much like Waikiki before the construction of the Ala Wai canal . [ 1 ]
The race was created by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (RVYC) member Jim Innes, at that time a pilot for Canadian Pacific Airlines. He talked about the idea of a race originating in Victoria and ending some 2308 nautical miles away in Maui, [ 8 ] and convinced three other skippers to start with him off Brotchie Ledge in 1965.
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For example, the "Gowanus Yacht Club" is a beer garden restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, [8] the Van Buren Yacht Club is a bar and hotel in Maine, the "Crystal Bay Yacht Club" is a beach resort in Ko Samui, Thailand [9] and "The Eagle Rock Yacht Club" is a non-profit dodgeball league in Glassell Park, Los Angeles. [10]