Mooring project design needs sharper eye

To shed some light to Mr. Obenski’s comment concerning the additional moorings in Keauhou Bay, the moorings are to be bow and stern. What is difficult to understand looking at DOBOR’s diagram is that they claim that the centerline of the rows will be 50 feet apart.

If there are two catamarans with 30-foot beams side by side that leaves little room for safe navigation between the vessels especially if there is any surge in the bay which can cause vessels to bounce radically back and forth.

Interestingly, DOBOR is recommending that in instance of dangerous waters in the bay, owners remove their vessels to open water where they will be safer, and they are relieving themselves (DOBOR) of responsibility for any damages which may result if a boat breaks free of its mooring in a storm.

Sounds like they don’t have much confidence in their own design. Moreover, there is no discussion of the impact on infrastructure. Parking in the area is already overcrowded, there is only one restroom on the dock and there is no mention of a wastewater pumping station, where’s that stuff going to go? It seems to me that there are enough unanswered questions to warrant an Environmental Impact Statement.

Tom Walton

Kailua-Kona