I ANCHORED MY VESSEL OFFSHORE AND PADDLED TO SHORE WITH MY KAYAK AND TWO YOUNGER SONS.  WE WERE ALL ON THE BEACH FOR A WHILE, WHEN I NOTICE MY SAILBOAT HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM ITS MOORING AND WAS DRIFTING TO SHORE, AS SOON AS I GOT ON MY SAILBOAT, I STARTED IT UP AND BEGAN STEERING MY STERN AWAY FROM SHORE, WHEN I REALIZED, I WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE REEF, I TURNED MY SAILBOAT INWARD TOWARD THE SHORE, RATHER THAN RUNNING MY SAILBOAT ONTO THE REEF, NOT KNOWING HOW UNFORGIVING THE WAVES WERE IN THIS AREA.
WAIANAE                       