RedactedNarrative: D14 - SAR – PIW – KAIWI CHANNEL, HI
  
  On August 04, USCG District Fourteen (D14) received an unregistered Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) E-Solution, which plotted in the Kaiwi Channel, HI. D14 issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and directed the launch of a USCG Air Station Barber’s Point MH-65 helicopter. The MH-65 helicopter arrived on-scene and initially hoisted four children from three kayaks that remained afloat after their 21-foot recreational vessel sank. The MH-65 helicopter left the rescue swimmer with the remaining four adults on the three kayaks; Auxiliary Air provided cover. The MH-65 helicopter made two additional trips to recover the four adults and the rescue swimmer. No sheen or signs of pollution were reported. All eight people were in good health. The case received high media interest.
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  8 rescued after boat sinks fast off Hawaii
  8-3-14 – HI
  Four adults and four children traveling to the Hawaiian island of Molokai from Oahu were forced to abandon ship Sunday when the boat they were in sank in the Kaiwi Channel. "We knew it was going to go down, so we just started getting anything that we really needed like life jackets and I put my fins on and we all jumped in the water and the boat went over”. The group left Sandy Beach Park around 1:30 p.m. They brought along three kayaks and the plan was to kayak back to Oahu on Monday. They were 12 miles west of Molokai when their 21-foot vessel got hit by rough waters.  "It got scary rough real fast, where waves were breaking over the bow, and it happened really quick,". "Before we knew it, too much water was in the boat and we really couldn't steer well or maneuver."  Right before the boat sank, the experienced crew untied the kayaks from the boat, then tied them all together and used their cell phones to call 911. Although their cell reception worked, the United States Coast Guard says it was a special tracking device called a "EPIRB" that was the hero of the day.  All eight people were wearing their life jackets. No injuries were reported.
  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/8-rescued-after-boat-sinks-fast-off-hawaii/