This Is Why It's Impossible to Travel by Boat Between the Hawaiian Islands

[@BravoGolf-vw4ec]

As a Native Hawaiian and American,,, btw, American First! I found your video fascinating and informational. Some of what you spoke about I was involved in. Some things you got a little off but nothing that takes away from the information given. One thing you did not touch upon is the Hawaiian Syndicate, although it is not as influential as it used to be 40 years ago I can assure you this organization is not only alive and well, it is still having an impact on our lives in Hawaii. I will not speak more to this, what I have written here alone is kapu. Regardless, you did a great job with your research and video. Your style is a needed release from the typical videos found online. Mahalo bruddah!!! It’s nice that you took the time to research and put together a fantastic video about my homeland. Much appreciated!! Much Aloha for you!!

[@fakawat7220]

AMERICAN 1st?...

[@dirtyaznstyle4156]

😂 yep the good ol days are gone, stupid kids now days don’t know how to behave

[@MrAloha76]

Born in Hawaii, not by blood?😎🤙🏾

[@rlnbns]

Super Ferry was brought down by heavy lobbying from Young Brothers. YB is the main freighting firm between the islands using barges

[@terryarista7105]

That may be true, but I think also the rental car agencies and the airlines were against of it. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were working behind the scenes against the ferry business. If locals could take their cars on the neighbor island trip on a ferry that’s cheap, it would cut big time into the rental car and airline businesses.

[@johnfolk1448]

Thats all true. Young Brothers, Hawaiian Airlines, car rentals, anyone who felt bypassing their services threatened their businesses, and so they convinced braindead hippies that it was about whales, and so hippies whent to work on behalf of the corporations they think they oppose.

[@rlnbns]

@ Oh they all were. And if you look closely at the surfers out at the dock protesting, you can see they weren’t typical locals. The project was heavily supported by the public.

[@Steve-yr5vi]

@@rlnbns in 2024 protesting is a paid profession.

[@anthonymaize5764]

@@terryarista7105 Renatal car companies would love it (late charges)

[@MrJackwork]

I've sailed between Mauii, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu and Big Island more times than I can count.

[@patrickbelongea6896]

The real reason is to keep the classes separated. The rich people don't want the indigenous people in their neighborhoods.

[@zimriel]

I'd be a lot more sympathetic to the indigenous people who arrived in those longago times of about 1200 AD if they allowed the Mauna Kea telescope to expand.

[@dr.skipkazarian5556]

You are sick and crazy.

[@cjimmersive6955]

@@zimriel Their indigeneity is without question. I think the right way to approach this is not to humiliate or coerce the Hawaiian people (adding this telescope to a long history of colonial action) but instead to win consensus, perhaps by trying to connect the contributions to science to Hawaiian values. I had the privilege of visiting Mauna Kea last year. I was in awe of its beauty. I wish I could have toured the observatory. I respected the sites of cultural importance, and I hope my presence there left no trace.

[@Crobar808]

I remember no one wanted the residents of Oahu to have easy access to the rest of the islands. I was on Maui for years during that period and most residents were strongly against it for that reason alone

[@MikaelBorg-o6b]

what would be cool is using a tanker design with flat roof with hundreds of solar panels that will power the tanker maybe 2 times a day. one leaves from each island and reach at the same times. one at 10am and one at 7pm.

[@rvarnell9165]

Commuter flights might be advertised for $39-$70 but I live in Hawaii and I don't think you can hop islands for less than $100 minimum. I always pay about $110

[@frikitiki]

Used to work for a computer training company on Oahu. If i needed to get equipment to a neighbor Island, I would need to get items to HNL harbor on one day to arrive the following day and then have someone pick up there and has several days before I could set up the classroom. I would have to pay for my instructor to travel and expenses separate from the equipment. same with the return having multiple days for drop off, transports and pick up. With Super Ferry, I could have a mini van with instructor driving. Maybe pay 1 extra day T&E based on island and schedule. Rumor was the harbor unions, air carriers and rent a car companies were supporting those against the Super Ferry because it would affect their businesses.

[@lorettaross2007]

Good morning, Steve! Time would be the deciding factor for me! Great information, thank you!

[@anthonymaize5764]

Thuhjheg had faster ones but big freight and airlines companies hated it also those environmentalists keep all companies out of hawaii. It's all about who gets the payout here in hawai (just look at our "rail" here they been building it for over 30 years and over 30 companies each only lasting 1 year or less on average and keeping the contracted money through loopholes set up here).

[@RB-jv6un]

Oil income to Alaska has dropped substantially. Less output from the oil deposits and now the state funds are 50% federal money. The legislature reduced oil taxes a while back too. Present governor is very unfriendly to the ferry system and as usual, the system is not as nice now and the prices are astronomical.

[@catstravaganza564]

No idea why I have just always loved this channel thanks for your great information entertainment I do often learn things I never would have thought of too!

[@raymondj8768]

same its a really good channel !

[@FreddyBoy1808]

We live on islands. Crooks politicians don’t want the SupperFerry to operate in Hawaii. But that’s what we really need. Young Brothers will still get their job, because Ferry will only take people and their cars to other islands. Car rentals will still have their customers. How?? There’s a lot of tourists coming here and of course they will need to rent a car. SupperFerry are for local residents….

[@dirtyaznstyle4156]

Wasn’t the superferry killed due to a lack of environmental impact studies? It was pushed through by Lingle without doing the prerequisite requirements and the EPA or Dept. of transportation shut it down. Tourists like whales, superferry didn’t do studies oh now the whales would be impacted so I’d say it’s in the best interests of the state economy for the state to do its due diligence

[@madox664]

If this is really that narrator then I’m really happy he’s doing so great, I loved his sassy reddit stories

[@andrewdavis6012]

Corruption is the reason plain and simple

[@verothomas1524]

Also, delivery trucks were able to drive their loads right on board and deliver across the state. It was wonderful. The Superferry was great. Lobbying and payoffs did it in. It needs to be brought back.

[@ksnax]

What makes HanakapiAi so dangerous is the lateral current SW, running parallel to the beach just past the breakers, that quickly carries people away and into open water with nothing but rocky cliffs to climb onto if not dashed to to a pulp by powerful waves. It's a beautiful spot, but if you go in past your knees, it may be the last time you see a sandy beach!

[@Crobar808]

I lived there during the super ferry era. I couldn’t make heads or tails of why it was so protested, seemed to be about money, politics, & corruption, too many people wanted to get paid, inner island animosity was a thing.

[@yyzzs]

The rail was an outrageous waste of money. So much corruption. How about a bridge from West Oahu to town? Tolls on H1. Car tax / registration based on vehicle value NOT weight. Tax commercial vehicles by weight and restrict their travel to right lane, middle BUT NOT LEFT. Small ferrying of people and goods between islands (not deep, not fossil fuel powered)…

[@kevinhh19]

If you don't live here you will never understand why it is what it is.

[@raymondj8768]

Great video Steve your a wealth of information !!!!

[@florforever1]

Thanks learned a lot from this one. Thought I knew a lot about Hawaii but really didnt! ❤🎉

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

Shipping stuff by boat is the cheapest way to move heavy loads. Thanks for including sail boat times. As that would be the only way I would be able to see Hawaii. For Great Lakes shipping, the Jones Act fleet carries iron ore, coal and limestone. Inland waterways shipping carries more domestic cargo than ocean shipping and Great Lakes shipping combined, transporting farm products, petroleum products, coal and non-metallic minerals, and chemical and allied products in bulk by barge.

[@russellhltn1396]

He was talking mostly about passenger options. Young Brothers barges does most of the shipping between islands.

[@tylernathan7985]

The Jones act has the whole west coast of the USA fucked up beyond legislative repair. The titans of the 19th century made sure Hawaii and Alaska would be fucked as far as freighte to those places

[@jackwalker9492]

I had a buddy who was Navy Intelligence. He told me 90% of goods are shipped by sea. I thought no way! Fact checked it and he was right. Astounding!"

[@jacksondaniels8169]

During my 20 years in the Navy, my experience with rough seas are in the North Pacific and North Atlantic during the winter and storm season. I was stationed in HI for 8yrs from 1990-1998, seas weren’t that bad, even in the winter no where near the sea states in the North Pacific and North Atlantic.

[@darylefleming1191]

We live in Hawaii. 82 families lost their good paying (Super Ferry) jobs because of the politics. They don't care about the mega ships, or fishing boats.

[@jimmyshakes420]

Easy way to pay for it all.... like with everything else plaguing our society. Tax the rich. All these profiteering greedy cubts taking vacation there can more than afford it. Problem solved. It's time that those proud they don't have to ask what something costs could actually benifit from such a lesson in humility. Literally 90% of our modern ills could be solved this easily. Or we could just be cool with the homelessness problem in paradise.

[@dirtyaznstyle4156]

82 jobs isn’t that many.. good paying is subjective too, it might spread money around the state a bit(don’t know if travel was more outer island or to Oahu). But money wasn’t being brought into the state economy by the super ferry, it’s just spreading around the money in local economies.

[@darylefleming1191]

@@dirtyaznstyle4156 82 full time jobs represent 82 families. Super Ferry provided an easy way for us to take cars/trucks from Oahu to Maui for a day or two. It is all gone now.

[@glenn1035]

We live in Virginia and I remember those high speed ferrys were docked here at Norfolk, their Hawaii paint design got my attention. This was after the Navy purchased them of course. Didn't know their story until now.

[@joangordoneieio]

Hands done you have the most interesting thought provoking content!

[@iggyrlk]

I just looked at this on another channel. Much older video. Thanks for the topics. You rarely disappoint.

[@nickgibb4687]

this guy still in the covid phase?

[@28704joe]

He feels it's important for him to be seen, but not seen.

[@jeanettejovanoski108]

😂

[@Fokko]

It’s not real, look he got 12 fingers! .. Hahaaa,, who went back looking⁉️🥴😝

[@MikaelBorg-o6b]

This is something a lot of people do. I want to start a social media community but i do not want my face to be seen. i want to be able to walk the roads without being known. I figure if my community never works at least i can go back to living in the shadows

[@wassum100]

New viewer eh

[@BlueSky-n2q]

When I went to Hawaii I met a married woman who would hire a small plane and she made all doctors appointments for the same day she also did a monthly grocery shop incliding shopping for clothes. And then she flew back home that afternoon .very hectic because she still had little ones to look after. But she said it was the only way and yes it is expensive.

[@Erichev]

I know this was about constant travel between the islands. However, why do cruise ships get to make these trips? I know they're not a practical option due to cost, but wouldn't this be considered the islands being connected by ports?

[@jeremyjanis6780]

Check out pictures of the water in acaoulco or Puerto Marquez where I am from.... and yes. I'm also a born usa citizen. The water and cove is no longer as beautiful due to commercial boating...... it can't always be about convenience....

[@sagarah8217]

3:50 There is a surf spot called “Jaws” that can get 60ft high (and larger) waves

[@TexasScratchMan]

Lmao the company went out of business because environmentalist said they were hurting whales, then the navy just buys the boats and starts using them 🤡🤡

[@georgechyz]

There was also resource theft taking place on the Superferry in which big trucks loaded up in Maui with tons of rocks to take them back to Oahu. Also thieves from Oahu were coming to Maui to steal and take the booty back to Oahu.

[@MikeMan-q4v]

I wish for the people of Hawaii millions of dollars each.

[@thetripod7]

You have very good videos, very knowledgeable, so why hide your face? You should be proud of this.

[@al-dorifto1631]

I'd hide my face too, too many trolls and low lifes out there

[@trooper6308]

Proud of old news?? And only part of the information on the story. Not the best! This one gets my vote for proud producer of crummy content maybe. If this was a good product be proud but this content is very low brow and long ago. I'd give it 2 thumbs-up the backside of its producer. Have a nice day. Aloha from Big Island Hawaii

[@galenthompson-r6i]

Has anyone heard of Young Brothers or Matson? The ferries were commonly stranded between islands for hours and weren't any cheaper than flying.

[@RyanLesnerhatesneebsgaming]

" Owno my house got hit by lava! " " You live on a volcano dummy! "

[@Harloha]

The Big Island is the only island with an active volcano. I own my own house, I will never get hit by a volcano here on Oahu. Also, owning your own house on The Big Island is about a third of what it cost on other islands because of that reason.

[@laurentitolledo1838]

sue the volcano dummy!

[@trooper6308]

Had nothing to do with that. But a true dimwitted comment could flare up into a ..... dimwitted comment. Kinda like your house and the lava. Oh but wait my house was destroyed by whatever natural disaster is in your area fire tornado flood earthquake lightning let's poke some fun at your loss cause you live where it's cold and pollution is everywhere and people have no clue about how it goes on in one of the most remote location on the planet. You would NOT LIKE YOUR HOME TO BE CONSUMED BY DISASTER OR DIMWITTED COMMENT BUT DIMWITTED DESTRUCTION COULD BE A NEW THING FIR YOURS .

[@dirtyaznstyle4156]

⁠@@Harlohathat and the lot is just a field of lava. Hawaiian homes you get a lot and you still gotta clear and scrape it level 😂. Always property tax liens that go to auction for cheap, off grid living at its best

[@216trixie]

This is why here in California we cannot have high speed rail. Out of control environmentalism. Billions spent already, but concern over ground squirrels keeps any track from being built.😂

[@bujmoose3992]

The reason for not having High Speed Rail is corruption from the Politicians and their cronies to get as much of a slice of the pie possible.

[@westifer8838]

Meanwhile china is building a hypersonic train that will be faster then flying

[@michaelmichaelagnew8503]

Land of fruit and nuts.

[@ksgraham3477]

The proposed route would have how much traffic? The whole project is a wa$te

[@bearlemley]

@@westifer8838 Misleading. It depends on the stage length. If you want to take the airlines to the next town, then driving an automobile takes less time.

[@andibowe6890]

I got to sail the channel from Kailua to Maui, one of the deepest in the world in a 35' trimaran..also rode the 100' tourist sailboat from Maui to Lanai with Lanai Native...

[@anthonymaize5764]

People dont realize its about payouts its that simple there is so much corruption that is allowed here its crazy just look at our "rail" system that we have been building for around 30 years now and is maybe only 8 miles long lol

[@simsreject5925]

Not impossible to sail between islands. Locals do it all the time. There's even an old lady who takes her personal yacht one way to Oahu before coming ashore and flying home because she gets seasick going back.

[@harmonford6886]

Didn't we cover this before

[@antyrak7905]

I remember a video on a different channel that I watched like a week ago exactly on the same topic, so maybe you're referring to that one?

[@pdraggy]

Yeah me too, very de ja vu here lol. But I like Watop enough to watch it again lol.

[@janna_bee]

@@antyrak7905 it was probably by wendover productions, or half as interesting

[@marlow769]

Since Alaska Airlines has bought Hawaiian Airlines, the prices are going to skyrocket.

[@travisnewman-c9z]

We stopped exploring the seas! Hid the boats for century’s. We call it the great pause.

[@beckypennington79]

It's an interesting that everybody wants to gripe about you and yet so many people watch and leave messages I find it interesting and entertaining the way people are anyway happy holidays to you and your family

[@mrcraftiest]

You should have a sweatshop of animators

[@KieranMullen]

Zachdfilms 😄

[@mrcraftiest]

@KieranMullen exactly

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

20:10 Mike Spaulding was swimming between Hawai'i and Maui when a cookie-cutter shark took a 2 and a half inch round chunk of flesh off his lower left calf.

[@pheisenberg5198]

Sounds like activism is the major issue.

[@latetotheparty184]

Just like activism has been hindering the observatories on to of Mauna Kea. The last I heard they could only build the new one they were planning if they tore on down already up there.

[@roypaulcarter4654]

Nice merry Christmas 🎁🎄

[@RyanLesnerhatesneebsgaming]

Can't you use a troop carrier helicopter to move people between the Hawaiian islands? The wales should be fine if the tourist are in the sky.

[@islandboi8087]

lol y'all don't know about the loco community we got boat not big boats but we take a lot of people around the islands

[@jorgeraygoza-t8z]

Local people always and consistently fly between our islands.💯

[@leer-winnobbeefarms2131]

Very interesting and informative!

[@JB-xi2yv]

There is a lot that makes me think that airlines lobbied and worked overtime to do it. Sailing is practically free aside from maintenance, so you HAVE to have a lobby to do it and just make it illegal. They probably say you need a permit that you could never get.

[@JakkiPi]

It was all politics! ALL POLITICS!

[@Dirty01]

There’s also a ferry between Maui and Molokai

[@Dingleberry1856]

The background kills me 😂😂😂

[@kj3rd2657]

So why the tugs and tow boats are doing a great job sailing between the islands? I know, because I worked on them as a engineer! 😮

[@RyanLesnerhatesneebsgaming]

21:13 They don't mind the ship because it HAS NO ENGINES.

[@michaelramsey7919]

How long did you have to practice the names before you could say them so fluidly? 😂

[@Harloha]

Great question. Most videos I watch about Hawaii say a lot of the names and words wrong. I've lived here for 15 years, it took me about a year. Although, and in all honesty, I still get some of the names wrong.

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

We have the same problem with a lot of Australian names! (See Banjo Patterson's poem "Those Names")

[@pdraggy]

@@michaelramsey7919 oh don't be mistaken, he got a number of them wrong lol but at least he said it with confidence and did not stammer, that alone is half the battle :)

[@georgew.5639]

Hawaii might as well be called West California. Lol! 😆

[@sequillawilliams8809]

Imagine being loving enough to save animals but hateful enough to damage properly 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Janotaboat]

Ive lived on Oahu for 3 years and not once did I feel an earthquake.

[@peterliljebladh]

So enviromentalists prefrer the plane industry instead of boats. Please explain how that can be a net gain?

[@JosephLandram]

The navy operates in Hawaii

[@wsurferdude]

Dude, your voice is distorting my speakers. 😂

[@Justwantahover]

You seem to have a background in illustrating your messages! 😂

[@richball9576]

Hey you sure do resemble the insurance exec. Shooter. 😂 Just messin with ya. Lol

[@steelokey]

I finally realized the coffee part isn’t even his 🤣 he just used some stock espresso machine video off an app or something then put him sitting in front of a computer with WA TOP on the screen 🤣

[@sihonda]

I think his coffee portion is lame and has no logic

[@jackwalker9492]

Here is an online tissue for your tears

[@kevindevlieger300]

Someone watched RLL. More than half of the content of his video last month has been covered in this video, just in WATOP style.

[@cassidycripe4907]

ty for the enlightenment

[@bofhzip]

You got love a man know the right priorities "coffee first" then the presentation

[@NightmareRex6]

isent it a replay same video him grabbing the coffee tho? and dose kratom count? its related to coffee?...

[@tomaszsmith8016]

Love your videos

[@wdygoaphagfy]

Mt Everest is only 29,032ft maximum, not 29,200ft.

[@ninjaundermyskin]

Is that really the famously prolific narrator? I didn't expect him to look like that; for don't reason i imagined him as this big burly man with a long beard and a flannel shirt (like Jason Kelce).

[@al-dorifto1631]

The Fijian islands are taxied by ferriers

[@carledinger3422]

I took my Corvette to Maui on the Super ferry. I was really upset they wouldn't allow passengers up on the top deck. Boring riding on the side deck. The security was off the chain for some reason. Mirror inspections of the underbody. ⚓😉⛵

[@joshuaarreola5813]

Man that could also solve a lot of homeless problems but either way I think this is a cool idea with great potential

[@georgesquiers6119]

Was that poo pile on your desk? And the other thing on your desk was disturbing also

[@joesands8860]

This is the sketch i would expect if the Unabomber had been seen planting a package bomb in 2020.

[@RyanLesnerhatesneebsgaming]

16:50 " Leave your life jackets on kiddo. "

[@rhondasrdavis]

I still say that's Josh Gates. I know that voice.

[@pauldefillippo8490]

Real life lore just did a video about this not even a month ago

[@AquarianNomadic]

TBH I thought this was that same video 😄

[@dr.skipkazarian5556]

Ocean transport is historically stifled here because of competition from airlines, cruise ships, and cargo vessels....pretty simple. Also....the island I live on does not want more cars and trucks driving on our roads.

[@andibowe6890]

I got to ride the Hydrofoil from Big Island to Maui. They sold to Japan Hong Kong...

[@captng]

The narrator looks suspiciously like somebody that would have a brother that was in New York entertaining a guy from United health.😊

[@outby50]

That Na Pali coast graphic doesn't depict the Na Pali coast. Wrong island. Among other issues.

[@Machoonthetopiii]

I suggest you look into Honolulu's $12+Billion.... YES $12BILLION rail project

[@evhbombastic]

Nobody measures mountain elevation below sea level.

[@CptScottyAUS]

Good job mate

[@longrider42]

Cant fit a vehicle on a airplane. As a Bicycle rider, I would need to be able to move my bike from island to island. Guess I will never bike ride in Hawaii. Sounds like the perfect vehicle would be hovercraft. They can handle heavy sea's much better then a traditional ship. Just ask the English.

[@kelvincannon3675]

That’s rubbish, according to google: Which cruise lines go to Hawaii? A variety of cruise lines call on Hawaii -- Princess, Crystal, Holland America, Royal Caribbean -- but Norwegian Cruise Line has the only big ship based there, sailing from Honolulu. Expedition lines like UnCruise Adventures sail Hawaii's smaller islands.

[@henryposadas3309]

What the video meant was why ferry crossings wasnt a viable business option. Going on a Cruise ship is a lot differnt from taking a ferry.

[@kelvincannon3675]

@ is it tho?

[@AlexandreDuarteDM]

Wow. A flight ticket being cheaper than ferry ticket surprised me. I was expecting it, but not like how it was showed in the video. Btw nice Video 👍🏻🙂

[@stevelowery4753]

That means that Washington State and Alaska both have a larger ferry ⛴️ boat system than Hawaii.

[@rico8089]

Well, considering we only have 1 ferry boat. Ya, Alaska, and Washington have more.

[@OneOfAMineRocks]

Ya didn't happen to be in new York City recently have ya mate?👈😂

[@georgew.5639]

There was a time when United states companies built things in our country. Things such as ships. So what happened? These American companies imported jobs to other countries. The labor costs are less. And the executives pocket the the extra money.

[@emac3863]

No it’s not, the Super Ferry was great, it is the Democrats and their union buddies that are preventing the Ferry service. I know I live here for awhile

[@conorpp1]

regular ferry from Hollyhead to Dublin is 72 miles and takes 2 hours 57 minutes. Why would you assume a ferry travels at 5 nautical miles per hour or a modern ferry should take "less than a day"? Didnt you do any research? The average speed is about 24 miles per hour. The 172 miles should take an average of about 7 hours 10 minutes.

[@ZebbMassiv]

They could add a floating bridge...for people but no cars

[@johnking6252]

Hawaiian amusement park , that's what it is , visit , have fun then go home. Too late! America's business IS business after all 🙏

[@jesstreloar7706]

Barges still move through the islands. Bet there is politics in this story.

[@RehnShimizu-lw9uy]

You forgot the most recent Super Ferry