The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued 10 people off Maalaea, Maui, yesterday..
The rescue followed the collision of a 50-foot sailboat and 10-person outrigger canoe in Maalaea Bay.
At 8:05 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders received a call on VHF-FM channel 16 from the sailing vessel Winona reporting a collision with an outrigger canoe with 10 adults aboard. The operator of the Winona reported that three people were in the water.
The nearby Trilogy IV, a 65-foot catamaran, rescued three people from the water and brought the remaining seven people from the outrigger canoe aboard their vessel.
Boat crew members from Coast Guard Station Maui launched a 45-foot Response Boat Medium and arrived on scene. The boat crew transferred seven people, including a woman with a minor injury, aboard the RB-M, with three remaining aboard the Trilogy IV.
After the Coast Guard crew helped dewater the Winona, they escorted the vessel back to Maalaea Harbor, where emergency medical services personnel were waiting.
The Trilogy II was able to refloat the outrigger canoe and tow it back to the Maui Canoe Club at Sugar Beach.
Also on-scene were Maui Fire Department Engine 6 and Maui Ocean Safety.
