DB Post Sunday 2/22/2009

Rabbit Island occupied very little of my day today, but I did manage to check it in the afternoon. The RI cast was RIP, Sadie and R301, all at the left end of the island.

The bulk of the day was spent with Rocky, who decided that hauling out at Hilton Hawaiian Village pier was a good idea. Actually, she was on the Fort Derussy side of the Hilton pier walkway. According to witnesses she hauled out between 0600 and 0630. I got the call from David Schofield at 0820, and the cordon was up by 0852. The Fort Derussy lifeguards and the staff of Atlantis Submarine Tours were of great help in dealing with the hordes. Sub tour operations continued with the staff escorting the tourists past Rocky and not allowing anyone stop on the walkway. The Johnsons, the Maldonados,along with Barbara and Don are all to be commended for performing at their usual above and beyond levels. We got back to Rocky's site at 1700, and Rocky FINALLY decided to depart at 2001. We picked up the stuff and called it a day at 2030.

My wife and I had just departed the Hilton site at 1240 when Tracy called with the report of an animal at Kewalo Basin at the John Dominus restaurant. When we arrived at 1308 we found Rosie (RO30) tucked onto Rosie sized rocks directly below the upper dining room of the restaurant. She was basically inaccessible, so I got ID shots and departed. Nobody was going to get to her. John Dominus personnel called to advise that Rosie departed at 1900.

Team Billand reported Kermit at the Wind Sock, Kalaeloa Beach, and Irma along with M&M at Campbell Industrial Park.