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From: Suzy Sanxter
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Fwd: [NHH members]Na Hoa Holomoku(NHH)
Date: Sunday,August 05,2018 10:55:58 AM
Aloha, I agree completely with the Rita Becker and Richard Brungard. Please accept this o C)
edited letter as my testimony. oc. o
Suzanne Sanxter G-)
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Hilo, HI 96720
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To Whom it May Concern,
We have been members of the Na Hoa Holomoku sailing club for 10 years. We have watched
the club grow into an amazing sailing facility for the Hilo community. There is "no" sailing
club in our experience that matches the dedication, the organization, low cost, community
served, sailing club like NHH. One of the biggest assets Na Hoa Holomoku club offers is the
availability of many small boats that novice sailors can sail and learn on. Many of these boats
have been bought with club members own funds in order to provide an ease to teach sailing in
Hawaii.No other club in this state is so accessible to the common man, woman, and child.
Most sailing clubs/yacht clubs are very expensive and out of reach of the community.
I have lived in Hilo for 40 years and know how sailing is a tradition of island people. Just as
canoe paddling has traditionally been how local people got around to provide for their
families. Many Pacific islands still live this way. (Micronesia is an example.) Having an
accessible sailing club provides our youth with an opportunity to learn and contribute to an
ancient culture that has been a part of the Pacific for 100's of years.
As a member of Na Hoa Holomoku I personallycannot understand whyour countywould not
be in favor of a Memorandum of Understanding to keep our club where it has been for years.
Tourists that come to Hilo and watch the sail boats out on the Bay brings a charm, a view of
Pacific Island culture. The canoes bring the same charm with their canoe houses on the beach.
I hope the County Council Members notice how delightful it is to go by the beach and see the
masts of sailboats being launched on sail days.
Mahalo for listening to our plea for a resolution to the Na Ho Holomoku sailing clubs
Memorandum of Understanding to keep our boats on the beach and easy access for our
community.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Sanxter
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