EXPECT WORST FROM SUPERFERRY'S SPEED
Honolulu Advertiser - November 9, 2007
A month of testimony by experts in Judge Joseph Cardoza's court produced evidence that whales would be in great danger if the Superferry was allowed to go any faster than 12-13 knots when traveling in waters less than 100 fathoms.
The governor has issued a "condition" that allows the ferry to go 25 knots, double the safe speed, inside the whale sanctuary.
That's like allowing a huge truck to go 60 miles per hour in a residential zone where the speed limit is 30.
Any doubts about what will happen?
Richard Michaels
Makena, Maui
