Poll: What are you paying for Molokai escorts?

Curious what everyone is being charged this year for Na Wahine and Molokai Hoe escorts. The "going rate" seems to keep creeping up even though fuel has been high yet stable for several years now.

Submitted by Adam Roversi on Thu, 09/19/2013 - 4:52pm



Have you seen the price of a plate lunch lately? Escort boats have always undercharged because many enjoy the opportunity to go fish but if you consider the amount of time and cost to keep a boat running, the hours of prep time to get the boat ready, 2 days of time for the race, getting your ass kicked getting to Molokai, not to mention the fuel, the cleanup, it is a bargain. Unfortunately it is an expensive sport, but the escort boat is actually cheap. A fair value would be at least $3,000. I say this as both a paddler and a boat owner.


#1 Fri, 09/20/2013 - 8:03am


Thanks for the response. My intention was not, however, to start an argument about over or under charging, but rather to simply find out what other folks are actually paying.

I reckon that if escorts charged $3000 then Molokai would quickly become an iron only race... And maybe that would be a good thing, maybe not.


#2 Fri, 09/20/2013 - 8:11am


We are paying $1200 for Na Wahine. One of our escort boats is from O'ahu, the other from Moloka'i.


#3 Fri, 09/20/2013 - 9:09am


i'd be more curious what folks are paying for their canoe 'rentals'.
i know when out of town clubs come to california races, we use terms like 'borrow' instead

frieght sure, & i'm all for putting down a deposit in case you crash or something, but do clubs in HI really need to garner rental fees too?


#4 Fri, 09/20/2013 - 9:18am


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