GungHo Sailing
With professional sailor Captain Keahi Ho at the helm and First Mate Ali by his side, we offer real sailing off the shores of Maui. Escape the crowds with our unique private sailing and snorkeling adventures including Day Sails, Sunset Sails and Sailing Lessons from 2 – 4 hours long for up to 6 guests. We are grateful to share our love of sailing and the ocean on Maui with you.
GungHo - The Boat
The GungHo Hunter 27X Sport was built in 2006 by Hunter Marine. Hunter was known for producing strong day sailing vessels perfect for cruising. Keahi and Ali purchased the GungHo Hunter from Lahaina Harbor friends shortly after the Lahaina Fire engulfed their previous vessel, the GungHo Lidgard. Keahi pulled the mast and tuned up the GungHo Hunter, which has proven to be a perfect daysailer.
For our future return to Lahaina Harbor, we are working with a designer and builder to create the next custom GungHo. We look forward to sailing her in to Lahaina Harbor as our home and the town gets rebuilt.
The previous GungHo was built by Lidgard Yachts of New Zealand out of Kauri wood in 1992. She was a beautiful, 36-foot racing monohull. Sadly, she burned alongside 90 other vessels in Lahaina Harbor on 8/8/23.
The GungHo Lidgard was built to race and to win the prestigious international regatta the Kenwood Cup out of Waikiki. The boat was in fact victorious and thus began her life in Hawaii. GungHo was successfully raced all through the 1990’s and early 2000’s.
Keahi purchased GungHo in 2008 with a plan to race the boat throughout the Hawaii racing circuit and cruise with his family.
Over fifteen years, Keahi gave the GungHo Lidgard numerous upgrades. He pulled the mast, replaced the rigging, built a new cockpit, added a sugar scoop and installed a new rudder. Prior to sailing to Tahiti, Keahi completely rewired the vessel and installed a custom-built solar powered refrigerator.
Since 2016, GungHo has been operating private sailing charters on Maui. Owner and Captain Keahi and First Mate Ali are honored to share GungHo their passion for sailing with a larger community through intimate private day sails and sunset sails.