tion of the hull and the refitting of the vessel. Remember, this was 1968 and $200 ,000 was a great deal o f money (the equi valent of nearly $ 1 mi ll ion today). I was suspicious and, based on my experience with som e real estate proj ects, decided ro double rhe amounr ro $400,000. I thought about it some more, and I deci ded to make it an even haJfmi ll ion-$5 00,000 . Back in Washingto n, rh e am endmenr was drafted and introduced, hearings were held before the H ouse Co mmittee, and Ve rStandig, Kortum , and I resrified as to how we wo uld repay the Joan once the bark was back in Washingto n. T herewere hitches and some objections, bu t th e bill passed both rhe H ouse and Senate and was signed in to law by Pres ident Johnso n. W e thought it was "All Systems Go!" T he passage of rhe "Kaiulani Am endment" was fro nt page news in M anila when C harlie Wirrh olz and I arrived to co nfe r with the Phi li ppi ne Natio nal Shipya rd for rhe completion of the hu ll work. Alex Melchor made all of rhe arrangements and we were given a royal welcome by the top officials of the shipya rd . T hey told us they
had surveyed the hull and co uld bring her up to Ll oyd 's specifications for, yo u guessed it, $5 00,000! W ittholz and I went on to H ong Ko ng to meet with shipyards there on rerigging rh e Kaiulani and , en rou te to the US, made a stop in H onolulu to talk with Jim Kleinschmidt, who was rh en overseeing the restoration of the Falls of Jn 1969, Kaiul ani s battered hull is hauled for Clyde. Sirring on a ve randal1 of the Prin- inspection. With rising costs and no money, the cess Kaiul ani H ore! wa tchi ng rh e sun end is in sight for the "old barky, " as her crew sink in rh ewest, we had a sinking feeling called her under sail. (Photo: Reyes & Lim) ourselves. I made a mistake doubling rhe estimate of the experts . . . I should have Street Seapo rt M useum in New Yo rk C ity . multiplied by 25; we were looking at a total N ow, at this crucial juncture, I turned to Peter and as ked him if he wo uld ass ume cost of $5 million! I reported to the board rhar the Kaiulani leadership of the Nati onal M aritime Hisproject, as we knew it, was over. Ir was a to rical Society and rake it in new direcnoble effo rt that failed. Yet, in spi re of rhar tions. Peter Stanfo rd was fu ll of ideas. I fa il ure, we had created a dynami c new stepped down, and the board elected Peter organization, th e National M ari tim e His- Stanford as th e seco nd presid ent of th e ro ri cal Society, with a dedicated member- Na ti onal Mari time Hisrorica l Society ... ship , and there was no reaso n to allow the and the res t is history. 1, Society to sink with the Kaiulani. In the early stages of rh eKaiulani project, Mr. Hutchison was founding president of Ko rtum had in rroduced m e to Peter NMH S and now serves the Society as OverStanfo rd, who had established the South seer. Part 1 was published in Sea H istory 94.
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