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Maui was a different place in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The condos and hotels were just being built in Kihei. On the west side there was Kaanapali and most of the beach was just beach. In Kihei and on the west side, vacation accommodations consisted of small apartment complexes.
Canadians were a prominent part of the visitor industry. No need to guess why when you consider winter in those northern climes. Some came to stay and build. Two prime examples were the Napili Beach Club and the Maui Lu.
Rental housing was scarce and what was available went to residents — usually by word of mouth. The rental section of The Maui News was less than a column long. Transient vacation rentals wouldn’t come along for another couple of decades. The tourists pretty much stayed over there while working folks stayed over here.
Those who moved to Maui in those days were a different sort. There were the surfers and hippies who came after watching surf movies of a l
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If coral divers had headstones, Ray, your epitaph would have to say that you Never Been To The Chamber. Your sheet was clean.
— Michael McPherson, “Black Coral”
The wind was just coming up when we reached Spreckelsville at mid
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After six years of working on Maui — including one year of scuffling as a freelance writer — I was out of a job. I’d quit as a Neighbor Island correspondent for a city newspaper to spend time exploring the island.
I’d quit a county gig as


