GungHo Sailing - Private Charters on Maui

GungHo was built by Lidgard Yachts of New Zealand out of Kauri wood in 1992. She is a beautiful, 36-foot racing monohull. With more than 30 years of experience within the marine industries of New Zealand, Australia, and internationally, Lidgard Yachts is a multi-generational boatbuilding family that offers a complete professional custom yacht design service in most construction mediums.

GungHo was built to race and to win the prestigious international regatta, the Kenwood Cup out of Waikiki. The boat was, in fact, victorious and was then sold. Thus began her life in Hawaii. GungHo successfully campaigned all through the 1990s and early 2000s. Keahi Ho purchased GungHo in 2008 with a plan to race the boat throughout the Hawaii racing circuit and cruise with his young family. In addition, he hoped to fulfill his lifelong dream of sailing to Tahiti with his family, which came to fruition with a successful voyage to Tahiti and back home to Maui in 2015.

Over the last decade, Keahi has given GungHo many upgrades. He pulled the mast, replaced the rigging, built a new cockpit, added a sugar scoop, and installed a new rudder. Before sailing to Tahiti, Keahi completely rewired and installed a custom-built solar-powered refrigerator. Since 2016, GungHo has been operating private sailing charters on Maui. Owner and captain Keahi Ho is honored to share GungHo and his passion for sailing with a larger community through these uplifting and intimate private day sails and sunset sails.