The Maui News / BRIAN PERRY photo While surf splashes against bulging sand mattresses just a stone’s throw away from a Kahana resort’s eight-story towers, plans to shield them from erosion ...

Sand bags armor the shoreline in Kahana during an afternoon high tide ... estimated to cost between $26 million and $40 million. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Citing severe coastal erosion ...

The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo LAHAINA — Kahana Canoe Club’s Genevieve Ruvald needed to dig deeper than she’s ever had to this Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association season.

Kihei (foreground) and Kahana canoe clubs battle in the women’s 70 race at the Naleieha Regatta on Saturday at Hanakao‘o Beach. -- The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo LAHAINA — Members of ...

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo LAHAINA — The back of their shirts read “Live Like Geoff.” The Kahana Canoe Club women’s novice A and mixed open crews honored Geoff Hunter ...