Sarah Joe: The 1979 Hana Fishermen Mystery, Scott Moorman, and the Maui Boat Found 2,000 Miles Away | Revisited: 004

In this revisited episode, we return to one of Hawaii’s most haunting unsolved maritime mysteries: the 1979 disappearance of the Sarah Joe and the five Hana men who never came home. What began as a calm-day fishing trip out of Hana Bay became a story of violent weather, a massive search, years of silence, and a discovery on remote Taongi Atoll that raised as many questions as it answered. This episode follows the disappearance of Benjamin Kalama, Ralph Malaiakini, Scott Moorman, Patrick Woessner, and Peter Hanchett; the Coast Guard search across tens of thousands of square miles; the 1988 discovery of the Sarah Joe more than 2,000 miles away in the Marshall Islands; and the identification of Scott Moorman’s remains near a grave marked by driftwood and stones. It is a story about the ocean, but even more than that, it is a story about Hana, memory, and the families who were left to live with silence. If you’ve heard this case before, this revisited version stays closer to the people at the center of it and the facts we can actually hold onto. Sources used in this episode: “40 years later, mystery still surrounds the Sarah Joe and its five Hana fishermen who didn’t return” — The Maui News https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2019/02/40-years-later-mystery-still-surrounds-the-sarah-joe-and-its-five-hana-fishermen-who-didnt-return/ “Lost fishermen still cast shadow 30 years later” — Honolulu Star-Bulletin https://archives.starbulletin.com/content/20090220_Lost_fishermen_still_cast_shadow_30_years_later _ “Lost Hawaiian Fishermen” — Unsolved Mysteries https://unsolved.com/gallery/lost-hawaiian-fishermen/ “Adventurer Eulogized 10 Years After Being Lost in South Seas” — Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-06-me-455-story.html Mahalo to Yoza for “Broken Wings.” #SarahJoe #Hana #Maui #HawaiiTrueCrime #MissingAtSea #UnsolvedMystery #ScottMoorman #BenjaminKalama #RalphMalaiakini #PatrickWoessner #PeterHanchett #BeneathThePalms