The Brief

A yacht-sized passenger boat ran aground in the high surf off a Hawaii beach over the weekend.

What happened?

Dig deeper:

KHON-TV reported that the events occurred around 8 a.m. Saturday when the swells were peaking and the tide was bottoming out.

What they're saying:

"Basically, the boat was surfing like a giant surfboard," Ramon Brockington, a surfing filmmaker, said. "I’ve never seen a boat of that size and caliber being picked up like a toy and basically launched across the beach."

Atlantis Adventures, which owns the boat, said in a statement that the two experienced crew members aboard were not injured.

What we know:

Two crew members were on the 60-foot (18 meter) vessel, named Discovery, when it ran aground near Honolulu's Kewalo Basin Harbor, the U.S. Coast G

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