And It Has A Boat Too!

Yesterday I helped out on a video shoot, and the subject was Avex Honolulu Studios in Hawaii Kai.

It's a drop-dead gorgeous multi-million dollar recording facility – $12 million to be near-exact.

And it has a boat too!

Well, yes and no. The previous owner of the studio, a Japanese recording artist known as TK (part of the group Globe), had the studios built to his specs, and the property actually came with two boats as part of the deal. According to the studio manager, TK didn't even set foot in either of the boats, and when he eventually sold the studios a few years ago, the current owners said to get rid of the boats.

In any case, I got to go on the last boat (one got sold recently) since I was part of the crew, and damn if it wasn't a nice boat. I think it was a 40-footer, with AC in the bedroom down below. Sadly, we didn't get to take the thing out for a ride in the harbor since it needed two experienced drivers.