This SA article only has about half of the complete Assoc Press story. It's worth searching out, there's a lot of interesting info: "The two women met in late 2016, and within a week of knowing each other decided to take the trip together. Fuiava had never sailed a day in her life ... On their first day at sea, May 3, the two U.S. women described running into a fearsome storm that tossed their vessel with 60 mph (97 kph) winds and 30-foot (9-meter) seas for three days, but meteorologists say there was no severe weather anywhere along their route during that time ... the National Weather Service in Honolulu said no organized storm systems were in or near Hawaii on May 3 or in the days afterward. Archived NASA satellite images confirm there were no tropical storms around Hawaii that day."