Tow boat

The truck towing an abandoned boat breaks down on Queen Kaahumanu Highway Thursday morning. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

The boat that was abandoned off Queen Kaahumanu Highway south of Kua Bay is towed away Thursday morning. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

KUA BAY — It took a few tries and an 1 hour, 45 minutes for the abandoned boat off Queen Kaahumanu Highway — sitting there for several months now — south of Kua Bay to be loaded onto a flatbed and towed away by the state.