re: Best Hawaiian island to stay on for all around experience?

Would need to be a large boat or yacht. Cruise ships do the Hawaiian tour as well as very large yachts. Currents and channels between the islands are nothing like the Caribbean. Very, very rough seas for a medium to small vessel. I was told by a woman who was native to Ni'hiau (the forbidden island) that it took them 3 hours on a pretty large ferry to get from there to Kauai to bring sick people over for medical treatment and that the ride was extremely rough.