Aug 2008

Lahaina Weekend Information

NOR and entry form for the 2008 Lahaina to Honolulu Race, scheduled for Monday, September 1, 2008. This is one of the great weekends of racing in Hawaii with the Lahaina Offshores on Saturday, August 30 and the Maui vs. Oahu softball game and sabot racing on Sunday, August 31. Also, the NOR for the Lahaina Offshores is available at the LYC website, http://www.lahainayachtclub.org/

Skippers, please reply to this email (
hyc.racecommittee@gmail.com) if you intend to race in the Lahaina Offshores and/or the Lahaina to Honolulu Race, so we can get a head count for planning purposes. 

See you in Lahaina! 
--
Joseph and Christin Shacat
HYC Race Committee

on behalf of
HYC RC for Sail Tony Cole

WYC Masaji Beach Fleet Aug 10, 2008

Please find the NOR and WYC Entry Form for this Sunday's MASAJI TAMURA REGATTA, the 3rd event of the Waikiki Beach Fleet Series. Come out to play if you are not in Kauai!!

WYC Waikiki Offshores Results and Pictures

Website Results (PDF) Pictures (link)

It was two days of wonderful sailing between Diamond Head and Koko Head for the 2008 Waikiki Offshore Series sailed August 2 & 3, 2008.  The event is more a local race in even years and an international event in odd (Transpac) years.  This year John Spadaro's Bashford 41 Boomerang won with four 1st and one 2nd in ORR and PHRF scoring of the five race no throwout regatta.  The event was sailed in calm (By Hawaii standards) seas of 2 - 4 foot  and winds of 8 - 20 kts. 

Using a mid course start finish and five mile legs, PRO Joe Cochran and his team set a perfect course to take advantage of the winds, seas and the spectacular scenery. 

Second in ORR and third in PHRF was the recent Kalakaua Cup winners, Todd and Cindy Wyrick on their Sydney 36 FINS.  David Nottage and his Kaneohe Yacht Club team on his J44 Kaimiloa III finished 3rd in ORR and 2nd in PHRF. 

The 1D35 Fleet racing was won by Gary Fanger on Tabasco with Dan Doyle's On the Edge 2nd and Mark Witty's Sensation in 3rd. 

The Waikiki Offshore Series was started in 2004 to replace the Kenwood Cup International Offshore Series last raced in 2000.  "This is the best racing in the world and combined with the aloha spirit makes this an event not be missed" said regatta chair Steve Thomas.  The 2009 event will be scheduled after Transpac with time for all boats to make the Big Boat Series in San Francisco.  For more information and the history of the event see: http://www.waikikioffshores.com/

Winners:
2008 Boomerang - Bashford 41 - John Spadaro
2007 Samba Pa Ti - Transpac 52 - John Kilroy Jr.
2006 Zamboni - X-35 Doug Taylor
2005 Pegasus - Transpac 52 - Philippe Kahn
2004 Scorpio - Wilie 42 - John Siegle

Michael Roth