Please find the Notice of Race and Entry Form here.

Aloha sailors,

I can’t believe we’re already in late August, and Lahaina is just around the corner. Next weekend we are scheduled to have the Lahaina feeder to Lanai, but it seems there is some lack of interest for this race, so it will most likely not take place. It would have been a great time, maybe we will try it again next year. It is a busy sailing season and everyone cherishes those lazy weekends that don’t involve sailing.

Last year for the Lahaina Return we had 39 boats in the race, and this year’s goal is to have at least 45 boats. Please let us know if you’re racing, so that we can get a head count.

I have also made a deal with Maui Zen Day Spa for those who are interested. Basically, if 5 or more of us book a massage for the same day, they will give 15% discount off their regular prices. Please see the attached flyer and when you book mention the Lahaina Return Special.

If you have any questions, please e-mail or call me.
Hope to see all of you in Lahaina in about 2 week’s time.

Johanna Katzman
HYC Lahaina Return Principal Race Officer
808-358-8438

New US Olympic Sailing Program Newsletter!!

Welcome to The Medalist

Welcome to the first issue of The Medalist, the new newsletter from the US Olympic Sailing Program and the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG). Our world-class athletes are traveling the globe, racing at some of the biggest, most competitive Olympic and Paralympic class events with the 2012 Games in their sights. Who are these athletes, and what does it take to be the world's best sailors? What gives them the edge over other sailors? How do they train on and off the water? Read on ... and sail fast!

Masaji results from last weekend and next Sunday's Duke docs to be found on front page.
A few pictures from the Masaji (thanks, Tony Owen) can be found on the HYRA Publicity Facebook group. Send us your pictures!

e-USSailing 19 Aug 09 Newsletter incl. a write up of the 2009 Chubb Champs which a few of our own juniors went to!

US SAILING's 2009 Chubb U.S. Junior Championships Wrap-up
US SAILING's 2009 Chubb U.S. Junior Sailing Championship division winners proved themselves in a variety of challenging conditions this week as racing concluded today in a gusty, 15-knot northeasterly wind and large swell after two days of lighter breezes... California swept the national event, as Kevin Laube (San Diego, Calif.) won the Smythe Trophy for the singlehanded division; Kieran Chung (Newport Beach, Calif.) and crew Ryan Davidson (Costa Mesa, Calif.) won the Bemis Trophy for the doublehanded division; and brothers Scott and Evan Hoffmann (Escondido, Calif.) with crew Colleen Hackett (El Cajon, Calif.) won the Sears Cup for the triplehanded division.
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Aloha,

Just a quick reminder that there are several new Hawaii boating articles now up on http://www.examiner.com/x-8210-Honolulu-Boating-Examiner

Thanks for your continued interest.

Ray

Ray Pendleton
Examiner.com Columnist
Honolulu Edition
http://www.examiner.com/x-8210-Honolulu-Boating-Examiner
(808) 255-3582

We all arrived safely in Boston and made our way to the Pleon Yacht Club in Marblehead for registration on Sunday. After registration the sailors were given the needed gear to start rigging their boats. You could just feel the electricity in the air as each competitor applied their special touch to their boat while secretly checking out the competition. On Monday the sailors finished rigging their boats and attended a clinic for the balance of the morning. The afternoon consisted of practice races under clear skies and light air.

After a brief skippers meeting Tuesday morning , the sailors made their way to the racing area about 2 miles offshore and the 2009 Chubb Junior Championships were underway. The lasers, 420’s and Rhodes 19’s each had separate race areas. Winds were out to the North east averaging 8-10 knots and lighter in some cases. A total of 4 races were completed today with the last race shortened due to a fog bank that rolled in and cut the visibility to about 200 ft.
While the full standings after day 1 of racing are posted on US Sailing, here is how our Hawaii sailors are doing.
420’s
Dylan Ale and Rinchen Harrison are 5th
Rhodes 19’s
Allen Sterling, Ryan McDonald, & Richard Wollenbecker are 6th
Laser
Lance Miller is 17th.

The winds for tomorrow are expected to be in the 8-10 knot range again.
Aloha
Bob Ale

BOOMERANG WINS
2009 FUJISANKEI BUSINESS i
WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES

Honolulu, Hawaii - After a hard fought battle, John Spadaro’s Bashford 41 Boomerang won the 2009 Waikiki Offshore Series for a second year in a row. The regatta was sailed in seven races over three days off the south shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Boomerang finished with 14 points, followed by Gil Budar’s Farr 42 Gerontius in second, and Scott Bradley’s Beneteau 40.7 Cazan placing third.

In the offshore category, Cazan won the Medium distance race followed by Boomerang in second, and Gary Fanger’s 1D35 Tabasco in third place. Todd Wyrick’s Sydney 36 Fins won the six-race inshore component with 12 points followed by Boomerang in second and Gerontius in third.

Hawaii delivered her famous tropical trade wind surfing conditions to Diamond Head with 18 – 30 knots of wind, 5 foot wind waves, and a 3 foot south swell for the last three races. “I saw a 30 knot puff on one run,” said James McDowell skipper of the Corel 45 Heartbeat, fresh from his second place finish in the Santa Cruz 70 fleet in Transpac skippering Grand illusion.

Mr. Shigeru Namiki, the senior advisor to Japan Sailing Federation and the Series’ title sponsor, FujiSankei Business i, presented the hand-carved koa replica of the renown Hawaii sailing canoe Hokule’a to the Boomerang crew for their first place finish in the series.

Mr. Eiji Akaishi, the project manager from FujiSankei Business i delivered a moving speech describing his first time experience of sailing and his strong support for this race. FujiSankei Business i is excited about the opportunity the Waikiki Offshore Series offers to deepen the relationship between our two countries and promote sailing on both shores.

FujiSankei Business i, Sam Adams Beer and the Waikiki Yacht Club sponsor the Waikiki Offshore Series.
For more information visit: http://www.waikikioffshores.com.

Photo: Phil Uhl - Boomerang crew and sponsors with King Kamehameha Trophy .


Media Contact:
Michael Roth
(808) 595-4124
rothcomm@lava.net

Aug 5 Newsletter
This and more:

US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics
Making Waves in
Summer of 2009

The path to greatness for every aspiring world-class sailor has its challenges. A grueling schedule packed with elite championship events spread out across the globe, against the best, is both physically and mentally demanding. The inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup, along with a number of international class championship regattas, has kept the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) on the move, and put them to the test throughout 2009, especially this summer.

Ray Pendleton
Honolulu Boating Examiner

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