HYRA Updates 19 Mar 2009
Attached please find the Pokai Bay SI and Attachments (Course Diagrams) for the HYC Pokai Bay Regatta to be held this weekend. All documents can be found on the HYC Racing website:
http://hawaiiyachtclub.org/sail_fish/regattas/regattas.html
(2) New Friday Night Start Times
This Friday, 20 March 2009, the new start times for the Friday Night Race will go into effect. See attachment for times. The times as well as the SI can be found on the HYC website under the Friday Night Blog.
http://hawaiiyachtclub.org/sail_fish/fridays/fridays.html
(3) HPHRF Application to Ratings Committee
Also please be remined to send your HPHRF application to Jim Donovan by 1 April 2009 if you haven't done so already. You can either email him at "Jim Donovan" jpd@jpdonovandesign.com or send a hard copy to this address: 1837 Wilhelmina Rise, Honolulu Hi, 96816.
(4) KYC 15 Mar 2009 Class Boat
Race pictures on HYRA website (Thanks to Stan Radlo)
http://www.hyra.us/
KGMB covers WYC FujiSankei contract signing
Local Yacht Club Secures Japan Sponsorship
Written by KGMB9 News - news@kgmb9.com
March 03, 2009 05:24 PM
A series of Waikiki Yacht Club sailing races has secured a title sponsor from Japan.
The official contract was signed yesterday at the Waikiki Yacht Club. The Fuji Sankei Business i, one business part of Japan's largest media conglomerate has agreed to sponsor the 2009 Waikiki offshore series. The well-known sailing regatta takes place in late July. The regatta has not had a sponsor for several years, so yacht clubs had to pay for the costs on their own.
http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/14620/40/
Waikiki Offshore Series announces title sponsor
Press
Release
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Michael Roth
February 22, 2009 Phone 808-595-4124
FUJISANKEI
BUSINESS i SIGNS ON AS TITLE SPONSOR
OF THE 2009 WAIKIKI OFFSHORES SERIES
Honolulu,
Hi. U.S.A. The
Waikiki Yacht Club announced today that
FujiSankei Business i will be the title sponsor of
the 2009 WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES.
The
2009 FujiSankei Business i WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES
will be held July 22 to 26, on the waters between the
islands of Oahu and Maui, Hawaii and will include the
145 mile Molokai Race, a 40 Mile medium distance race
and six windward-leeward races. Perpetual and take
home trophies will be presented for first overall,
combined offshore races, combined inshore races and
first in the Molokai race.
FujiSankei
Business i is the largest business newspaper
publisher in Japan with over two million readers. “We
look forward a fun and exciting set of races to
promote to our readers in Japan.” said Shun Eguchi,
chairman of FujiSankei Business i on a recent trip to
Hawaii to sign the sponsorship agreement.
The Molokai race record is in jeopardy this year with
the Transpac 52’s and bigger boats in Transpac
interested in the event. The three fastest times are
Drumbeat at 14:52:31 in 1990. Windward Passage at
15:32:56 in 1982 and Braveheart at 15:14:57 in 20054.
Past winner of the Waikiki Offshore Series are:
2004 Scorpio John Siegel
2005 Pegasus 52 Philippe Kahn
2006 Zamboni Doug Taylor
2007 Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy Jr.
2008 Boomerang John Spadaro
The
WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES was first sailed in 2004.
2009 will be the sixth year of this annual event.
For more
information visit:
http://www.waikikioffshores.com