KATO WAS SO CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR
The third race of the Gene Wells Memorial Series was held on 8/20/20. The course was A-B-E with two outside laps and one inside lap over 5.92 miles. The winds were...
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IS FAST COMPANY UNBEATABLE?
The Gene Wells Memorial Race #2 was held on 8/13/20 with course E-A-B which had an inside lap to the Kalapaki buoy and two outside laps around the Ninini lighthouse...
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FAST COMPANY TAKES THE GENE WELLS #1 RACE
The first race of the seven race Gene Wells Memorial Series was held on 8/6/20 with 8 boats competing. The boats and crews started off quite wet as they left their...
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KATO WINS, BUT FAST COMPANY TAKES THE SERIES
The final race of the 7 race Rum Series was held on 7/30/20 in gusty winds. However, Ozone was the only boat with a reef in their main. The brave Olson 30 Double...
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Fast Company Is Too Fast Once Again
The 6th race of the Rum Series was held on 7/23/20 with lighter winds of about 10 knots out of the Northeast. Boats had their large #1 jibs up. About 3 minutes before...
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KATO GIVES AARON A FIRST CLASS EARLY WEDDING PRESENT!
As Kato’s crew jury rigged their starboard shroud which broke during last week’s race, they could be heard planning an impromptu bachelor party after the race for...
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Fast Company Back On Top
It was a gorgeous day on Thursday 7/9/20 when the 4th Rum Race was held. The 3 lap course A-D-C over 6.11 miles had light to gusty winds more out of the North. Sail...
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Kato wins (but Weatherly steals the show)
The Rum Series Race #3 was held on 6/25/20 with lighter air out of the east at about 12 knots so that the big #1 sails were in use. The 3 lap A-D-A course over 5.91...
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Fast (and Furious) Company Yet Again
The Rum Series Race #2 was held on 6/18/20 with 15-17 knots of wind out of the NE. Nine boats did the 3 lap course C-B-D over 6.23 miles. Kato showed how eager they...
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SAILBOAT RACING IS BACK ON!!!
The Rum Race #1 was held on 6/11/20 much to the delight of the 8 boat crews. After 3 months of no racing everyone felt good to get back on the water. It has been way...
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It’s not a race – unless there are two boats!
Leaving Nawiliwili Harbor bound for Hanalei, we were minutes behind Lisa Rae. Iwa took a long outside tack, while they found the wind to hug the shorter inside track....
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Was it Papa Au winning or Fast Company making it 5 in a row?
The 5th race of the Spring Shakedown Series was held on 3/12/20 in lighter air coming more from the south than our usual easterly trade winds. This resulted in a 2 lap...
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NYC SHAKEDOWN SERIES #3 – And yes, it was Fast Company yet again
The third Race of the Spring Shakedown Series was held on 2/27/20 with 3 laps in winds of 18+ knots out of the east northeast. Papa Au, Weatherly and Kato had the...
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NYC Shakedown Series #2 – It’s Fast Company Yet Again
The second race of the Spring Shakedown Series was held on 2/20/20 in very wet and gusty conditions. The winds were east northeast at 18+ knots over a 6.03 mile course....
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NYC SPRING SHAKEDOWN SERIES
The first race of the 6 race Spring Shakedown Series was held on 2/13/20 with seven boats competing. It was a beautiful day with milder 6-8 knot winds compared to the...
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NYC OPENING DAY RACES
It is too dark after work to do the sailboat races in the winter. So after 3 months of not racing and of sanding and painting and getting the boats ready, it was...
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NYC Lighted Boat Parade
As the sun sank to the west of Nawiliwili Harbor, the Spirit of Christmas began to rise from the Nawiliwili Yacht Club. Three boats launched from the small boat harbor...
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THE HALLOWEEN RACE AND BEST COSTUME WINNER (IT HAD TO BEE FAST COMPANY)
The latest buzz is that Fast Company took it all… The Olson 30 crew dressed in bee themed costumes were spectacular. Tess Moeller dressed in a tutu with a crown on her...
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FAST COMPANY TAKES THE GENE WELLS RACE #10, BUT OZONE TAKES THE SERIES
The 10th and final race of the Gene Wells Series was held on 10/17/19 with 12-17 knot trade winds out of the northeast over a 5 mile two lap course (A-C). Ozone with...
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PAPA AU WINS #9, BUT IT WASN’T EASY
The Gene Wells Race #9 was held on 10/10/19 in crazy light air. For the first time in over 16 years the starting pin was placed inside the harbor towards the cruise...
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Ozone Finally Wins One!
The Gene Wells Race #8 was held on 10/3/19 with northeast winds at 15-20 knots. The sailors had a 2 lap B-C course over 5.12 miles which had the starters heading for...
Read MoreFast Company Takes Gene Wells #7
The 7th Gene Wells Race was held on 9/26/19 with very unusual winds coming from the southwest at 6-10 knots and these winds were very flukey. The short 2 lap V-X course...
Read MorePAPA AU WINS AGAIN!
The Express 27 Papa Au, the smallest boat in the fleet, corrected to first place in the Gene Wells Series #6 held on 9/19/19. That is two bullets in a row for helmsman...
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PAPA AU BLOWS THE FLEET AWAY IN GENE WELLS #5
Papa Au, the Express 27 helmed by Jeff Olson and the smallest boat in the fleet, aced the other 8 sailboats racing in the Gene Wells Race #5 on 9/12/19. A 6.23 mile...
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