Race News!
1998 Singlehanded TransPac 

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Date:	Sun, 5 Jul 1998 12:55:57 -0700
Subject:	Lakota finishes - new record!
From:	"Terry McKelvey" <sensei@dnai.com>
To:	"Joseph Oster" <oster@wingo.com>

Steve Fossett and Lakota crossed the finish line in Hanalei Bay this morning, 7/5, at 10:28:26 PDT (7:28 local time).  Pat Zajac was there to record the finish - she says she spotted him on the horizon at 6:30 local time when he was about 15 miles out...he was doing a fast reach in from the north under reefed mainsail and a small jib, with a gorgeous sunrise for backdrop.  Elapsed time for his race was 7 days, 22 hours, 38 minutes, 26 seconds - taking almost a day off the previous record of 8 days, 20 hours, 3 minutes set by Peter Hogg in 1994 on his Antrim 40 Trimaran Aotea.
 
Congratulations to Steve!
 
---T
TransPac Race Committe Chair

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Date:	Sun, 5 Jul 1998 10:36:43 -0700
Subject:	7/5 0900 reports
From:	"Terry McKelvey" <sensei@dnai.com>
To:	"Joseph Oster" <oster@wingo.com>

 

The headline from this morning is that Lakota is near the finish - only 18 miles out at the 0900 checkin!
 
Other stats:
 
At Last 29-44 143-20 230M 7kts 979mtg
Bravo 30-40 140-37 240M 6kts 1131mtg
Compass Rose 29-55 139-32 200M 5.5kts 1170mtg
Harrier 29-59 142-26 210M 6.4kts 1029mtg
Endangered Species 30-22 144-25 254M 5.5kts 946mtg
Razzberries 30-06 143-59 235M 5.5kts 961mtg
Color Blind 29-10 143-09 250M 5.5kts 978mtg
Giggles 29-05 143-50 235M 6-7 942mtg
Solitaire 30-10 144-24 224M 5.2kts 941mtg
Etosha 26-25 146-39 243M 10kts 745mtg
 
The numbers for Endangered Species are much more reasonable numbers than what we had yesterday - also shows he passed the halfway mark sometime yesterday.  And Harrier hit halfway last night.
 
---T
TransPac Race Committe Chair

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