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Nice, indeed! Great report and pictures, and great looking work product. Hope to get a first hand look -- perhaps in Hanalei Bay less than 500 days from now.

All sounds great, David. If you get the chance, stop by the harbor master's office in Nawiliwili and say hi to Mana Brown. He took over as harbor agent there sometime between 2018 and 2021 and is a...

Lack of infrastructure at the finish is just part of the adventure in sailing to Hanalei Bay, right? Perhaps the SHTP should bill itself as "Not Your Grandpa's Race to Hawaii". There's plenty of...

Not of the race itself, but today's scene at the finish.


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Pardon the high jack of your thread for a moment, but came across a prior boat you curated and had to share: Ankle Biter, as seen last Friday evening, just back to the slip at Waikiki Yacht Club...

I don't think there is one. I used the cruising log book (Evergreen) that I had on hand at the time, and submitted a PDF of the pages the qualifier filled. First of those:

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Marina Village Yacht Harbor, Alameda. Worked well for me both before and after the 2018 race. Proximity to Oakland airport, great facilities, helpful staff.

You could do it as a two-legged race, allowing provisioning at the turning mark. Everyone would get their 3 days free anchorage, no permit or insurance required, and Morning Star will be on station...

FWIW, here is my recent experience with this issue here in Hilo. I did not notify GEICO/BoatUS I was sailing to Hawaii when I departed So Cal at the end of October 2020. Upon arrival I picked a spot...

After the 2018 race I spent 5 days in each. Some boats from our fleet sailed back straight from Hanalei, but I think most visited Nawiliwili for re-provisioning and fuel, and in my case to await...

Yep, that's my conclusion. My policy says I'm covered in "coastal waters of the US and Canada", and offers no definition of that term. The US exerts authority over its coastal waters out to 200 nm,...

Yep, this just seemed to be the section of the forum where the post would draw attention of prospective sellers in the fleet.

If you are thinking of selling the boat rather than shipping or sailing it back, please let me know. A friend of mine here in Hilo is looking for an ocean-worthy sail boat. PM me here or send email...

Here is what I understand from reading online news of the club years ago: The issue was brewing back in 2016 when NYC's lease expired. The problem was that NYC is not a charitable organization....

Greetings from Hilo. From my perspective here I think Jim is right, and that Kauai will be in sync with the travel program the rest of the state is using by then. And, FWIW, if the race runs this...

That looks great. Did you prepare line drawings or schematics of what the system will look like installed on the Wildcat? If you posted them previously on this thread I missed it.

But there is this: http://www.hilo-sailing.org/

Despite the formal name "Na Hoa Holomoku of Hawaii Yacht Club," it seems to be every bit a 'not a yacht club' sort of thing. The 'club' has a fleet...

My .02 on alternative finish points: Hilo should be considered. Like Hanalei, there is not much traffic on the approach. I was surprised on the recent passage here from So Cal that there was so...

This has been great fun so far. Nice weather, pleasant anchoring and mooring around Catalina Island, and plenty of time well spent on punch list stuff from the refit and other little projects. And a...

So, it is back to Plan A.

Morning Star and I will depart San Diego tomorrow for the Channel Islands. On October 27 (or later as weather presents) we plan to leave from there for the Hawaiian...

"Persons arriving in the State [of Hawaii] on recreational boats that have been at sea for at least 14 days do not have to self-quarantine if no one on the boat is ill or experiencing COVID-19...

Great fun following this. Excellent pictures and report. Hope to be up there in the next week or so, isolating in such anchorages.

Good job.

Yes, almost poetry: your wind-powered vessel being steered by the wind.

Yes, at the present. If current plans hold, however, that will change with my departure for Hilo this October.