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    Default Behind the Curtain: The Organization of the Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race

    I'm always impressed by how extensive is the preparation for this race. So much time and energy is expended making sure it happens. Traditions are respected and built upon, people come and go. Maybe this is a good time to start to describe the effort so that, in the future, other people might consider stepping in to help. Because it's an awful lot of fun.

    What is happening with the 2020 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race site? Well, lots! When you click on it via the SSS Main site, be sure to refresh it. Then you will see that it has been updated. Since updates are happening over time, be patient. This will be the site throughout the preparation for the race, during the race and through the finish in Hanalei Bay. You can also access the WordPress race sites from 2016 and 2018. Cool, huh?

    To whom shall we thank for these bountiful gifts? David Nabors, participant in the 2016 SHTP, and our Web Czar until he retired to work at some high end physics lab. Yeah, we've got some skill sets in the SSS. David will be at the start, so you can thank him when you see him there.

    Christine Weaver s/v Stink Eye, figured out how to get into the backroom of the Word Press site from 2018 and started tinkering with the code. How she do dat? I have no idea, but there she was, happily typing away in front of her big monitor.
    “Okay”, she said, “I know how to do this.”

    Christine and Jonathan Gutoff will be in Hanalei Bay again to photograph, interview and videotape everybody. They’ve been covering the race since 2008.

    Have you noticed the new copy on the site? Well, you can thank Greg Ashby (third place overall in the SHTP 2018) for that. Greg will also be in Hanalei Bay, doing the endless number of things that need doing. Babying the Sea Squirrel, collecting sleep deprived sailors from their boats as they arrive 24/7, posting on the SHTP site. Greg has agreed to organize the Awards Ceremony at Nawiliwili Yacht Club, and to make sure the trophies are there to distribute. There are a million things to be done to make this race work.
    Last edited by Philpott; 02-28-2020 at 10:29 PM.

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