There's another way to race to Hawaii other than the SHTP. This involves bigger, faster boats, professional crews, wet boats, breakages, a ton of money, black sails and black interiors, and finishing at a metropolis of cars, noise, and pollution. It's the other Transpac, known as the Honolulu Race. Here's their 2021 story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzqkvh2RuKE
Did I mention hiking out over the back of the boat to keep from submerging the bow or being washed off the deck?