HULA
TRANSPAC 2009
USA 51092
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The Transpacific Yacht Race ‘09 marks the 45th running of the world’s most enduring and greatest ocean race from California’s coast to Honolulu, Hawaii, a distance of around 2,225 nautical miles. Started in 1906, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. The race is done every other year and organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club.
Maury Myers & Bill Mills
After planning for the Transpac race for over a year, Maury and Bill have finally done it!
Maury Myers, Co-owner, Honolulu, HIBill Mills, Co-owner, Honolulu, HI
Scott Easom, Crew Chief, Pt. Richmond, CA
Chris Lewis, Navigator, Mountain View, CA
Chris Bober, San Rafael, CA
Jerry Bober, Chicago, IL
Glen Fujihara, Honolulu, HI
Rob Kane, Fairfield, CT
Mike Mohr, Mountainview, CA
Mark Towill, Honolulu, HI
Brad Whitcomb, Walnut Creek, CA
The Hula Crew is headed up by Scott Easom of Easom Racing and Rigging. Professional crew with experience in both the Transpac and Pacific Cup include Mark Towill and Rob Kane. Chris Bober, Jerry Bober, Brad Whitcomb and Chris Lewis are experienced yacht racers. Mike Mohr is an experienced cruising sailor. Maurice Myers and Bill Mills are the owners with power and sail experience. Glen Fujihara is a Hawaiian waterman with canoe paddling experience and lots of "Hawaiian Muscle Power".
The "HULA" Results
We placed 3rd of the
More impressive is that we beat all but 2 boats in the other two divisions that left the same day as us. This means, for instance, that we beat Cipango on corrected time which is pretty good given they were first in class, second overall in the last Transpac and had a full on race program. If we were in the either of the two other divisions that left the same day, we'd have gotten a second in class. Essentially, we were in the most competitive class on the day we left. And with the Sunday start, which left 3 days after us, being by far the best with better wind, it had the effect of pushing us down the overall standings board due to a reason beyond our control. So if you took away the Sunday start, then we were actually 8th of the 30 boats that started the same day as us or the prior start.
Finally, when analyzing our class times, 4 places (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) were separated by less than an hour on corrected time. This means we were less than hour off the podium in our very, very competitive class. We lost to the boat in front of us by only 17 minutes on corrected time after 13 days of racing. The faster SC52 Relentless finished only 50 minutes ahead of us, which corrected out to beating us by 39min on corrected time. Finally, we were only 1.5 hours out of second place on corrected time to the boat that won Transpac overall (beat every single boat on corrected time) in the last Transpac race 2 years ago.
In sum, this highlights that we were very competitive indeed, while still have fun and eating and drinking well.
| Owners: Maury Myers & Bill Mills Sail Number: 51092 Home Port: Honolulu, HI Boat Type / Model: Santa Cruz 52 Year Manufactured: 1999 Designer: Bill Lee & Bob Smith LOA: 52.0 Feet Beam: 14.0 Feet Draft: 9.0 Feet |
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