June 14, 2001 North East wins 17-under playoffs North East was crowned the champion of the County of Kaua’i 17-and-under boys basketball playoffs Tuesday night. In the title game, Maka Alapai scored 18 points for North East to lead his
June 14, 2001
North East wins 17-under playoffs
North East was crowned the champion of the County of Kaua’i 17-and-under boys basketball playoffs Tuesday night.
In the title game, Maka Alapai scored 18 points for North East to lead his team to a 61-58 victory over Waimea. Desmond Rodrigues led Waimea with 14 points.
Just before the final, Waimea had defeated North East 57-50 to force the final game of the double-elimination tournament. In that game, Jeff Giminez scored 22 points for North East. Darwin Tutop dropped in 15 points for Waimea.
Team Faith emerged from the tourney as the third-place finishers.
The most valuable players of the league were North East’s Maka Alapai and Waimea’s Winnie Arios.
Memorial Day yacht racing results
Memorial Day weekend was made-to-order for fun at the Nawiliwili Yacht Club. There was no wind for the 9 a.m. start, but just as the 10-minute warning gun went off, the breeze started to fill in. It continued to blow at 10-17 knots for the rest of the day. The fastest elapsed time was scored by Prindle 19 MX, “Machine Gun Etiquette” who sailed the 30-mile course in 2 hours, 31 minutes, 18 seconds. The multihull “Malihini” (35′ Schuttleworth Cat) broke her best record by arriving in 3 hours, 58 minutes, 51 seconds, and the first monohull in was “Fidelia” (40′ Wells sloop) who made the trip in 4 hours, 30 minutes, 06 seconds.
A good size group of NYC members and friends gathered at the Hanalei Pavilion to party and to greet the arriving crews. Trophies were presented to the winners.
Only three boats continued on “Around The Island” the next day. The wind blew strong (15-30 knots) from Hanalei to Nualolo but dwindled to nearly nothing as the boats navigated the West Shoreline. Coyote and Coquette gave it up, and started their engines, but Malihini hung in there and finished Leg 1 in 7 hours 26 minutes 15 seconds. After a calm and restful night in Wahiawa Bay, the boats sailed the final 22-mile course to Nawiliwili in a gentle offshore breeze. Malihini was the only boat still racing and finished in 5 hours 58 minutes 10 seconds.
Leg 1 (Nawiliwili to Hanalei) Race Results:
Monohull Class
1. Fidelia (40′ Wells), 3:20:06; 2. Tiare (24′ Wells) 3:23:25; 3. Coyote (38′ C&C) 3:39:10; 4. Sarangani (32′ Beneteau) 4:04:25; 5. Coquette (30′ Cal 30-2) 5:12:20; 6. Karanja (29′ Beystedt) not available
Multihull Class
1 Malihini (35’Shuttleworth Cat) 3:34:51
Sport Cat Class
1. Machine Gun Etiquette (P-19MX) 4:08:19; 2. Nalei (P-19MX) 4:08:29; 3. There’s Something About Mary (P-16) 4:27:58; 4. 991 (P-19MX) 4:34:02; 5. Barbarian (P-19MX) 4:34:47; 6. 80 (P-19) :11:43
Summer Sunset Series
This new, twelve-race series began on June 6th. There will be three throw-outs. This series is open to all classes.
