NAWILIWILI — Fast Company captured the Nawiliwili Yacht Club’s Junior Series by just a point following Thursday’s final race. The Olson 30, one of three in the racing fleet, finished fourth place to Malihini, Lelele, and Papa‘au in the final
NAWILIWILI — Fast Company captured the Nawiliwili Yacht Club’s Junior Series by just a point following Thursday’s final race.
The Olson 30, one of three in the racing fleet, finished fourth place to Malihini, Lelele, and Papa‘au in the final race of the series, but after garnering two first finishes in the four-race series, captured the top berth with 11 points.
Malihini, the 35-foot catamaran, having a safe start a milisecond behind the horn, battled in the steady 10-15 knot trades to chip out an early lead that stood for the three legs, crossing on a 1:09:08 sail (1:10:53 PHRF) for a critical first place finish.
Thursday’s finish for Malihini gave her the margin to break a tie for second place over Lelele, a second-place finisher in Thursday’s race, when both boats finished with 12 points for the series.
A tie-breaker utilizing the most firsts, seconds and thirds determined Malihini the winner with one first place finish to none for Lelele in the four-race series.
Lelele, a Wells 30, finished the final race of the series on a 1:11:48 sail (1:11:35 PHRF), just 20 seconds faster than Papa‘au (1:15:08 elapsed, 1:11:55 PHRF).
That performance helped Papa‘au break a tie for fourth place over OZone, both boats finishing the series with 16 points, but Papa‘au getting the berth after OZone marked a “Did Not Compete.”
Fast Company filled in the fourth berth of Thursday’s final race on a 1:12:23 (1:12:33 PHRF).
Speedy (1:22:008 elapsed, 1:22:16 PHRF) and Coyote (1:31:53 elapsed, 1:26:03 PHRF) rounded out the qualifying boats in the final race of the Junior Series.
Following the tight race for the leaders, Speedy finished the series with 23 points followed by Bonjolea (26 points), Coyote (32 points), and Trinity (36 points).
The NYC Race Committee hosts its annual Fourth of July race from Nawiliwili to Hanalei and back this weekend.
It will return to the harbor July
9 when it opens its three-race
Wahine Series, in which a woman needs to be at the wheel of the racing yacht.
The public is invited to view this series starting at 5 p.m. from the jetty wall.
For more information, visit the NYC Web site at www.nawiliwiliyachtclub.org.
