Papa‘au, OZone tied for Wahine Series

NAWILIWILI — OZone, with Alison Fornari at the stick, made its move just a little too late as Papa‘au, with Marcie Millett at the wheel, topped the second race of the Nawiliwili Yacht Club Wahine Series on Thursday.

Papa‘au jumped off the clean start and held the lead until the turn at the No. 2 can fronting the Pali Kai cottages at the cliffs on the final leg of the 5.12-mile course.

Fonari whipped the horses into action, coming from behind Fast Company, holding the No. 2 position, and overtook Millett and crew at the No. 2 can, holding on to cross first overall on a 59:45 elapsed sail.

But correcting to 59:51 PHRF put OZone behind Papa‘au, crossing at 1:00:08 elapsed and correcting to 57:34 PHRF for the top berth.

Fast Company, with Jakki Nelson at the stick, crossed at 1:00:21, just 13 ticks behind Papa‘au, and corrected to 1:00:27 PHRF for third place.

Bonjolea, with Bonnie Tiffany at the wheel, finished solid on a 1:03:04 elapsed sail and corrected to 1:00:38, nine seconds behind Fast Company.

Bonjolea also corrected to 52:41 Club for top honors in that class for the second straight week.

Weatherly, the newest Olson 30 in the NYC fleet, crossed on a 1:01:19 elapsed sail behind the steering of Shale Ami and corrected to 1:01:25 PHRF followed by Speedy, with Leslie Vincent at the stick, crossing on a 1:04:33 elapsed sail and correcting to 1:04:39 PHRF.

With just one race remaining, Papa‘au and OZone are tied for the lead with one win apiece, and Fast Company in solid third place.

The last race of the series is Thursday and the public is invited to view the competition at no charge from the jetty wall area of Nawiliwili Harbor when the first flags fly at 5 p.m.

Following the Thursday race, the NYC Offshore Series will take place during the Labor Day weekend with a race to Hanalei on Saturday and back to Nawiliwili next Monday.

The seven-race Gene Wells Memorial Series will start on Sept. 13.

Visit www.nawiliwiliyachtclub.org for more information.