Lanai Rendevous

By Tom

Saturday I did the Lanai Rendevous yacht race from Black Rock (Maui) to the western tip of Lanai. I was crewing on Kai Mana a beautiful Farr 42 which is something of a rocketship. I was grinding the spinaker sheet and can be seen in the below movies in the dark blue shirt on the port winch. There is a lot of load on that spin sheet and it was really hard work but I loved every minute of it!







There are more photos of Kai Mana at:

http://www.mauisailingnews.com/

There will be results and photos from this race posted there soon. I just checked and they are not up yet. Maybe in a couple of days.

After the race we sailed around the backside of Lanai to the harbour. We put lines out and I trolled my handline with my secret weapon - an extra large Crystal Minnow with big double stainless hooks. Sure enough I hooked a nice Aku (small Tuna) probably around 5 lbs. I will post a pic of it as soon as I track down who took the photos! I got another hit but the fish came off. Still we had one good fish for the BBQ.



Cleaning the Aku - caught on the hand line seen above.




Here we attempt to spell out MBYC - Maui Boat and Yacht Club at the BBQ. L to R Brian, Bridget, "Young Boy" and Tom.






The next day I sailed back to Lahaina aboard Coquette, a Cal 30. Not quite as fast as the Farr, but a very fun boat.