We’re back!
This time parking was a lot more manageable if you got space in the dirt lot. Beware though they seem intent on closing parking at 5pm next time so have an escape plan.
Our Moku O Keawe regattas have started earlier than others and during graduation so these early Kona regattas usually leave us a bit short handed and we had to scratch 11 events which made it tough to make points in our division. This upcoming weekend also coincides with Kamehameha graduation so we’ll be short handed again. If you can paddle come down and stick around. On the plus side we had ZERO DQ’s and ZERO fines which is always a bonus. And the Women 70’s had to fight that flag pretty hard to keep from getting DQ’d.
Mahalo nui to all who could make it and were around to hold boats and cheer the crews on. It was a good shake down regatta to reset and focus on the hard work ahead. We didn’t get the wa’a back on the trailer until around 6pm so it was a long one.
Big thanks to the Kiyunas who arrived the day before and carved out a place for us among the shrinking pier space. Without them we would have had a hard time organizing together as a club.
We hope to have Waimāpuna back in top condition again without the drag of the uncured epoxy coat. We removed the epoxy coat and tested the wood for percentage water intrusion and didn’t see any problems. Clear coat will be applied this week and we should be ready for action.
Let’s get prepared for this coming Saturday.