May 15th brought classic Kawaihae conditions: clear sky, solid north wind, blue bumpy ocean. Everyone had smiles thinking about the return down wind leg on the 9 mile course that went from the small boat harbor north and back.
There were 2 main starts with the women starting at 8:30 and the men/mix crews starting after they finished. The women had 16 fiberglass, 7 unlimited and one koa (24 canoes). And the men had 29 fiberglass, 8 unlimited and 1 koa canoe (38 canoes). The race officials had the unlimiteds start 5 minutes ahead of the other classes.
The women charged upwind and surfed back in much better style than the men’s start which was chaos and filled with collisions.
Women’s Overall Results (not including unlimited):
- Kawaihae WOpen 1:23.09
- Keauhou WOpen 1:23.28
- Kawaihae W Koa 1:25.00
- Kawaihae WOpen 1:25.37
- Keauhou W Open 1:27.47
- Keaukaha W Open 1:28.23 (division 5th)
- Kai opua W40 1:29.44
- Kai Opua WOpen 1:32.21
- Puna Wopen 1:33.09
- Keauhou W Open 1:35.03
- Keaukaha W40 1:35.55 (division 2nd)
- Kai Opua W50 1:36.11
- Hoemana W Open 1:37.04
- Kawaiha W60 1:37.58
- Keauhou WOpen 1:39.24
- Kamehameha W 60 1:40.50
- (sorry rest of my list was cut off)
Men & Mixed Overall Results (no unlimited):
- Kawaihae M50 1:12.47 (wow)
- Keaukaha M Open 1:13.29 (division 1st)
- Keoua M Open 1:15.54
- Keaukaha M40 1:16.46 (division 1st)
- Kai Opua M Open 1:17.39
- Kai Opua M50 1:17.40
- Keauhou M40 1:18.52
- Hui Wa’a Waiakea M Open 1:19.39
- Kawaihae M Koa 1:21.11
- Keoua M Open 1:21.34
- Keaukaha M40 1:22.44 (division 3rd)
- Kawaihae M50 1:23.21
- Kai E’Hitu M40 1:24.25
- Kamehameha M40 1:25.08
- Keauhou M60 1:26.33
- Keaukaha M60 1:27.33 (division 2nd)
- Waikoloa M50 1:29.00
- Waikoloa M Open 1:29.00
- Hoemana Mix Open 1:30.44
- Waikaloa Mix Open (couldn’t read time)
- Kawaihae M Open 1:33.37
- Hoemana Mix 50 1:34.07
- Keauhou M60 1:34.53
- Kawaihae M60 1:36.03
- Kawaihae Mix Open 1:36.41
- Hoemana M60 1:41.33
- Waikoloa M60 1:42.48
- Keauhou Mix 60 (DNF)