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Pre-Start Team Photo
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At the St. Francis YC, San Francisco, morning of departure...
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Our ride to Hawaii, ready to roll!
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Marty on our way out the gate...
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Tanya on the beat out the gate.
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Tanya driving
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A couple of days into the race, with the wind havinge veered around behind us now
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Spinnaker up now with Ron driving, but still too many layers of clothes!
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Wayne trimming...
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Don enjoying his time trimming
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Ok, getting warmer!
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A focused Eric...
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Wayne in the nav station... "head south until the butter melts, then turn West..."
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Hey! Who said anyone gets to sleep around here?!?
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Slower going with the small spin in the early morning
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Scott in control...
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... with backup from Marty
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Lots of beautiful blue sea...
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Are we there yet?? Listening to AM radio for the ukulele music... Actually, using the latest routing software weather files to plot a course...
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Don looking waaayy to relaxed to be racing...
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John takes 'em to shcool...
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Eric with the driving moves... wide stance; big surf; this is what we came for...
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Scan the horizon for those squalls; they give us gooood breeze, a wild ride, and a quick shower...
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At this point, we had burned thru two big kites (R.I.P.), and have been trucking along under spinaker for something like 7 days, 1500+ miles...
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Gourmet eats a comin' form Chez Juan...
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Marty in the driver's seat
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Finish festivities...
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Living large in Hawaii; the Kaneohe Yacht Club is a fantastic host!
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