Caro, Scarlett Runner, Pyewacket, and Hamachi Finish!
Three more boats in the Latitude 38 Division have finished -- as well as Hamachi, the first finisher in the Sonnen BMW division.
Finishing shortly after midnight (00:31:38 HST, unofficial finish time) was CARO, Max Klink’s Botin 65. Citing engine problems that began before the start of the race, CARO requested permission to head to the other side of the island after finishing and was towed into Honolulu early this morning.
Scarlett Runner, Robert Date’s R/P 52 from Australia that is circumnavigating the globe, crossed the finish line a few hours later with an unofficial time of 02:05:18 HST. Despite reporting some difficult moments during the race, including an encounter with a fishing net and an A4 spinnaker that blew into smithereens during a middle-of-the night broach, the crew appears to have put in an intense final twenty-four hours.
Roy Disney and his talented ocean team skippered Pyewacket, an Andrews 69, across the finish line just before dawn. Invisible Hand, Pyewacket, and Scarlett Runner at now stern-tied end of the KYC dock, a beautiful and impressive sight.
Hamachi, a J-125 skippered by Greg Slyngstad and the first boat in the Sonnen BMW division, arrived at mid-day in a good wind, arriving well ahead of other boats in her division.