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A steady stream of finishers from all divisions has been arriving at Kaneohe Yacht Club since Sunday’s late afternoon update.

There were two Sunday night finishers. Cruiser Koh-Ring, Wolfgang Hausen’s Tayana 48 DS crossed the finish line at dusk. Husband-wife team, Bill and Melinda Erkelens, arrived before midnight looking neat in trim in their Aloha shirts after many days double-handing their Donovan 30, Wolfpack, in the ‘Iwi Division. Provisional results show them winning their division, but not repeating their overall win of 1994.

Pre-dawn Monday morning saw incredibly tight competition as

We've just received word that Dean Treadway's Sweet Okole, a Farr 36, has deployed her emergency rudder and is making progress toward Kaneohe at about 5 knots. They have approximately 150 nm to go to the finish. We don't have any other information except that everyone on board the boat is fine.

In other news, Surprise, Bob and Maryann Hinden's Schumacher 46, has finished. It looked like they were having a great time surfing in on the large waves created by  last night's storm.

Reinrag2, Locura J World's Hula Girl, California Condor, Hana Ho, Swazik Finish!

Six boats have finished since yesterday afternoon – all arriving in the dark, and some in pouring rain and thunderstorms.  Reinrag2, racing with five family members aboard, finished Saturday night at an unofficial time of 21:23:36.

Shortly after midnight, Locura, Hector Valarde’s Nelson/Marek 92, the first Sunday finisher and the last boat in the Latitude 38 Division to arrive, crossed the finish line.  

J World's Hula Girl,the Santa Cruz 50 skippered by Wayne Zittel, finished soon after with an unofficial time of 1

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

Venture, Michael Chobotov's Jeanneau 49, is the first boat to finish in the Holo Holo Cruising Division. Their track indicates that they sailed a great race, and word from the boat is that they flew their spinnaker as much as possible. They certainly looked good as they crossed the finish line. We think they should consider entering one of the racing divisions in 2016!

This is the first year the Pacific Cup has had a cruising division, opening the race to boats interested in the voyage but not the competitive racing.  Holo Holo is Hawaiian slang for walking around and having fun, and this “joy