In a bit of stunner, Crossfire has apparently dropped out of the Vic-Maui Race. I received an email from navigator Bruce Hedrick saying that the wind instruments and Windex were lost due to violent masthead motion. The announcement was also made on vicmaui.org. This came after some hard reaching and blowing out the A4 spinnaker at 28 knots.
We’ll have all the detail and a report on the race to you asap.
Kurt grew up racing and cruising in the Midwest, and has raced Lasers since the late 1970s. Currently he is a broker at Swiftsure Yachts. He has been Assistant Editor at Sailing Magazine and a short stint as Editor of Northwest Yachting. Through Meadow Point Publishing he handles various marketing duties for smaller local companies. He currently is partners on a C&C 36 which he cruises throughout the Northwest. He’s married to the amazing Abby and is father to Ian and Gabe.
Wow… bummer!