Ed. Note: From the race organizers who are looking out for competitors. I’ll track this from my comfy seat at home.
Boats have been sent the latest information from the National Hurricane Centre about Darby, and Race Committee has allowed competitors to seek outside help with routing around the storm. The routing forecasters (Eric Holden, Brad Baker and Commander’s Weather) have been kind enough to share information on storm routing with Race Committee and this has been passed to the whole fleet. Boats appear to be employing 3 strategies to deal with the tropical storm.
The leading boats which include String Theory, Equus, Rain Drop, Expresso, Kraken and Alegria X all appear to be pushing hard to get into Maui prior to the arrival of Darby sometime this weekend.
A middle group of boats that includes Turnagain, Miles, Salient, Ion and Canard have adjusted course to the south and are working to pass behind Darby.
The third group of boats that includes Amiskwi, Red Sheilla, Starblazer and Forty are counting on being far enough back for the storm to pass in front without having to adjust course.
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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.