As the crew of Equus and String Theory crews breath sighs of relief at having finished, and with the mighty Atalanta safely finished, all eyes are turning to Tropical Storm Darby. 
I gave a shout to Brad Baker to see what he thinks might happen. Here’s what he says: The center of the storm should be over the directly over Lahaina at about 4am on Sunday morning. It’s looking like the storm will hit the big Island dead on. Then continue over Maui. If this happens the big island will likely take a lot of steam out of the storm if you know what I mean. Raindrop should be well ahead of the action.
So, let’s hope that the Drop doesn’t spontaneously develop the ability to plane like a TP 52 and put herself in harm’s way.
According to the tracker, while Equus finished ahead of String Theory, it’s String Theory that corrected out ahead. Congratulations to all on what must have been an epic ride.
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.