Rerun with permission from our friends at Pressure Drop. Seattle’s I14 fleet is well represented with Kris Bundy/Jamie Haseler, Kris Henderson/Martin Fabianssen and Matt Pistay, Leith Shenstone.
The Kaneohe Yacht Club played host to 22 teams of International 14’s over the past 4 days
for the 2018 Pacific Rims. Conditions varied from light and rainy to semi sunny with 15 -20 knot over 4 days of racing.The RC managed to squeeze in 9 races on the 1st 3 days and concluded the regatta with the Hawaiian State Championship
Pursuit Race today, the boats at the bottom get a head start o help level the playing field.The Aussie duo of David Hayter and Shaun Thompson claimed top spot, edging out Dalton Bergan and Evan Sobsted with a tiebreaker,
with Garrett Brown and Alex Throop taking 3rd.The 14’s pack up and head to the San Francisco Bay now and will compete in the i14 Nationals at the St Francis at the end of May
and then the Richmond Yacht Club for the Worlds in August!
All pics © Lauren Easley
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.