Tom Morrow
07-24-2007, 06:16 AM
Roy Disney's yacht Pyewacket makes a flying finish
A flying finish but no record for Pyewacket (http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index.cfm?rd=n&SEID=2&SRSID=&eid=&pid=&nid=35913&srcid=0&ntid=0&tickeruid=0&tickercid=0)
Sail World
Roy Pat Disney, co-skipper with Gregg Hedrick, described the race in brief as 'frustrating and exhilarating . . . and sad.' Frustrating in the first 600 miles of light wind struggling, exhilarating in the final days to the finish that saw them blowing past the landmark finish line off the Diamond Head volcano at 26 knots, and sad that his dad, Roy E. Disney, wasn't along for the ride.
The elder Disney stepped off the boat the day it was to sail but was at the Aloha Tower dock in Honolulu Harbor to greet it, along with hula girls, leis and friends and family of the 19-man crew.
Pyewacket missed Morning Glory's record of 6 days 16 hours 4 minutes 11 seconds set in the previous race in 2005.
Chip Megeath's Santa Cruz 52, Kokopelli 2, had a three-day head start and led until late on the final morning when the 94-foot Pyewacket swept past to finish first, 1 hour 42 minutes ahead of its older and smaller rival. That wins no awards in itself, but Pyewacket's claim to this year's fastest elapsed time of 7 days 1 hour 11 minutes 56 seconds will earn it the third Barn Door for a Pyewacket boat, following similar successes in 1997 and '99.
complete article (http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index.cfm?rd=n&SEID=2&SRSID=&eid=&pid=&nid=35913&srcid=0&ntid=0&tickeruid=0&tickercid=0)
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A flying finish but no record for Pyewacket (http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index.cfm?rd=n&SEID=2&SRSID=&eid=&pid=&nid=35913&srcid=0&ntid=0&tickeruid=0&tickercid=0)
Sail World
Roy Pat Disney, co-skipper with Gregg Hedrick, described the race in brief as 'frustrating and exhilarating . . . and sad.' Frustrating in the first 600 miles of light wind struggling, exhilarating in the final days to the finish that saw them blowing past the landmark finish line off the Diamond Head volcano at 26 knots, and sad that his dad, Roy E. Disney, wasn't along for the ride.
The elder Disney stepped off the boat the day it was to sail but was at the Aloha Tower dock in Honolulu Harbor to greet it, along with hula girls, leis and friends and family of the 19-man crew.
Pyewacket missed Morning Glory's record of 6 days 16 hours 4 minutes 11 seconds set in the previous race in 2005.
Chip Megeath's Santa Cruz 52, Kokopelli 2, had a three-day head start and led until late on the final morning when the 94-foot Pyewacket swept past to finish first, 1 hour 42 minutes ahead of its older and smaller rival. That wins no awards in itself, but Pyewacket's claim to this year's fastest elapsed time of 7 days 1 hour 11 minutes 56 seconds will earn it the third Barn Door for a Pyewacket boat, following similar successes in 1997 and '99.
complete article (http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index.cfm?rd=n&SEID=2&SRSID=&eid=&pid=&nid=35913&srcid=0&ntid=0&tickeruid=0&tickercid=0)
Sent from Ezra (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/z/Ezra/)