Huge congratulations to the guys competing in the 54th annual Moloka'i Hoe. They finished 12th out of 101 crews with a time of 5 hours 17 minutes. The winners, a Tahitian crew, set a new record for this 41 mile open ocean event - 4 hours 46 minutes. Reports are that flat water conditions contributed to faster times for the Tahitian crews and worked against the Hawaiians who are better at surfing waves. The guys from Missy say that "flat" is a relative term - what they call flat in Hawaii is not what we would call flat at home.
Click here for complete results . Go to Y2KANU.com - to see 3 photos of the crew (pics 105-107). They took on a local guy to steer when Stringer had to drop out.