For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Michael Roth
Phone 808-595-4124
July 28, 2006

SENSATION LEADS WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES

After two days of yacht racing Gary Fanger's 1D35 Sensation leads the ORR and PHRF fleets. Doug Taylor's X35 Zamboni is in second in the ORR fleet and Gil Budar's Farr 43 Gerontius is in second in the PHRF fleet.

Sailed in 25 - 35 knots of wind and a 4 - 8 foot seas the crews fought their way upwind and then surfed at speeds up to 20kts down the swells flirting with wild crashes and blown up sails and gear. Race two today was abandoned when the race committee deemed the conditions too extreme.

Today's Results:

ORR Division 1: Sensation 1st, Kaimiloa 2nd, Boomerang 3rd, Two Guys on the Edge 4th, Flash Gordon Turbo 5th.

ORR Division 2: Zamboni 1st, Fins 2nd, Gerontius 3rd.

PHRF Division 1: Sensation 1st, Kaimiloa 2nd, Boomerang 3rd, Two Guys on the Edge 4th, Flash Gordon 5th.

PHRF Division 2: Gerontius 1st, Fins 2nd, Zamboni 3rd, Tribute 4th.

Racing continues tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. off Waikiki with two windward leeward races replacing the 40-mile Makapuu race due to dangerous condition in the channel.

The Waikiki Offshores Series takes place from July 25 -30 at the Waikiki Yacht Club and is open to all ocean-racing boats.