| FujiSankei Business i Waikiki Offshore Series |
Waikiki Yacht Club
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Boomerang Overall Winner of the 2009 Waikiki Offshores Series - Photo by Phil Uhl
FujiSankei Business i Waikiki Offshore Regatta
July 22 to 26, 2009
Press Releases
For Immediate Release
February 22, 2009
Media Contact; Michael Roth 808-595-4124
Honolulu Hawaii USA
FUJISANKEI BUSINESS i SIGNS ON AS TITLE SPONSOR
OF THE 2009 WAIKIKI OFFSHORES SERIES
Honolulu, Hi. U.S.A. The Waikiki Yacht Club announced today that FujiSankei Business i will be the title sponsor of the 2009 WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES.
The 2009 FujiSankei Business i WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES will be held July 22 to 26, on the watersbetween the islands of Oahu and Maui, Hawaii and will include the 145 mile Molokai Race, a 40 Mile medium distance race and six windward-leeward races. Perpetual and take home trophies will be presented for first overall, combined offshore races, combined inshore races and first in the Molokai race.
FujiSankei Business i is the largest business newspaper publisher in Japan with over two million readers. "We look forward a fun and exciting set of races to promote to our readers in Japan." said Shun Eguchi, chairman of FujiSankei Business i on a recent trip to Hawaii to sign the sponsorship agreement.
The Molokai race record is in jeopardy this year with the Transpac 52's and bigger boats in Transpac interested in the event. The three fastest times are Drumbeat at 14:52:31 in 1990. Windward Passage at 15:32:56 in 1982 and Braveheart at 15:14:57 in 2004.
Past winner of the Waikiki Offshore Series are:
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| Waikiki Yacht Club Commodore Bill Foster and Mr. Shun Eguchi, chairman of FujiSankei Business i unveil the new regatta logo. |
The 2009 FujiSankei Business i WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES will be held July 22 to 26, on the watersbetween the islands of Oahu and Maui, Hawaii and will include the 145 mile Molokai Race, a 40 Mile medium distance race and six windward-leeward races. Perpetual and take home trophies will be presented for first overall, combined offshore races, combined inshore races and first in the Molokai race.
FujiSankei Business i is the largest business newspaper publisher in Japan with over two million readers. "We look forward a fun and exciting set of races to promote to our readers in Japan." said Shun Eguchi, chairman of FujiSankei Business i on a recent trip to Hawaii to sign the sponsorship agreement.
The Molokai race record is in jeopardy this year with the Transpac 52's and bigger boats in Transpac interested in the event. The three fastest times are Drumbeat at 14:52:31 in 1990. Windward Passage at 15:32:56 in 1982 and Braveheart at 15:14:57 in 2004.
Past winner of the Waikiki Offshore Series are:
- 2004 Scorpio John Siegel
- 2005 Pegasus 52 Philippe Kahn
- 2006 Zamboni Doug Taylor
- 2007 Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy Jr.
- 2008 Boomerang John Spadaro
The WAIKIKI OFFSHORE SERIES was first sailed in 2004. 2009 will be the sixth year of this annual event.
For more information visit: http://www.waikikioffshores.com
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