Nigel Hook And Company Shooting To Set Around-Catalina Records
 

Going truly offshore, https://www.speedonthewater.com/nige...alina-records/

Nice to see these kinds of events on the West Coast.

Here is the forecast:

"SAT W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Combined seas 4 to 6 ft."

That doesn't sound very calm.

These are cool but almost no one seems to want to do them. If I read this correct, 3 boats each in a different class?

To bad.

I wanted to do it with my 2750 LayeyCraft that I race in OPA events. The $$$ was the only thing stopping me, and at first, there was not a Class for my boat.

When I called them early this year to discuss running the Ocean Cup Bahama Race and Back set for this past June, they were limiting the entry to just that one red boat. Then I asked about why not make multiple Classes for others to join. They said they were considering it to help reduce the cost. Then they announce they had about 5 boats interested in doing it, and it would be about $5,000.00 to $10,000.00 entry fee, to cover the expenses, final cost to be determined depending on how many teams register.

Maybe if this gains some popularity the cost will come down.
Michael

Hope there is some video of this run....

So how did it go?

Records have been broken (not sure what they were).

Nigel Hook in his 48’ SilverHook ran 1 hour 19 minutes and 28 seconds.

Chris Reindl in his 24’ bat boat ran 1 hour 57 minutes and 40 seconds.

Watching the live feed the conditions looked pretty calm for the Pacific Ocean but it’s hard to tell from video.

was the live feed recorded to be seen again or any other footage of this event ?