Mari Cha IV in record breaking form

An update from the West Marine Pacific Cup

The 6pm, predicted arrival of Mari Cha IV to the West Marine Pacific Cup finish line at Kaneohe Bay will relagate Pyewacket's 1998, 6 day, 14 hour, 22 minute record to the history books.  Mari Cha IV will join Pyewacket, Windward Passage, Merlin, Blackfin, Kathmanu and others in the recordbook of transocean legends   
           
On day 10 of the West Marine Pacific Cup, Bob Miller's goal of record breaking monohull adventures has added the WestCoast-Hawai'i Pacific Ocean record to his six-day feat crossing the Atlantic.  

Elsewhere in Pacific Cup action, the leaders on corrected time are also closing in on Hawai'i, well past the halfway mark of the race. Winnetou, Morpheus and Natazak still hold the overall lead as well as their Division E.

The doublehanded yachts have settled down to a contest between Eyrie, Salty Hotel and PoleCat. Their fleet is also halfway home.

Division A leaders First Light, Ghost and Cayenne are still bunched together with nearly the same distance to Kaneohe. California Girl, Ikaika and Tutto Bene continue to be in the hunt for Division B honours.

Division C is Led by Inspired Environments, followed by Punahele and Lightwave. Surprise, Sensation and Andiamo are thinking pineapples and papaya for the weekend as their Division D will be crossing the finish line in a few days.

In addition to today's arrival of Mari Cha IV, Division F, Braveheart, Magnitude80, and Icon will soon be in Kaneohe Bay.  Braveheart is the leader on corrected time.
                         
7 July, standings

Division 1, Double Handed (start: June 29 @ 09:55:00 HST):

Boat Lat Lon Dayrun @ MadeGood togo Divn Oa

Eyrie 28-43N 141-39W 155.5 229 148.0 976.0 1* 17
SaltyHotel 29-00N 142-32W 172.2 229 165.9 940.5 2 29
PoleCat 28-52N 142-15W 154.6 246 154.6 950.7 3 34
Moonshine 28-22N 141-01W 142.8 236 139.3 999.3 4 43
MirageBlSo 30-09N 141-52W 166.7 264 157.2 1002.3 5 44
Nina 26-59N 141-37W 162.2 233 153.6 942.2 6 45
MirageExpr 29-18N 140-23W 152.1 265 146.4 1050.8 7 49
Diane Retired


Division A (start: June 28 @ 08:45:00 HST):

Boat Lat Lon Dayrun @ MadeGood togo Divn Oa

FirstLight 27-36N 143-20W 146.4 239 144.5 868.2 1* 36
Ghost 29-57N 144-56W 151.4 243 150.7 858.8 2 37
Cayenne 27-45N 143-52W 155.8 240 154.9 845.5 3 39
Bravo 27-12N 143-02W 145.6 238 142.3 874.6 4 42
IslandTime 29-14N 142-51W 146.4 241 146.2 931.6 5 46
Ketch 22 28-39N 142-42W 143.6 224 134.5 923.7 6 47
Victoria DNS


Division B (start: June 28 @ 09:00:00 HST):

Boat Lat Lon Dayrun @ MadeGood togo Divn Oa

CalifGirl 26-27N 146-04W 181.8 240 180.3 706.9 1* 16
Ikaika 26-43N 145-40W 179.2 243 178.7 732.8 2 22
TuttoBene 26-04N 145-07W 180.8 248 180.4 746.6 3 25
MarCaballo 26-42N 144-46W 173.3 242 172.0 777.2 4 27
Cirrus 27-30N 144-51W 162.0 244 161.8 791.6 5 30
Acacia 27-59N 144-13W 160.5 246 160.5 834.2 6 40
Tango 27-55N 144-25W 157.4 239 156.4 822.9 7 41
Chimaera DNS


Division C (start: June 29 @ 10:10:00 HST):

Boat Lat Lon Dayrun @ MadeGood togo Divn Oa

InsprdEnvr 28-47N 146-31W 182.3 230 181.2 751.1 1* 18
Punahele 28-09N 145-09W 177.0 236 175.7 794.3 2 23
Lightwave 27-14N 143-25W 177.2 221 159.1 856.1 3 26
Bodacious 27-37N 143-19W 163.5 243 162.9 869.4 4 31
Auspice 27-39N 143-12W 158.5 245 158.2 875.9 5 32
Predator 28-11N 143-29W 161.9 234 158.5 874.5 6 33
WhiteFang 27-07N 143-34W 163.0 242 161.7 846.1 7 35
Sea Peace 29-48N 144-20W 172.0 244 171.6 880.3 8 38


Division D (start: June 30 @ 10:55:00 HST):

Boat Lat Lon Dayrun @ MadeGood togo Divn Oa

Surprise 27-19N 147-11W 218.5 239 218.3 675.5 1* 5
Sensation 29-07N 146-19W 203.7 237 203.7 770.9 2 6
Andiamo 26-57N 143-57W 180.9 231 172.6 823.4 3 8
Synge 27-55N 144-16W 206.8 227 197.3 830.2 4 11
BtweenShts 27-19N 143-13W 172.9 232 165.9 867.8 5 12
Scorpio 28-02N 142-55W 166.0 245 165.8 898.5 6 19
Kaimiloa 27-04N 142-32W 171.2 238 166.8 897.1 7 21
Niele 29-35N 143-54W 187.0 252 184.3 893.1 8 28
Promotion 28-48N 139-32W 152.1 259 150.6 1081.6 9 48


Division E (start: July 1 @ 11:45:00 HST):

Boat Lat Lon Dayrun @ MadeGood togo Divn Oa

Winnetou 27-57N 146-48W 227.1 238 227.0 712.0 1* 1*
Morpheus 30-40N 147-03W 234.7 244 229.0 797.3 2 2
Natazak 28-01N 145-48W 208.5 240 208.4 760.1 3 3
Lightning 28-10N 144-45W 212.3 233 209.3 813.6 4 4
WhiteCaps 29-05N 144-08W 193.2 236 192.3 867.9 5 9
Kyrnos 27-33N 143-29W 204.3 222 186.9 859.7 6 10
ChcknLttle 26-13N 141-57W 201.4 226 178.6 912.4 7 13
C squared 27-01N 143-51W 202.2 243 200.8 829.8 8 24


Division F (start: July 2 @ 12:35:00 HST):

Boat Lat Lon Dayrun @ MadeGood togo Divn Oa

Braveheart 28-15N 144-34W 272.3 224 259.3 824.5 1* 7
MariChaIV 23-38N 155-00W 377.3 230 377.2 200.3 2 14
Magnitud80 25-25N 150-52W 295.1 231 292.7 447.0 3 15
Icon 26-56N 141-09W 209.3 231 195.2 965.3 4 20