The Tiki J arrives

July 19. The Tiki J arrived at the Kaneohe Yacht Club before 5:30 a.m. the day after we arrived on Oahu.

Do you think they look as though they've been on a boat for almost thirteen days without a shower?
Their official stats (from the 2010 Pacific Cup website):

Name (Rating): Tiki J (590.0)
Type: J/42
Skipper: Scott Dickinson
Finished: 19 Jul 2010 05:16:08 HST
Elapsed Time: 12d 20:01:08
Behind Div First: 1d 02:39:32
Div Rank: 4
Fleet Rank: 32

For a travelogue recorded during the sail, see Pineapple Girl's Tiki J blog, especially her post-race entry with a link to her documentary photographs.
    Against both prevailing winds and tides, Tiki J is slowly on its way back (about half-way) to the Coyote Point Yacht Club, in San Mateo, CA, under the command of a hired "return skipper."

Here's a photo of some of the boats from the helicopter we flew around the island on. The Tiki J is the first boat to the left of the ramp, alongside the much shorter boat (which competed with a crew of two):

And just so you'll know, I guess maybe we really were in a sort of paradise, over there in Hawaii. Here is part of the view from our apartment's living room, located about half a mile down the road from the yacht club:

And my wife treated herself and me and our daughter and son-in-law to a massage at Turtle Bay Resort, on the north shore of Oahu. Talk about paradise. I could have stayed on Turtle Bay for a few more weeks.
    I'll add a photo taken there, but I can't at the moment.

August 25. Ah, I almost forgot; here's a view from one of the "porches" at Turtle Bay Resort (taken July 23):