Tomorrow is the day. We will start at 1 PM on our race to Hawaii. Our big competition for the first to finish will be Magnitude 80. Over the course, both boats are rated almost evenly. Only 3 hours should separate us at the finish. So that means basically a boat to boat race.
The team has worked incredibly hard to get to this point. Many thanks goes to Ryan “Nipper” Brown who has helped untiringly to get the boat ready. Tomorrow, it’s time to focus on racing. No more mods, no more tweaks. Soapy has been running weather models to give us an idea as what we are in for. Right now it looks like an almost classic Transpac.
There are sure to be some good times and some tough times for the next week. We will work hard to keep the boat going 100%. The next update will be from the boat.
Doogie
About Bella Mente
The original Bella Mente Racing campaign kicked off in 2006 with Key West Race Week, and since then owner and skipper Hap Fauth has had three additional racing yachts in the program.
Launched in September of 2018, the current Bella Mente is a Maxi 72 designed by Botin Partners in Spain and built by New England Boatworks in Rhode Island.
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