Maui to Molokai Sarento's Kai Wa'a race

[noworrieshawaii]

Good luck to everyone doing the race tomorrow... Maui paddlers - Jack and Livio solo, Talia in Canoe.  Dane and T as a team.  Devin and Chan as a team.  Randy and  Mike  in OC1.  Dave paddling 2 man with Junya,  Mark and Jeremy as a team, and the Aussies Dave and Jon solo as well... I'm sure there are more Maui folks but thats who I heard so far from Randy this morning..  23 miles between 2 islands.. Cant wait to see the pics and hear the stories...   Next year I should be strong enough..

[DavidJohn]

Yeah good luck guys.. I wish I was there.. Hey Dave and Jonathan.. It's cold and raining back here in Melbourne.. Just thought you'd like to know.. 

DJ

[stoneaxe]

Good luck for sure all...have fun.

[JustPaddle]

Yeah good luck guys.. I wish I was there.. Hey Dave and Jonathan.. It's cold and raining back here in Melbourne.. Just thought you'd like to know..  

DJ

On a more serious note, good luck to everyone. A channel crossing is on my to-do list. 
I wonder what Mark and Jeremy will be paddling - F16v2, F18 custom, ...?

[DavidJohn]

Great vid.. Does anyone know the weather forcast for Maui/Molokai or is it always perfect.. 

DJ

[noworrieshawaii]

Calling for E - NE 10 -20.. kinda light.. it will be a hard paddle for sure.. but a beautiful day of course..

[SEA]

Here is the channel forecast between Maui and Molokai from NOAA for Saturday

Saturday:  E wind around 14 kt. Isolated showers before noon. Mixed swell...NW 3 to 4 ft at 11 seconds and S 3 ft at 17 seconds. Waves around 6 ft.

Should be a good training day !!!

Here is a link you can check for yourself.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=21.040927787394494&lon=-156.67190551757812&site=hfo&smap=1&marine=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=marine

[noworrieshawaii]

lol... training day.. I know what that means... GRIND....

[Zimbo]

Good luck to everyone doing it.

And a special go gettam to the Aussies (and any Southern Africans) giving it a go.

[noa]

sounds like an interesting race. where does it start and where does it end ?
looking at south west Molokai on Google earth, i would imagine that there would be some good downwind potential on the stretch of coast around Waialua. has anyone tried those waters out ?

[Admin]

This forecast map is great.  It gives forecasted winds and directions over time for this area.

http://weather.mhpcc.edu/wrf/maui2/wind.html

Here is the course (the start and end - what route you take can make a big difference):

[Easy Rider]

Good luck everyone - stay safe!

[LaPerouseBay]

looking at south west Molokai on Google earth, i would imagine that there would be some good downwind potential on the stretch of coast around Waialua. has anyone tried those waters out ?

Personally, I havn't done that stretch of coastline - but a friend at work was raised on Molokai and has a lot of OC experience.  He says that the glides are exceptional. 

[PonoBill]

Ekolu Kalama told me once that the downwind runs on Molokai are the best in the islands.

[noa]

Ekolu Kalama told me once that the downwind runs on Molokai are the best in the islands.
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would that be in the area i pointed out ? how come it's not more developed ?