...is a race held in the lagoon of Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands each year. Because there are very few sailboats they allow all comers to enter. You will see everything from sailing canoes to 100 foot cruisers participating.Carol is on the starboard, I'm on the port, and a guest helmsman on the wheel. It was a blustery, (note the sloppily reefed sail) drizzly day, but a fun regatta anyway.At the stern of the boat you can see our arch with the radar dome, two 65 watt solar panels, and the Airmarine Wind Generator. The two boxes hanging from the arch are stereo speakers for the music to go with those wonderful evenings spent relaxing in the cockpit.We won a prize: 55 gallons of diesel, but I don't remember why. Maybe because we were not last. There was a great party that night with lots of Marshallese singing and copious amounts of liquid refreshments.
These intricately modeled canoes are raced from one island on the atoll to another that may be several miles away. No radios, no gps, no electronics. Just "set it and forget it" and hope it reaches its destination. Most don't. Sometimes all it takes to win is to arrive. Kind of like life.
