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Transpac 2015 - Wild Oats XI Hawaiian Christening Ceremony

July 18, 2015 • Leave a Comment

"In a deferential nod to the Hawaiian gods, Wild Oats XI co-skipper Roy P. Disney invited Kahu minister Danny Akaka Jr. and his wife Anna to conduct a traditional Hawaiian christening ceremony today as the boat prepared for tomorrow’s final start of the 48th edition of the Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. In a moving tribute to a Polynesian culture that reveres the sea, the ceremony blessed the yacht and its crew for a fast, safe passage to Hawaii."- Dobbs Davis/ Transpac

Here is one of many images I captured of the ceremony on July 17, 2015 while working with my friend Sharon Green and the rest of the Ultimate Sailing photography team - the official photographers for Transpac 2015.

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