Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Tuesday, July 6, 1999

Hawaii yacht leads
fleet in Transpac

Roy E. Disney's new Pyewacket maxi sled sailed a record-tying 337 miles in 24 hours, but a boat from Hawaii was leading the fleet in the Transpacific Yacht Race yesterday.

Two Guys On the Edge, a Sonoma 30-footer from Waikiki Yacht Club with Les Vasconcellos and Bruce Burgess aboard, logged 182 miles at an average speed of 7.6 knots. It passed two Cruising division entries - Kim Stebbens' 41-foot Hurricane and Bob Pace's 46-foot Esprit - for the overall lead as it neared the midway point to Hawaii with 1,266 nautical miles to go. Esprit was next at 1,274, two miles in front of Hurricane.

Pyewacket , which started four days later, still trailed the rival maxi sled Zephyrus IV by two miles but equaled the 24-hour run set by Mike Campbell's turbo sled Victoria in the record-smashing 1997 race.

Braves to hold tryout

The Atlanta Braves will hold a tryout camp for baseball players 15-23 years old at 9 a.m. Sunday at Mid-Pacific Institute.

Players are asked to arrive at least 20 minutes before 9 and must provide their own cleats, gloves and bats. No tank tops or shorts are allowed.

American Legion players must provide written permission from their coaches or post commanders.

For more information, contact Mark Hirayama at 626-1161.

Ballard eliminated

Hawaii's Rochelle Ballard was eliminated from the women's competition of the Billabong MSF Pro surfing meet at Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa, yesterday.

Ballard lost her second-round heat to Lynette MacKenzie of Australia.

Only two women's round-two elimination heats were surfed yesterday before the event was put on hold.

When the meet resumes, men's round-two action will continue with defending event champion Michael Barry of Australia against Hawaii's Ross Williams.

Josephs ride high in rodeo

Stanley Joseph Jr. and Stanley Joseph III of Waianae finished 1-2 in the All-Around Cowboy competition during the 44th annual Makawao Rodeo last weekend on Maui.

Joseph Jr. edged his son by 10 points for the title. Joseph III won the calf roping event and the father-son tandem were first in team roping.