News From Bravura & Beiley
Leif Beiley designed B-32 first to finish in 2004 The HOOK Race
Sturgeon Bay, MI

Congratulations to Nick and Angela Hayes. In July they won the HOOK, which is a 197.4-mile jaunt from Racine to Sturgeon Bay on Lake Michigan.

Sixty-eight racing boats left Racine on Saturday morning expecting a quick sail up the lake under bright skies and moderate winds. It wasn't to be. By the time the last finish reports were handed in at Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club on Monday night at 10pm, most racers had averaged 50 hours on the water, much of it in frustratingly light air. Forty-one boats completed the race within the time limit.

Line honors and the Overall HOOK winner was Syrena, a B-32 owned by Nicholas & Angela Hayes of the Milwaukee Yacht Club, racing in Division 1. Her elapsed time on the course was 42 hours and twenty-nine minutes.

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* The start of the 2004 Hook