No kekahi mau makahiki, lōʻihi ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o kēia maʻi maʻi pōʻino, ʻo ka holo ʻana i Sepania no ka Māhele ʻElua B o ka holo moku ʻEulopa. He liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole makemake paha i nā regattas ma mua o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he hoʻāʻo hui lākou. Ua nalowale nā regattas he nui, nui nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hakakā nei ʻaʻole e hana pēlā, akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā mea kākoʻo, hoʻomau ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe, akā me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoihoi haʻuki. ʻAʻole wau e pulu me kekahi o lākou no ka mea a ka luna hui smartass i kūʻē ai i ka pale ʻana i ka mea hiki ʻole ke pale aku, akā inā e hoʻonui wau, e hōʻole wale lākou.
Nui nā makahiki o ka pōmaikaʻi me nā kākoʻo nui mai nā hui nui i luhi i kā mākou haʻuki ma muli o ka
ua pau na hoopunipuni i loaa mai. Ua kūʻai mau ʻia nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻaʻohe huila i ka peʻa holo moku a ua holo nā mea kākoʻo i kēlā me kēia. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka hoʻokele mokuahi mai ka makahiki 2010, i ka wā i waena o ka pilikia he nui nā hui i hoʻōki i ka pili ʻana i kahi haʻuki i emi a emi iki.
ʻO ka ʻAiʻa ʻAmelika a me ka Volvo Ocean Race ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kālā āpau a ua hoʻoheheʻe ʻia kēlā kālā. ʻAʻohe moku nui ma Sepania, ʻoiai ʻo mākou nā luina maikaʻi loa ma ka honua. ʻO ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia, ʻo ka holo ʻana o kēia poʻe holo moku i nā waʻa haole e holo ana i nā regatta kiʻekiʻe e like me ka 52 Super Series, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka maestro Agustín Zulueta, a i ʻole i ka RC 44 Circuit, kahi e neʻe ai nā waiwai nui o ka honua.
Ma Sepania ʻaʻohe kālā no ka paipu, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi no ka holo ʻana. Me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā holo moku holo moku no ka mea ʻaʻole neʻe nā ʻauwaʻa kūloko a ʻo nā mea liʻiliʻi e noho pū ana me kahi hui honua he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, pono e noʻonoʻo inā ʻaʻole hiki i ka manawa e hoʻokumu i kahi mea hou. ʻO ka hui o nā mea nona ka moku holo moku e like me ka pelekikena o ka Spanish Federation, ʻo Gerardo Pombo, e wehe i kā lākou mau maiuu mai nā loaʻa kālā nui i hana ʻia e nā moku holo moku.
ʻIke wau ʻaʻole i pau ka holo ʻana o ka holo moku holo moku ma Italia a me Farani i ka holo wikiwiki ʻana, akā ke hōʻea nei i ka wikiwiki ʻoiai ma Sepania e make mālie lākou me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka visa hoʻihoʻi.
Nānā ka poʻe kākoʻo i ka maikaʻi a loaʻa kēlā ʻano maikaʻi ma ka TP 52, ka RC 44 a me ka Sail GP, nā regattas hou loa me nā catamarans e hana i ka nānā a lele.
