Hawaii’s Alenuihaha Channel is a place where sailors rely entirely upon their own analysis of the oceanographic circumstances they will face — it’s a place where Gale-driven conditions are typical, and official forecasts are often incorrect. You must be prepared to handle anything the Alenuihaha throws at you.
“Crossing the Alenuihaha on any given day is a challenge. To be ready, at the edge, aware of every circumstance and consequence laying ahead, proves mastery. However, the pinnacle of a sailing career is to summit the Alenuihaha with awareness of the total risk of doing so.” Paul Exner
“I use proven sail-coaching methodology and a leadership-development approach for offshore sailing teams backed by decades of experience innovating and delivering sail-training expeditions. I coach sailors to know everything I know so they can do it masterfully, for themself — I task them to create and evolve our route and details, then execute a technically sophisticated itinerary traversing the Alenuihaha Channel.” Paul Exner
To safely handle Alenuihaha’s heavy conditions — a plan that manages risk is required. Our 9-week mastermind preceding the summit achieves profound success in the field of sailing education — we offer the very best heavy weather training anywhere in the world that aims to prepare sailors to take ownership of their on-the-water experience.
“To conquer heavy weather — a sailor must own the fundamentals of extreme sailing found by training vigorously for it, and gained only by taking responsibility for actions immersed in sea-experience.” Paul Exner