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This week’s host, Chris Weaver, is joined by Michael & Michelle Polkabla in Hanalei Bay on the island of Kauai right after Michael won the 2025 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race. Michael finished 1st overall on his Monterey-based 1963 Cal 40 Solstice. Hear why he hand-steered the last 20 hours of the race, the difficult wind & wave conditions as the race progressed, what was going through Michelle’s mind waiting for her husband’s arrival, crazy stories of hallucinations & sleep deprivation, and the most dangerous breakfast burrito of all time. Learn more about Michael & Michelle at SFBaySSS.org and on Instagram @MPSinglehandedTranspac
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This week’s host, Chris Weaver, is joined by Michael & Michelle Polkabla in Hanalei Bay on the island of Kauai right after Michael won the 2025 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race. Michael finished 1st overall on his Monterey-based 1963 Cal 40 Solstice. Hear why he hand-steered the last 20 hours of the race, the difficult wind & wave conditions as the race progressed, what was going through Michelle’s mind waiting for her husband’s arrival, crazy stories of hallucinations & sleep deprivation, and the most dangerous breakfast burrito of all time. Learn more about Michael & Michelle at SFBaySSS.org and on Instagram @MPSinglehandedTranspac
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