Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- The sailboat crew chose an ocean-size ambition . Sailor John Sangmeister spends 2011 preparing for world record try to Japan . He recruits the best crew he can find . But his 73-foot trimaran strikes drifting telephone poles from Hawaii 's two years tsunami . Damage to the central daggerboard thwarts a record , but boat still finishes first .
Sailor John Sangmeister spends 2011 preparing for world record try to Japan . He recruits the best crew he can find . But his 73-foot trimaran strikes drifting telephone poles from Hawaii 's two years tsunami . Damage to the central daggerboard thwarts a record , but boat still finishes first .