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Transpac Onboard: Anything Can Happen at Sea

All Transpac 2025 competitors are now at sea and actively racing to Hawaii. We take a look at the Pasha Live Race Tracker and talk about the big wind hole confronting a contingent of competitors. Four boats have retired from racing — two for equipment issues, two for medical reasons — all now safely ashore or close to it. Our correspondent, Ava on Convexity² , recounts hearing her first mayday at sea from one of them, and reflects on the enormity of the task ahead as the fleet continues its 2,225 nautical mile race across the Pacific Ocean.

Four Boats Retired from 2025 Transpac

As of 2000 PDT, July 6, 2025, four boats have retired from racing in the 2025 Transpac. Three have safely and successfully returned to the mainland and one is underway.

All at Sea! Transpac 2025 Competitors are all Underway

TRANSPAC 2025: THIRD AND FINAL STARTERS DEPART LA FOR DIAMOND HEAD

Largest boats with the longest waterlines already burning up the miles to Hawaii.

The 20 biggest, fastest boats racing in the 2025 Transpac began their offshore sprint from Los Angeles, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, today. Ranging in length from 51 to 88 feet, these boats are competing in four divisions and also aiming to win the race’s two most prestigious prizes. The Barn Door Trophy honors the boat with the fastest elapsed time across the 2,225 nautical mile racecourse, while the King Kalakaua Trophy is awarded to the team that posts the fastest corrected time using the Offshore Racing Rule handicap system. 

Today’s start was the third and final of the 2025 Transpac’s three pursuit-style send-offs, held on July 1, July 3 and July 5. The biennial race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club and is considered one of the world’s greatest offshore events.

Transpac Onboard: Alli is Offshore and Ava’s Getting Prepped

48 hours into the 2025 edition of the Transpac, SAIL’s Lydia Mullan virtually hops on board with Alli Bell, about 400nm off the coast of Los Angeles. It was a good, but lumpy first stretch and the crew was happy to have some of the most challenging conditions in its wake. Alli talks sail changes, navigation predictions — and peanut butter pretzels. Then, we hear from Ava Wilson, crew aboard the 68ft Gunboat, Convexity², as she prepares for her Saturday start.

The Chase Builds: Transpac’s Middle Fleet Sets Off for Diamond Head

Seventeen boats begin the 2,225-mile Pacific Crossing in light air conditions in Transpac's second start

The chase is on in the 53rd edition of the 2025 Transpacific Yacht Race, with 17 boats in three divisions departing Los Angeles today on their 2,225-mile journey to Honolulu. While these boats are competing within their own divisions, they are also chasing down the 16 entrants that started on Tuesday, July 1—preparing to be chased by 20 more that start on Saturday, July 5. 

Today’s starters, with longer water lines or sportier features compared to Tuesday’s starters, should enjoy faster rides to the finish line off Honolulu’s Diamond Head, but—as is always the case in ocean racing—Mother Nature has the majority share vote in determining dockside bragging rights.