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First 2021 Transpac Seminar

There is a lot of planning that goes into doing the Race of a Lifetime, and TPYC is pleased to offer seminars to all those who are planning to race next July, or are just curious about preparations for a long ocean passage.

The first of these seminars is being held on Saturday, October 24th, from 09:00 to 12:00 PDT, with a variety of topics explained by expert hosts…see the schedule for more details.

Registration is required, so pleas write to seminars@transpacyc.com to express interest to attend, and you will receive details on how to tune in via ZOOM.

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She’ll be right!

The pandemic pause of 2020 has left many offshore boats at their moorings this year, unable to race, yet with owners and crews still yearning to get back out to sea. Looking out to the horizon for opportunities in 2021, there is a classic race option that beckons: the 2021 edition of the Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race, known more simply as the Transpac.

First envisioned in 1897 by Hawaiian King Kalakaua as a friendly competition to promote good will and trade between his islands and the US mainland, this race of 2,225 miles has been run since biennially since 1906, and is one of the world’s oldest ocean races. This deep heritage is part of this  race’s enduring attraction to ocean sailors everywhere, in addition to its famous course pattern of leaving the beautiful California coast to sail downwind for days headed towards the finish in tropical paradise.

To be part of this ocean racing history is an achievable goal for offshore sailors of all ages and abilities: not just the pro-level veteran teams who are racing ocean greyhounds in search of course records or corrected time victories, but the many teams of family and friends interested in a collective experience of fun and adventure like no other. Every two years they come in a wide variety of monohulls and multihulls to challenge themselves on this course – which may be particularly attractive after a year of this pandemic pause.

One year to first start of 2021 Transpac

One year from now on July 13, 2021 the first of three waves of starters will set off on the 51st edition of one of the world's oldest and longest classic ocean races, the 2225-mile Transpac. First raced in 1906 and organized every two years by the Transpacific Yacht Club (TPYC), this race starts off Point Fermin in Los Angeles to finish just south of Diamond Head in Honolulu, with plenty of fun and adventure lying between.

Already 22 entries are on the entry list, representing all areas of the US, Canada and beyond, and organizers from TPYC will be expecting more soon as sailors look ahead to their planning to go back out to sea to race.

Over 34,000 players at the virtual start of the Transpac Tahiti Race

LOS ANGELES and PAPEETE, TAHITI - In lieu of having the actual start of the fleet in the 2020 Transpac Tahiti Race scheduled for today off Point Fermin in Los Angeles, a virtual race was started instead at 1100 PDT among over 34,000 online players on Virtual Regatta.

Players in this game will virtually race one of the world's fastest offshore monohulls - the VPLP-designed 100-foot long Comanche - from the starting area towards the finish 3570 miles away in Papeete, Tahiti. The game uses weather data to help route each entry to the finish, and offers options to enhance performance on the track.

Transpac Tahiti Race to be Virtual – Registration open soon

Papeete, Tahiti -- After having attracted a near-record turnout for the 2020 edition of the Transpacific YC’s Transpac Tahiti Race, organizers had to finally succomb to pandemic restrictions and postpone this year’s race to the future. The dream of sailing to the South Seas on a 3570-mile journey from Los Angeles to Papeete would have to wait until the next planned running in 2022.

However, the dream of this journey is not completely lost for this year, thanks to the infectious enthusiasm of Stephanie Betz and her team at Archipelagoes, the Tahiti-based co-organizers of the race. They have partnered with Virtual Regatta to offer a simulated online version of the race to challenge all sailors, whether curious newcomers or salty veterans who both have for now to sit out any long range voyaging due to the worldwide restrictions on travel.

Using polar performance data from Comanche, the 100-foot current first-to-finish Barn Door Trophy champion in the 2225-mile LA-Honolulu Transpac race, Virtual Regatta (VR) is accepting entries on May 23, 2020 to register at www.virtualregatta.com/en/offshore-game to try their skills to race the longer course to Tahiti. The online race will start on the original race start date of May 28, 2020, and will feature the same real-time weather conditions found on the actual race course, with some additional options valuable to players to increase the performance of their entry during the race.