John Gallagher’s Gunboat 62 Chim Chim is the race’s first luxury performance multihull to enter the 2020 Transpac Tahiti Race. This Morrelli and Melvin-designed catamaran was built 15 years ago in South Africa yet has remained incredibly active in the last five years: not only has she raced in the 2015 and 2017 Transpac races to Honolulu at 2225 miles each, but also raced over 1000 miles in the 2018 San Diego-Puerto Vallarta Race and a few editions of California Offshore Race Week as well.
Read moreExtended cut capturing Hamachi's magical ride across the Pacific Ocean and taking first overall in the 50th edition of Transpac. They captured this video to compete in an new Transpac award class for best race video produced on the water. After Hamachi sailed into first place half way through the race, all thoughts of producing a video disappeared. Enjoy this cut of extended clips, b-roll and out-takes that attempt to capture the sights and sounds of being on a 41ft (12.5 meter) racing boat ripping across an ocean.
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Dave and Peter Askew’s Volvo 70 Wizard (ex-Groupama) made head- lines in 2019 for some pretty impressive race results throughout the Atlantic arena: first overall in the RORC’s Caribbean 600 in Feb- ruary, first overall in the New York YC’s Transatlantic Race, and yet another win in the Rolex Fastnet Race in August. The US-based Wizard team was not able to replicate this result in a complicated light-air Middle Sea Race in Malta in October, yet one struggles to recall any team in history who has won outright three of four classic ocean races of over 600nm miles in the same year.
Read moreMy name is Justin Edelman and I am a filmmaker who grew up sailing. I never imagined I would get the opportunity to combine these two passions when I went to school for film. The typical route for most filmmakers is to move to LA or NYC where you slowly work your way up; I didn’t go the typical route. Over the years I have worked on weddings, corporate films, documentaries, web-series and short narratives, but always looked for ways to share stories from the sailing world.
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Bilbao, Spain – Event organizer Stéphanie Betz and race ambassador Loïck Peyron were featured speakers on the first day of the 2019 Yacht Racing Forum, held earlier this week over 25-26 November in Bilbao, Spain. In front of an audience of over 300 delegates, industry leaders, prominent sailors, and influential representatives from all sectors of the sport, Stéphanie Betz and Loïck Peyron discussed with host moderator Shirley Robertson the history, significance and great potential the race represents for driving interest towards Pacific oceanic sailing both next year and beyond.
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| Feb 24, 2026
ORR and 2025 Lessons Learned Seminar |
5:00 PM PSTZoom Webinar |
| March 5, 2027
Last Day for Standard Entry Payment |
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| May 28, 2027
Last Date to Pay Late Entry Fee |
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| June 11, 2027
Deadline for Submitting Final Rating Data |
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| June 4, 2027
Initial Inspection Deadline |
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| June 22, 2027
Deadline for "As-Built" Sails Certificate |
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| July 3, 2027
Mandatory Person in Charge Meeting |
TBA |
| July 3, 2027
Aloha Send Off Party |
Evening |
| July 6, 2027
First Transpac Race Start |
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| July 8, 2027
Second Transpac Race Start |
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| July 10, 2027
Third Transpac Race Start |
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| July 20, 2027
Honolulu Awards Ceremony, Day 3 Starters |
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| July 22, 2027
Honolulu Awards Ceremony, Day 2 Starters |
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| July 24, 2027
Honolulu Awards Ceremony, Day 1 Starters |
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| July 25, 2027
Navigator’s De-Brief Meeting |
