Whittier Trust’s relationship to the Transpac dates back to 1923 when Max Whittier entered his 107’ yawl, Poinsettia in the race. Just as the racing yachts in the Transpac have evolved over time, so too has Whittier Trust. Since our early beginnings serving the Whittier family, we are now the largest family office on the West Coast serving clients from Southern California to Seattle. We are proud to sponsor this great race and to honor the legacy of all past competitors.
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Yesterday at noon, we decided to go for an early asymmetric setting. Of course, we had been a little optimistic, but after rearranging and added a reef in the main the course was not too bad. Well, looking only at where we were pointing, it was bad - Marquesas, but on the other hand, we haven`t been there, but we had also a plan of not sailing in to a light wind area just in front of us. Our boat speed increased by 2 to 3 knots, so that justifies pointing off the course with a quite some degrees. Will be interesting to see how it all will turn out!
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The Bretwalda team had a great start and trip to the west end of Catalina. Good call crossed us just before we cleared the point at the west end without having to tack from the start. Many in our fleet tacked up right after the start and that became lost distance to us. Once we cleared the end of the island it was light for a few hours then we got into the breeze. It became very choppy and with winds in the 20's it was sloppy and the boat was on it's side making the general task of eating, dressing or any other life skills extremely difficult.
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With the breeze shifted far left in overcast skies due to a strong Catalina Eddy, the final wave of 24 monohulls and 4 multihulls in a record fleet of 90 yachts are now headed off the coast in the 50th edition of Transpacific Yacht Race, a biennial race to Honolulu organized by the Transpacific YC. These are the largest and fastest boats in the fleet, and their starts were an impressive display of masterful big-boat sail handling, seamanship and tactics as they charged the line on port tack with a variety of headsail types suitable to the close reaching angle sailed to clear the West End of Catalina, the only mark of the course in this 2225-mile race.
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Live Wire, Olson 40, has retired with mast/rigging issues. All crew are safe and returning to California.
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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 |
