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North Sails (sponsor)

Ultimate Sailing's Sharon Green signing a photo book for North Sails Sales Rep Bill Herrschaft from the Long Beach Loft, at the North Sails tent during pre-race festivities at Rainbow Harbor.

Mayhem Retires from Race

Race Committee received notice Friday morning that Hobie 33 Mayhem is retiring from the race due to a broken rudder, returning to port. No assistance required at this time.

Hobie 33 ALOHA Retires, Returning to San Diego

Race Committee has received a communication from Hobie 33 Aloha Thursday evening that they are retiring from the race and returning to San Diego. Crew are well on board, retirement is due to rudder post failure. 

Cal 40 Nalu V Retires From Race: Returning to Port

The Race Committee received word from Cal 40 NALU V that they are retiring from the race. Message received was: "Difficulties keeping bilge dry, pumps keeping ahead but reason for water ingress unknown, returning to port."

And they’re off! First wave heads west in Transpac 50

On a classic So Cal summer day with the sun burning through the morning haze to help along a building seabreeze, the first wave of 33 monohulls and 2 multihulls set off for Hawaii today in the 50th edition of the 2225-mile LA-Honolulu Transpac. Race organizers from the Transpacific YC started the multihulls first, followed 30 minutes later by the large group of monohulls, who ranged in size from 33 to 67 feet in length. 

The 67-footer is one of Transpac's classic entries, the 1939 S&S yawl Chubasco, campaigned this race by a syndicate from Long Beach YC led by Tom Akin, Doug Baker, John Carpenter and Will Durant, who signed on an all-star pro-am crew for this race. Despite her age and grandeur, Chubasco was mixing it up among boat types many generations her junior, and was very much in the fray at a crowded pin end of the start line.