Kane'ohe Yacht Club and Nawiliwili Yacht Club invite Transpac boats to join the Kauai Channel Race, which takes place along the delivery route towards the mainland on Friday August 4, 2017. Find out more at www.kauaichannelrace.com.
Read moreApril 1906 artricle by Albert Delmar, The Rudder magazine: The desire for long-distance racing is spreading. It is something that appeals to the real sailor and the sport that was creating so much interest a quarter of a century ago is being revived. While there have been many contests across the cold, wind-swept Atlantic, there have never yet been a yacht race across the tropical latitudes of the Pacific, the ideal for cruising yachtsmen, where there are no fogs, bleak winds or icebergs to endanger and harass the amateur mariner.
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Wally Cross with Ullman Sails Detroit shares how offshore sailing offers vital therapy for our fast-moving lives, including his favorite long-distance race: 2013 Transpac.
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Follow the 22 boats racing from Newport to Cabo this week. Several are 2017 Transpac entrants, getting ready for the big event this summer.
Read moreLos Angeles Yacht Club will host a new Transpac Qualifer Race on May 19-20, 2017. The start line will be located inside Los Angeles Harbor east of Pier 400 in the vicinity of these coordinates: N33 43.01’, W118 14.58’. The course marks will include Los Angeles Harbor Angels Gate Entrance and outer San Diego entrance buoy RW ”SD” at approximately 32° 37.3’ N 117° 14.8’ W The finish line will be inside Los Angeles Harbor in the vicinity of the start area and Pier 400. The course distance is tentatively calculated at approximately 166NM.
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Read moreHonolulu, Hawaii: Planning for the 49th edition of the Los Angeles-Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race presented by the Los Angeles Times and organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club is well underway, with 52 monohull and multihull entries from 9 nations already signed up for this biennial 2225-mile ocean race, one of the world's oldest having first been sailed in 1905.
Read moreInterested in crewing for a boat in the 2017 Transpac race? Post an ad on the Crew Board and get your information in front of the growing fleet of boats that will compete this year.
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Bill Leary has published a free online cruising guide to the Hawaiian Islands based on his fifty years of experience racing and cruising here. It includes discussions on weather, channel crossings, cruising itineraries, and thirty seven favorite anchorages and harbors on all eight of the main Hawaiian Islands. The anchorage section includes links to both applicable state regulations and 360 degree videos shot in each anchorage. Users are welcome to access, save or print the guide anytime. This will be a useful reference for anyone looking to expand their Hawaii cruising experiences.
NOODLE'S NOTES: On Fifty Years of Sailing in the Hawaiian Islands
By Bill Leary
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