INSTEAD OF WHY, ASK WHY NOT?
Friends for over 50 Years embark on their first Transpac aboard Santa Cruz 52 Heroic Heart.
For many Transpac skippers and crew, the race to Hawaii is their first ocean crossing. Not so for the crew of Heroic Heart—which includes two sets of brothers, Steve Firestone and Dan Firestone, Ron Zamir and John Zamir, Mike Wolfe, Andy Cranmer, Bobby Feinberg, Gil Varon and Sam Attrill.
Though it's their first Transpac, this crew first sailed the LA to Hawaii route together 50 years ago, when they were just teenagers.
It was the summer of 1975 on an 85’ wooden schooner, Vltava, which the kids and their parents had rebuilt and outfit for long distance voyaging. For the young crew and their parents, the 1975 crossing kicked off an era of sailing and working together as a team. In 1976, they set sail around the world as the core crew of Vltava, with their parents and friends joining them along the way. The oldest of the crew was 19 years old, the youngest just 14, and 17-year-old Steve was elected captain. That 18-month voyage changed their lives, solidifying them as friends for life and laying the groundwork for many more achievements in business, while growing their families and continuing to sail the world on bigger and bigger yachts.
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Entries are steadily increasing for the 2025 Transpac, with John Raymont’s Ker 52 Fast Exit II the 30th boat to register and one of several veteran competitors to commit to a repeat offshore run from Los Angeles to Honolulu.
The Transpac is so many things to so many sailors. It’s a long race between two legendary destinations; it’s an ocean crossing; it’s 118 years of breaking records and pushing the boundaries of boat design; it’s a challenge; it’s a triumph; it’s where memories are made. It’s a great story.
Every sailor has a different reason for racing. What’s your Transpac story? Share it with media@transpacyc.com for a chance to be featured in official Transpac media.
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Transpacific Yacht Club is proud to partner with the Prince Waikiki Luxury Hotel. The hotel is located in the Ala Wai Marina, with convenient access for all boats docked there after the race, and a 5 minute walk to the yacht clubs and the Race Headquarters. Special rates for Transpac Race teams and families are available now. Make reservations through our custom reservation link to secure these rates.
PRINCE WAIKIKI
100 Holomoana Street, Honolulu, HI 96815
844-207-9998
July 10 - July 19, 2025 (+3 days prior and after block)
$259 per night, plus taxes | Run of Ocean
$289 per night, plus taxes | Ocean Front
We are just nine months out from the first Transpac starts! If you’re thinking about entering this bucket list of a regatta from Los Angeles to Honolulu, here are the steps you need to take to get yourself, your crew and your vessel race-ready.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
6:00 - 8:00 PM PDT
ZOOM PRESENTATION
RSVP HERE to watch
Transpac & America's Cup winning navigator - Peter Isler presents a class aimed at the navigator - but will benefit the afterguard and anyone who is going to be looking at the computer screen and considering information coming from the "box" during the race.
Twenty boats and crews have already claimed their spot on the starting line for the 2025 Transpacific Yacht Race, including past first-place finishers Pyewacket, Roy Disney’s Andrews 70, and the Kernan 68 Peligroso, now skippered by Cecil Rossi, who won his division in 2023 racing the Farr 57 Ho’okolehe. So far, the scratch sheet is showing several veteran entries, boats with well-honed professional crew and many smaller amateur teams with shorter waterlines, such as Alli Bell’s Cal 40 Restless and Stacy Sinclair’s Kelly Peterson Rhiannon. It’s a hallmark of Transpac that the challenges inherent to a long-distance ocean race attract such a variety of sailors, from those looking to break speed records or personal bests, to those wanting to experience that comes from successfully crossing the Pacific in company with some of the best sailors in the world.
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Entries are open for the 2025 Transpacific Yacht Race, a historic 2,225 race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Already 16 boats have registered for what’s considered to be one of the greatest ocean races in the world.
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| Feb 24
ORR and 2025 Lessons Learned Seminar |
5:00 PM PSTZoom Webinar |
| July 2027
2027 Race Starts |
