A few more boats pulled into Transpac Pier at Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach on Saturday. Some of them, including the Andrews 70, Alchemy and the TP52, Flash, used the windy Coastal Cup race from San Francisco to Catalina Island as a shake down cruise for the Transpac Race. Some boats ducked into Santa Cruz rather than brave the 30-knot winds, the rough ride and more carnage.
Read moreSeahorse International Sailing magazine and World Regattas have teamed up with Transpac 09 to introduce Transpac Trivia to www.TranspacRace.com, the official website of the 2009 Transpacific Yacht Race. With over 100 years of Transpac history, 1,700 starters in Transpac 44 races, there is enough Transpac trivia to keep sailors talking wherever they are - at Transpac Pier in Rainbow Harbor, at their computers while tracking the race, on the rail or at the helm during the 2,225 nautical mile race stretching from Long Beach, California to Honolulu, Hawaii.
Read moreFour-time Transpac veteran, Yasuhyuki Hirano and his two-man delivery crew have arrived at the Pine Avenue Pier at Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach. They snugged their lines at the dock in front of Gladstone’s restaurant 37 days after casting off from Gamagori in Aichi, Japan. The Bengal 7 crew logged over 5,600 nautical miles during their peaceful passage. Said Hirano, “It was long, and we had good weather and good wind.”
Read moreWhat are you going to do when the Volvo Ocean Race is Over? Race fans and sailors alike can turn their attention to the Transpac, the World’s most enduring and greatest ocean race. Sailing the 2,225 nautical mile distance may be unthinkable to many. To Volvo Ocean racers, Dave Endean, Ryan Godfrey, Phil Jameson, Tony Mutter and Craig Satterthwaite who will have sailed over 37,000 miles in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race, it’s a busman’s holiday that starts and finishes in warmth and sunshine. It is also the opportunity and sail what some have called “the fastest yacht in the world,” Alfa Romeo II, in a distance race.
Read moreThe bet is on again between Philippe Kahn and Dave Ullman. Once again, it’s for a pittance. It certainly won’t affect either’s net worth. It will, however, give one of them bragging rights on Transpac Row in Honolulu and some more acclaim among the international fraternity of sailors. When they meet in Hawaii sometime during the first half of July, they’ll shake hands and one will reach into his pocket and turn over a soggy dollar bill to the other. The bet? Whose boat will have the shortest elapsed time during Transpac ’09?
Read moreAlumni from the 2007 Transpac Morning Light crew are sprinkled throughout the 51-boat Transpac 09 fleet. Two of them, Kate Theisen and Graham Brant-Zawadski are up for another once-in-a-lifetime experience during this Transpac. They have joined the Lynx crew. America’s Privateer, Lynx, a 122-foot square topsail schooner, travels 7,000 nautical miles each year to ports along the West Coast and Hawaii, serving as a living history museum and classroom for the study of early maritime history and its role in establishing America’s freedom, as well as earth, life and physical science.
Read moreThe Newport Harbor Nautical Museum is dedicated to preserving and promoting the nautical heritage of Newport Harbor, southern California and the eastern Pacific through stimulating exhibitions, and inspiring education programs pertaining to nautical arts, artifacts, events and customs.· The relationship between Transpac YC and the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum is about the mutual respect for the the sea, history, and the living events that inspire sailors everywhere.
Read moreJoin us for an educational day regarding the weathers impact on the Transpac race. From reading weather charts to reviewing GRIB files, this seminar is intended to provide the Transpac participant with an extensive overview on how to plan and execute the 2,225 mile journey across the Pacific.
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