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Division 4, 5 and 6 winners celebrated at Transpac

This evening at Hawaii Yacht Club the podium finishers for Divisions 4, 5 and 6 who started their race on Thursday June 29th are being celebrated for the 52nd edition of the Transpac. This group was blessed with some of the most favorable conditions in the race: eight of the top ten in overall corrected time are from these divisions.

Winning first among the six entries in Cabrillo Boat Shop Division 5 is Dave Moore’s Santa Cruz 52 WESTERLY, who also was awarded the overall fleet King Kalakaua Trophy earlier this week. Runner-up in this division is Chris Messano and Bill Durant’s Santa Cruz 50 DECEPTION, who coincidently performed their impressive and thorough renovation of this boat at the eponymous division sponsor’s facilities in San Pedro. DECEPTION also placed third in overall fleet standings.

Transpac Awards Ceremonies

Sailors, family and friends are all welcome to attend the three Transpac Race awards ceremony this week. No tickets necessary.

DIV I, II, III, MULTI
Tue, July 11, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Waikiki Yacht Club

DIV IV, V, VI
Thur, July 13, 2023
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Hawaii Yacht Club

DIv VII, VIII + Specialty Trophies
Sat, July 15, 2023
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Kaneohe Yacht Club (bus available)

YACHT CLUB PARTY INFO >>

Transpac Race Yacht Club Parties

Weds, July 12, 2023
Waikiki Yacht Club Party (Tickets)
1600 - 2200 HST

Fri, July 14, 2023
Hawaii Yacht Club Party (Tickets)
1800 - 0000 HST

Sat, July 15, 2023
Kaneohe Yacht Club Party (Tickets - Bus)
1930 - 2200 HST

It’s a Quiet Day at Transpac

It’s quiet today around the Ala Wai Marina: the first awards party last night packed Waikiki Yacht Club into the late hours and there are no new finishers at Diamond Head until late tonight when Doug Pasnik’s Andrews 70 TRADER is expected. With no new arrivals today the lawn tent that has been hosting Aloha parties for the past few days is empty and quiet, for the time being, and the more than 100 volunteers of the Honolulu Committee have gotten a bit of a breather.

Teams that finished in the last two days have exhausted their stories, are now rested, and are busy hosing down and cleaning their boats. Some are also bricking up their race sails on any available lawn space in the marina and installing delivery sails to help those crews prepare for their long journeys home. Some are at the fuel dock getting the jerry jugs filled and others at the markets getting provisions, fishing gear, and lawn chairs. Engines and water makers are being serviced, as are the all-important autopilots.

Division 1, 2 and 3 winners celebrated at Transpac

An irony of this year’s Transpac is that the teams that raced the fastest boats were expected to be in days ago and therefore celebrating their division victories first would make sense for efficient event planning. Yet two of these winning teams finished just in the last 24 hours, with one crossing the finish at Diamond Head only this morning at 5:30 AM, less than 12 hours before the awards.

The reason is the lighter winds experienced by all the Saturday July 1st starters in this race, particularly in the first 24 hours getting off the coast of California. While the earlier starting divisions sped away to the west, nearly all the entries in these three classes took almost as long to get to Hawaii as their slower-rated rivals. This affected their overall fleet results, where the top places went to entries among the groups who started on Thursday June 29th and will be recognized at the next trophy ceremony at Hawaii Yacht Club this Thursday July 13th.