News

Transpacific Course World Record 3 Days 16 Hours 52 Minutes and 03 seconds

The past few years we have had a good share of success with at least one wrong turn in our racing program. When Brian Thompson and I were planning the PHAEDO3 program we had a wish list of races and records which would be nice to attempt if we had a MOD70. The Transpacific World Record was the crown jewel of our dreams. Serious talk of a MOD70 began on our long journey home after dismasting the Gunboat PHAEDO during the Trans Pac Race of 2013. It was in this race when we watched the Trimaran LENDING CLUB take off over the horizon, seeking this very difficult record. They came heartbreakingly close to the record, but it was not to be. Then just before the Trans Pac 2015 they  were back this time with a bigger weapon. Faced the tough choice of going for the race or taking an excellent record window a few days before, they made the right choice and left before the race and went on to break the world record!

Phaedo on Record Pace

Brian Thompson on board Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70 Phaedo3, who are expected in Hawaii in the early hours of tomorrow AM, just sent this report:

Lloyd Thornburg & Phaedo attempting to break the Transpacific World Speed Sailing Record

Pulling out in the fog from the Long Beach dock on Friday was Lloyd Thornburg and his crew aboard Phaedo^3 headed towards Point Fermin, the official start point of the WSSRC Transpacific Record and the start for the Transpac in July.

LA Dockage Option: Cabrillo Way Marina

The closest dockage option to the Transpac starting area at Point Fermin is at the Cabrillo Way Marina in San Pedro. Here there are a great variety of deep water slips and end ties available, lots of free parking, and its a short drive or walk to the bar at LAYC as well.

Call Mike or Dawn at Cabrillo Way Marina, they also run the TPYC dry storage facility, and are doing the marina reservations for Transpac also. They can be reached at (310) 521-0200. More info at http://cabrilloway-marina.com.

NOR Amendment #4 Posted

NOR Amendment #4 relating to Multihull rating schedule and the qualifying 150nm passage has been published.

10,000 mile delivery of ZEPHYR – UK to Long Beach

"A quick 10,000 miles"... UK to Long Beach to sail in the 2017 Transpac race.

Ship Your Boat Home

Pasha Hawaii is once again sponsoring Transpac, offering competitors special packaged pricing to ship boats home after the race.  Sailing back is not easy, have peace of mind knowing your boat is enclosed aboard a Pasha ship protected from the weather. This year Pasha is making it easier than ever. For more information email (link email to: Michael_Pasha@pashanet.com) Pasha.

Countdown to Transpac: Under 70 days to go

Preparations are well underway with seminars, inspection schedules, logistical planning, crew lists, measurements and certificates, and a new rating rule system for Multihull entries

Los Angeles, CA – With just under 70 days to go to the first start of the 49th biennial Transpac, skippers and sailors, sponsors, families, spectators and organizers from the Transpacific YC are all working hard on their preparation tasks for this classic 2225-mile race from LA to Honolulu. In all, 63 monohull and multihull entries from 7 countries around the Pacific and beyond are now entered, ranging in size from Chris Lemke and Brad Lawson’s Hobie 33 Dark Star to two 100-footers: Comanche, skippered by Ken Read, and Manouch Moshayedi’s Rio100.

Once class divisions are decided, all will start in three separate waves on July 3rd, 5th and 6th, 2017 for a rich variety of elapsed and corrected time trophies.