Transpac Tactics and Strategy Talk with Stan Honey

Seminar Details & Registration Seminar Agenda

Stan Honey won the 2010 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year award for his role in routing the 103-foot trimaran GROUPAMA around the world to set a new course record of just over 48 days. Prior to this he helped get the Volvo 70 ABN AMRO around the world to win the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race. Closer to home in the Pacific he has also been the navigator for teams that have set seven course records and eleven first-to-finishes in 22 Transpacs and Pacific Cups, and was overall Pacific Cup winner with wife Sally Honey on their Cal 40 in 1996.

In the last edition of Transpac in 2017, Stan helped guide the 100-foot COMANCHE to her Merlin Trophy win and a new monohull course record of 5 days 1 hour 55 min 26 sec, and a Transpac 24-hour distance record run of 484.1 miles.

As navigator, Stan has also helped set numerous other records, including TransAtlantic monohull, TransAtlantic multihull, 24 hour monohull, 24 hour multihull, Sydney-Hobart, and Newport-Bermuda race records.

Suffice to say, Stan is one of the world's outstanding talents in offshore navigation, and it's with pleasure that TPYC is offering a special Transpac Tactics and Strategy Seminar on Saturday, May 11th from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM at Newport Harbor YC in Newport Beach. Cost is $50 per person and includes lunch.

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Tactics & Strategy Seminar

Presented by STAN HONEY, along with special guest
Saturday May 11 at Newport Harbor Yacht Club
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, $50/person (includes lunch)

 

AGENDA

10:00 -10:10 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks by Tom Hogan, TPYC Commodore

Welcome Remarks Talking Points

• 50th Anniversary Race, 100 plus boats, thank presenters, sponsors and racers
• Attending Sponsors: Hoag Hospital, Peter Hogan, Whittier Trust, Eric Talman Satellite Phone Store, Mike Pasha Pasha Hawaii and Chris Cameron Sevenstar Yacht Transport 10:10 am – 10:30 am: Mike Pasha and Chris Cameron, Delivery and Transport

10:10 - 10:30 AM: Mike Pasha and Chris Cameron, Delivery Transport Logistics

• Pasha Hawaii
• Sevenstar Yacht Transport

10:30 - 10:45: Whit Batchelor, Preparing for Yacht Inspection

10:45 - 11:15 AM: Race Communications Technology, Eric Talman, Satellite Phone Store

• NOR requirements and communication protocol
• Equipping your yacht for offshore communications

11:15 - 12:00 PM: Medical Resources and Nutrition, Dr. Brian Laakaniemi, Dr. David Meyers, and Peter Hogan

Dr. Laakaniemi and Dr. Meyers, Hoag Hospital ER

• Emergency Call-Service for racers during the race
• Recommended contents of First Aid Kits

Peter Hogan, Nutrition Considerations

• Strategies for maintaining proper nutrition during the race

LUNCH

12:30 - 3:00: Transpac Strategy with Stan Honey

Introduction by Whittier Trust: Whit Batchelor

• Transpac Tactics
• Local Knowledge
• Squalls
• Cloud Sheets
• Sources of Weather Data
• Preparation