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Milestones and Miles

Transpac Race History - About the Race
Written by Transpac YC
Friday, 10 December 2010 10:08
Transpac veteran Kimball Livingston embarked upon a mission in the opening decade of the 21^stcentury, inspired by the unique opportunity to sail milestone editions of America's three classic distance races: Centennial Transpac, Centennial Bermuda, and the 100^thrunning of Chicago-Mac. He made them all. Better yet, he made the Centennial Transpac on a Cal 40, the most influential boat of the second half of the Transpac century, and he tagged base with Transpac Yacht Club member number one. Apparently, it was a helluva ride. In the photo above taken by Charlie Beven, Kimball on the left, Ric Sanders, David Griffith, and Skipper Fin Beven on the Cal40 Radiant blast down the Molokai Channel heading for the Diamond Head finish line. Kimball's full article is on his blog at: http://kimballlivingston.com/?p=5478

Speed!

Transpac Race History - About the Race

Written by Transpac Staff

Friday, 22 October 2010 10:34

Photo - Murray Spence

Alfa Romeo's fastest day's run rollcall to rollcall was 430.97 nautical miles, from rollcall 8 July 09 to rollcall 9 July 09.· On her way to smashing the previous elapsed time record by 26 hours establishing a new race record of 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes and 20 seconds.

Stan Honey, Navigator, Alfa Romeo, Transpac 2009

Transpac Race History

Transpac Race History - About the Race
Written by Transpac Staff
Saturday, 26 June 2010 10:05
Since 1904 the Transpac Races to Honolulu and Tahiti have produced some great stories. Enjoy some of them here.

Transpac Race and Facts

Transpac Race History - About the Race
Written by Transpac Staff
Thursday, 29 April 2010 13:50
Fastest elapsed time (monohull): 5 days 14 hours 36 minutes 20 seconds. Neville Crichton, Alfa Romeo, Reichel/Pugh 100, 2009. More than 26 hours were knocked off of the old record that had been set by Hasso Plattner , Morning Glory, Reichel/Pugh maxZ86 in 2005. Fastest elapsed time (multihull): 5 days 9 hours 18 minutes 26 seconds, Explorer (86-foot catamaran), Bruno Peyron, 1997. Slowest elapsed time (monohull): 23 days 23 hours 55 minutes 4 seconds, Viking Childe (42-foot ketch), William Merry, 1939 (Note: race started in San Francisco; slowest ET from Los Angeles was 22 days 11 hours 36 minutes 15 seconds by Camille (Stewart 42), James and Ann Read, doublehanded, San Francisco, 2005). Total starters (44 races): 1,700. Largest fleet: 80 boats, 1979. Smallest fleet: 2 boats, 1932. Largest boat: Goodwill, 161 feet, 1953 and 1959. Smallest boat: Vapor, 25 feet., 1999. Oldest boats: Alsumar (70-foot Sparkman & Stephens yawl), 73 years; and Odyssey (58-foot yawl), 68 years, 2005. Oldest full crew: Bubala (Cal 40), six crew members ages 66 to 72 (average 68.3), 2005. Oldest doublehanded crew: Tango (J/133), Michael Abraham, 70/Phillip Rowe, 70, 2007. Youngest crew: On the Edge of Destiny (1D35), six crew members ages 17-23 (average 19.8), 2007. Read more...

Spectators

Transpac Race History - About the Race
Written by Transpac Staff
Sunday, 08 June 2008 13:58
The Transpac Race offers excellent venues for the general public to view both the start and finish of the Race. The start of the race is staggered over the period of a week to allow the slower boats to arrive in Hawaii about the same time as the larger and faster boats. For the start spectators can view the boats from the park above the bluffs at San Pedro’s Pt. Fermin. During the starts spectators will be able to view the fleet in large groups as they are sent on their way to Hawaii. It is a different story for the finish as boats usually arrive one at a time after racing 2225 miles across the Pacific. The viewing however is spectacular from the Lighthouse on Oahu’s famous Diamond Head volcano. With the tradewinds blowing strongly the race boats surf past Diamond Head buoy under spinnaker often in speeds exceeding 20 knots!

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