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Welcome Transpac 2009! The Waikiki Yacht Club Invites You To Visit

For A Drink, A Swim, A Sail And A Meal• Waters edge dining room and dockside bar

• State-of-the-Art docks for yachts up to 155’

• Friday night fun races, live music, dancing & fireworks

• Swimming pool and barbecue

• WYC Boatique apparel & exclusives logowear

• Casual and formal dining

Bar & Lounge: 10:30 - late DailyCasual Dining: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. DailyBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks & Pupus Dining Room: Lunch:11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tues. - Fri. Dinner: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Wed. - Fri. Brunch: 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Sun.Boatique: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tues, Thurs, Sat. Sun. 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Wed. Fri. Closed Mon.

Waikiki Yacht ClubOn the edge of Ala Moana Park1599 Ala Moana Blvd.Honolulu, HI USA808-955-4405

Friday, June 26 1600 Transpac ’09 Opening Ceremony at Club Transpac1700 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac – Hosted by Dana Point YC

Saturday, June 27 1300 Skin Cancer Screening & Medical Information Lecture Presented by St. Mary’s Medical Center – Club Transpac1500 Skipper’s Meeting - Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific1800 Transpac Aloha Send-Off Dinner Gala – Long Beach Hyatt Regency

Sunday, June 280900 - 1700 Safety at Sea Seminar – Shoreline Yacht Club1300 - 1500 Lynx Tall Ship Tour and Sail with Special Olympics Athletes – Rainbow Harbor1600 Tall Ship Lecture – Club Transpac1900 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac

Monday, June 29 1000 Send-Off Ceremonies at Pine Avenue Pier 1300 1st Start1700 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac

Tuesday, June 301730 VIP Reception - Night of “Morning Light – Making the Cut” - Club Transpac

Wednesday, July 11700 Kahakai Outrigger Canoe Club- Outrigger History & Culture - Club Transpac1800 John Jourdane – 50 Pacific Crossings - Club Transpac1900 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac

Schedule of EventsThursday, July 2 1000 Send-Off Ceremonies at Pine Avenue Pier1300 2nd Start 1930 “Morning Light” Screening

Friday, July 31400 Racing for Kids Foundation and Morning Light crew to visit children at Miller Memorial Hospital1800 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac with Morning Light Crew

Saturday, July 4 0700 - 1100 Pancake breakfast – Shoreline YC1700 Farewell Cocktail Party at Club Transpac2100 Fireworks Extravaganza

Sunday, July 51000 Send-Off Ceremonies at Pine Avenue Pier1300 Final Start

Wednesday July 151630 Hawaii Yacht Club Mt. Gay Rum® Hat Party Thursday July 161500 Waikiki Yacht Club Transpac Party

Friday July 17 1800 Awards Presentation

Saturday July 180930 Plywood Cup - Kaneohe Yacht Club1000 Kaneohe Yacht Club Transpac Party

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Publisher: Michael J. Roth; Editor: Ray Pendleton Contributing Writers: Ray Pendleton, Lynn Fitzpatrick, Don Clothier Contributing Photographers: John Davis, Michael Reed, Jas Pics, Sharon Green, Phil Uhl Print Consultant: Pat Meara; Designers: Drake Chinen, Leslie Johnson DesignOn the Cover: Samba Pa Ti and Morning Light match race a thousand miles from land.Cover by Phil Uhl.

OFFICIAL HANDBOOKof the 45th Transpacific Yacht Race

The Transpac 2009 Official Race handbook is published for the Honolulu

Committee of the Transpac Yacht Club by Roth Communications, 2040 Alewa Drive

Honolulu, HI 96817 USA. (808) 595-4124 Fax: (808) 595-5087

rothcomm@lava.net

Table of ContentsSchedule of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Welcome from the Governor of Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Welcome from the Mayor of Honolulu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Welcome from the Mayor of Long Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Welcome from the Transpac Yacht Club Commodore . . . . . . . . 8Welcome from the Honolulu Committee Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Welcome from the Sponsoring Yacht Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Transpac ‘09 A Preview of Things to Come . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Transpac’s Abundant History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15A Sailor Remembers His First Race to Hawaii: The 1951 Transpac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Claire Lang Memorial Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Cy Gillette: A Sailing Icon Fondly Remembered . . . . . . . . . . . 25Transpac 2009 Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Transpac 2009 Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Transpac 2009 Perpetual Trophies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Barn Door Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Overall Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Mahalo List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372007 Class Finish Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382009 Yachts & Crews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Photo: Mike Reed

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Message from Governor Linda Lingle and

Lt. Governor James R. “Duke” Aiona, Jr. presented to the

TRANSPACIFIC YACHT CLUB JULY 2009

On behalf of the people of Hawai‘i, we send our personal greetings of aloha and welcome

the skippers, crews, families and spectators attending the 45th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race. This exciting event has become an important part of Hawai‘i’s sailing culture and lore.

This year’s race promises to perpetuate that legacy with the participation of more than 45 yachts. We are pleased that King David Kalākaua’s dream of a race between Los Angeles and Honolulu has become a longstanding tradition.

We extend a warm mahalo to the Transpacific Yacht Club for again hosting this race.

Best wishes for an exciting competition and continued success in the future. Aloha, _________________________________ _________________________________ Linda Lingle James R. “Duke” Aiona, Jr. Governor, State of Hawai‘i Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawai‘i

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OFFICE OF THE MAYORCITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

MAYOR’S MESSAGE

MUFI HANNEMANN

I am pleased to send my warmest aloha to everyone participating in the 2009 Transpacific Yacht Race from the West Coast to Honolulu this summer. For more than a century, some of the world’s most sophisticated sailing yachts and courageous crews have braved over 2,000 miles of open ocean in a race to the Diamond Head finish line. Honolulu is again honored to welcome the world-class sailors, navigators and crews who will cross the Pacific in this 45th Transpacific Yacht Race. I salute the captains who have prepared their boats and crews for the rigorous physical and mental demands required to meet this challenge. My deepest appreciation goes to the participants for their efforts. This event focuses worldwide attention on the cities of Long Beach and Honolulu and the ocean that connects us. It is a tribute to the planners and organizational committees that have made this race a world-class exhibition of sailing talent. On behalf of the people of the City and County of Honolulu, I extend best wishes for another memorable and successful race.

MAYOR BOB FOsTER

Greetings:It is an honor for the City of Long Beach to host the Departure Festival for the 45th Biennial Transpacific Yacht Race. The Transpac is one of the world’s greatest sailing races. Long Beach is proud to be able to create The Transpac Walk of Fame to recognize all of your winners over the past 103 years. When these beautiful memorials were unveiled for the start of the 2007 Transpac everyone understood how honored we are to have your Crews and your Club “homeported” in the City of Long Beach. I’d like to give a special recognition to all those who have worked diligently over the years to make The Transpac a success, particularly the local club members in Long Beach – shoreline Yacht Club, Long Beach Yacht Club, and in addition the Honolulu Committee and the Transpacific Yacht Club members. On behalf of all the Citizens of Long Beach, I wish you, the skippers and crews of the 45th Biennial Transpacific Yacht Race, a safe and fun journey to Hawaii and would ask you to carry our warmest ‘Long Beach Aloha’ to all our friends and neighbors in the City of Honolulu and the great state of Hawaii.

sincerely,

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HonoluluCommodore

Aloha from the Honolulu Committee and the hundreds of volunteers who staff the many committees necessary for the finish of the 2009 Transpacific Yacht Race. We love to share Hawaii with you, whether you arrive in six days or sixteen (or one day by air). some of our volunteers have been involved with the Transpac for over 40 years with a common commitment to make the race an experience participants will never forget. The Transpac was inspired in part by King David Kalakaua and this year will mark 103 years since the first start of the longest and one of the oldest offshore races in the world.

This year there are a number of exciting changes. We hope to move back to the original “Transpac Row” and accommodate the majority of the fleet in those moorings. We also plan to go back to an outdoor awards ceremony, surrounded by grass, sky, and water instead of the interior of a hotel banquet room, and you will likely see other changes in some otherwise familiar events.

To make all of this happen, it takes two years of coordination with county, state, and federal governmental agencies. Three of those agency partners in particular need to be recognized:

First, Hawaii’s Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation, which manages the Ala Wai Boat Harbor and has made possible the return of Transpac Row, as well as assisting in numerous other ways. It has built four new docks and a new cross-dock since the last race. Without DOBOR’s support, as well as the cooperation of the many boat owners that have been displaced during your stay, our Aloha greeting when you arrive would not happen.

second, the support of the United states Coast Guard, District 14 and its commander and men and women to assist us with communi-cations, security, and emergency support is always vital. Critical to this effort has been the hospitality of Rear Admiral Manson Brown in allowing our volunteers to occupy part of his home, the Diamond Head Lighthouse, to monitor communications and time the finish of each competitor.

Last, the support of the City and County of Honolulu ranging from the Police Department to the Parks and Recreation Department and other city functions under the direction of Mayor Mufi Hannemann helps to make the Transpac finish possible.

No matter what time of day or night you arrive or what order of finish, our volunteers will be there to greet you with leis and libations. We wish you fair winds and following seas. Aloha!

Mark HazlettChair, Honolulu Transpac Committee

Welcome to one of the world’s greatest ocean races. The Transpacific Yacht Race’s 103-year legacy continues with the 2009 race promising another epic voyage across the Pacific. In adding to that legacy, this year we are featuring a few new elements.

Transpac’s pre-race activities this year are incorporated into the Long Beach sea Festival, with the City of Long Beach providing mooring space for the boats arriving for the start of the race. Many thanks to the City of Long Beach for their support and to shoreline Yacht Club for their help in coordinating those mooring arrangements.

It is important, as always, to recognize the time, effort, and expense Transpac’s participating skippers and crew have expended while preparing themselves and their boats for this 2,225 nautical mile open ocean race. I pray your hard work will all seem worthwhile as you approach the Diamond Head finish line and later reflect on the fun you and your shipmates have had and the goal you have achieved.Have a safe race and we will see you in Hawaii.

One new addition (or look at the past) in this year’s fleet will be the 122-foot topsail schooner Lynx. We look forward to her participation and hope many more tall ships like her will join us in 2011.

Another change from recent years will be the move of our awards presentation from the usual enclosed banquet hall to an outdoors venue on the waterfront. With Hawaii’s incredible atmosphere, we plan to enjoy every minute of it while we are there.

As Transpac is a major event requiring large commitments of time and energy from hundreds of dedicated volunteers, both on the mainland and in Hawaii, we must recognize the race would not happen without their dedication. They make sure every detail is covered and that every boat receives Hawaii’s famous “aloha” welcome on their arrival, no matter the time of day or night. Without our volunteers there would be no race. Our heartfelt “mahalos” go to each and every one of them.

Transpac skippers and crew, you’re about to embark on a fine adventure. My best wishes to you and your shipmates for a fast and safe sail across the Pacific. And I thank you for saying “mahalo” to your hosts while you’re having a grand time in Honolulu.

Dale NordinCommodore, Transpacific Yacht Club

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Hana Hou Transpac 2009! On behalf of everyone at HYC, I would like to extend an enthusiastic aloha and e komo mai to all Transpac skippers, crews, family, friends, volunteers and yacht club members participating in the 45th Transpacific Race. Imagine how different the words to America the Beautiful would be if the author had known Hawaii would be in the picture – “…from sea to shining sea.” Certainly the most beautiful and friendly islands in America, and in our opinion, the world. Also challenging in the race this year in honor of the winner of the first Transpacific Race, the Lynx will be competing. The Lynx is a 122’ square topsail schooner that will compete “against the technology and speed of the 21st. century”. Once it has docked at HYC, the Lynx will be offering the opportunity to sail, or dockside tours. We wish them luck and thank them for their homage to the race and its history, and we hope to see them in future Transpac races. Call 866-466-5969 or go to www.privateerlynx.org for more information about the Lynx. Whether arriving in 5 days or two weeks, after days at sea, there is no destination more attractive than Hawaii Yacht Club, located at the mouth of the Ala Wai Harbor, on the edge of miles of deep blue sea. You will find the aloha spirit at HYC the best on the island and we invite you to join our tranquil location for good food, fun and perfect sunsets. You will find everyone at the club to be friendly and willing to offer whatever support you may need during your stay. If tranquility is not your kuleana (thing), we can take care of that too. Join us for entertainment and camaraderie at the bar. Every Friday night get into the swing with a live rock band and dancing, or if just completing a 2,225 nautical mile race, you still feel the need to compete, join our Friday Night Races. Contact Mark Olsen, molsen1188@aol.com, for start times. Then on saturday nights, enjoy our easy listening live band. We have a new galley at HYC featuring Executive Chef Alfredo Lee, and during Transpac, the galley will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We are proud this year to be hosting the Mt. Gay party on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, and you can expect that to be nothing less than spectacular. I wish all the best to all competitors and wish them a safe crossing. We anxiously await your arrival and will have the mai tais and red carpet ready. We sincerely appreciate everyone who participates in this historic race and acknowledge that it wouldn’t work without all the volunteers who give up their time and energy to insure that everything runs smoothly.

Aloha,Howie MednickCommodore

Aloha Transpac sailors: Welcome to Hawaii with all its beauty and so many exciting things to do. Kaneohe Yacht Club cordially invites the crews, fami-lies, and friends of Transpac to visit our yacht club from the day you arrive to the sad day you have to return to the main-land. Kaneohe Yacht Club is located on the Windward side of Oahu with an awesome view of the Ko‘olau mountain range and Kaneohe Bay. It is a must see location and very different then the town side yacht clubs. sailing on Kaneohe Bay is fantastic and visit-ing the sand Bar situated in the middle of the 7-mile long Bay is a once in a life time experience. Kaneohe Yacht Club has everything you need to have a wonderful day on the wind-ward side. You are welcome to use the pool, play some tennis, eat at the snack bar and enjoy a cooling tropical drink from the bar. The Kaneohe Yacht Club party is the last of the Transpac parties and it is a great way to end a fantastic week of events and banquets. The party is saturday July 18, 2009. A new edition to the party this year is that the Plywood Cup is going to be raced at Kaneohe Yacht Club. Make sure and check your skipper’s packet for the registration form. Our members and staff anxiously await your arrival so we can add more “Aloha” to the wonderful memories of your Transpac race.

A sunny windward Aloha!

Don Brown Commodore

Kaneohe Yacht Club Flag Officers

Commodore: Don BrownVice Commodore: Matt DarnellRear Commodore: Lou Icklersecretary: Don shannonTreasurer: Ray sanbornDirectors: Ken Panosh Brett Phillips Dan FordClub Manager: Ken RaktaPhone: 808-247-4121Fax: 808-235-8180E-mail: kyc@hawaii.rr.com

Waikiki Yacht Club Flag Officers

Commodore: Bill FosterVice Commodore: Jim EwingRear Commodore, sail: Richard LewisRear Commodore, Power: Greg Kernersecretary: DJ Gillies-WallingTreasurer: Mike simpsonDirectors: Peter Lewis Ed Irvine Cindy WyrickClub Manager: Peter DietrichPhone: 808-955-4405 Fax: 808-941-5026E-mail: wyc@lava.netWebsite: http://waikikiyc.com

Aloha! The Waikiki Yacht Club extends a warm welcome to all of the skippers, crew, family, friends and volunteers involved in the 2009 Transpacific Yacht Race. You will find our loca-tion and facilities to be among the finest available and a wonderful place to relax and enjoy our friendly atmosphere after participating in a chal-lenging race. Our club has been a popular destination for Transpac participants for many years, and we offer modern docks, a full-service bar and galley, swimming pool, wireless internet, experienced staff, and friendly members. We are located adjacent to the world-class Ala Moana shopping Center and Ala Moana Beach Park where you can park free, swim or jog. We are also within walking distance of Waikiki’s famous beaches, entertain-ment, major hotels and fine dining establish-ments. Our food and beverage service is available at four locations to suit your mood. Chose from our wharf-side, umbrella-shaded tables, our friendly bar, the poolside, or our more formal dining room, each with a variety of menu selections. Food service will be available from 10:30 a.m. till 8:30 p.m. daily, depending on location. We are proud to be the host club for the 2009 Transpac and hope each of you will visit us dur-ing your stay. several participating yachts will be moored here but with boat-hosting parties being scheduled around the harbor, getting around the harbor with our complimentary shuttle-boat will make it easy. Waikiki Yacht Club’s famous Transpac Party will be held on Thursday, July 16 prior to the awards banquet, so mark your calendars. This is always a very popular event, so you won’t want to miss it.

Aloha,

Bill FosterCommodore

Hawaii Yacht Club Flag Officers

Commodore: Howie MednickVice Commodore: sterling LauRear Commodore, sail: Tony MillerRear Commodore, Power: Paul “Boolie” WhitmireBoard of Governors: Doug Allen, Tom Bashaw, Bob Heidrich, Linell Kam, Craig Wicke, Linda West

Club Manager: Nick WoytenkoPhone: 808-944-9666Fax: 808-943-1441E-mail: hyachtclub@hawaii.rr.com

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Transpac ’09 - A preview of things to comeBy: Lynn FitzpatrickTranspac ’09 marks the 45th running of the world’s most enduring and greatest ocean race from California’s coast to Honolulu. Ask Transpac veterans such as Stan Honey, who has navigated over 20 transpacific races and won eight of them, if there is a formula for navigating the adrenaline-charged press from the start under Point Fermin past the west end of Catalina Island, driving around the Pacific high and blasting into the Molokai Channel, and you could end up at a daylong seminar and reading reams of historic and predictive weather data before you get your real schooling by joining seasoned veterans in an addictive 2,225 nautical-mile race.

Whether you are on the sled fixated on winning the Barn Door, the Clock Trophy or the Merlin Trophy, or you are watching data from transponders move across your computer screen, you will appreciate the conditions, contestants and characters that contribute to the mystique of the Transpac, the world’s greatest ocean race.

For those skeptics who think ocean racing is boring, Roy E. Disney, Leslie DeMeuse Disney, Tom Pollack, Mark Monroe, Robbie Haines, Stan Honey, and a host of other Transpac devotees and a cast of 15 rookies proved that the Transpac offers twists and turns of fate and character development - the makings of a movie. During their first Transpac, the 2007 race, the crew of Morning Light navigated their way to the furthest place on the planet from terra ferma only to find themselves within shouting range of John Kilroy and his seasoned crew. The movie, Morning Light, appeared in cinemas and is available on DVD. Watching it will bring back memories and inspire new adventures.

This year Kilroy returns with his Transpac 52 Samba Pa Ti and Roy Patrick Disney will have three of Morning Light’s cast, Jeremy Wilmot, Piet van Os and Jessie Fielding on Pyewacket, the Santa Cruz 70 that he recently purchased from Doug Ayres.

Harkening back to the initial Transpac races of a century ago when H.H. Sinclaire’s 86-foot schooner Lurline ruled the friendly race to the “Islands of

Endless Summer,” Lynx, America’s Privateer and tall ship training vessel, joins the fleet. Two Morning Light veterans, Graham Brant-Zawadzki and Kate Theisen, will be aboard Lynx. The 122-foot topsail schooner will be the first of these classic tall ship training vessels to race, adding new color and excitement in the 2009 Transpac and leading the way for more tall ships to join her in 2011.

Morning Light heroine, Genny Tulloch, returns on Ragtime, the Spencer 65 that has more than earned her lifetime achievement award for appearing on the Transpac stage for the 15th time. Rags, the dame of the Transpac, set off on the 2008 Tahiti Race and continued west to claim IRC Division II and first foreign boat to finish in the 2008 Sydney-Hobart Race and continued on to Auckland, NZ. Hailing from Auckland, the narrow, hard-chined sloop, stole the show so much in her early years that Kiwi casting directors turned her away and into the opportunistic clutches of an American syndicate back in1973. The starlet immediately proved her worth by taking the Barn Door during her Transpac debut and did so again in her encore performance in 1975. Chris Welsh, who has funded more than age defying nips, tucks and appendages for the 45-year-old Rags, loves how she can surf one wave and skip onto the next and Tulloch has the touch on the helm to get extra speed out of Ragtime like no one else.

Pour through Transpac history books or lend an ear to earnest storytellers and you are sure to be drawn into the classic rivalry between Merlin and Drifter. With his 68-foot sloop, The Wizard, Bill Lee, mixed up a magic potion. Fast is fun, and Merlin won the Barn Door in 1977 with an elapsed time of 8:11:1:45. For 20 years Transpac fleets tried to beat the record. In 1981 Merlin came within 46 seconds of her personal best, but it wasn’t until 1997 when Disney’s Pyewacket, a 70-foot sled, crossed the finish line at Diamond Head in 7:15:24:40 that Merlin’s spell was broken. During her reign, Merlin accumulated three Barn Doors.

This year, Trisha Steele, a fourth generation Transpac legacy whose father allowed her to graduate from high

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school early so that she could sail a Transpac race, gave Merlin some TLC and steered her to Ala Wai in 2005 before selling her to a proud owner in the Great Lakes, has donated the Merlin Trophy for the RSS 51 and 52 waiver yachts (exempt from the Racing Rules of Sailing limitations on moveable ballast and stored power) up to 100 feet with the shortest elapsed time. Said Steele of Lee, “He has been a great innovator in Transpac yachting and has been on the board for years. This trophy is to commemorate his contribution over the years.”

While Merlin is famous for her achievements, Lee’s magic has been sprinkled on more than one Transpac design. Lee designed nearly one-third of this year’s fleet. Chasch Mer, the first Santa Cruz 50 designed and built by Lee, returns to the Transpac again this year.

Originally owned by E.R. “Randy” Parker and now owned by Gib Black, will be joined by three other Santa Cruz 50’s Passion, Alliance and Horizon.

Lee’s Santa Cruz 52 design will be represented in force. Nearly half a dozen sister ships are in this year’s lineup. Transpac 52s, such as the best supporting actress to Morning Light in the movie production of the same name, John Kilroy’s Samba Pa Ti will be racing against the clock and the Santa Cruz 52’s. Mark Towill and Robbie Kane of Morning Light fame are catching a ride to Hawaii on a Santa Cruz 52 again this year.

A half dozen of Lee’s Santa Cruz 70s will take the stage again after a hiatus that goes back to the late 1990s. Many of the boats found homes on the Great

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Preview Transpac ’09

Pyewacket, Barn Door Winner, Transpac 2007. Photo: Sharon Green

Lakes, but West Coast owners missed the sleds that were designed for the Transpac course and paid handsome prices to win the darlings back to the Pacific. Built from 1985 through 1994, the SC 70s Holua, Mirage, Grand Illusion, Westerly, OEX and Pyewacket will mix it up in what is sure to be one of this year’s epic sequels. Familiar names will be at the helms of the SC 70s although they are not necessarily driving the girls they took to the dance back in their prime. Some of the SC 70s have been retrofitted and turboed up with big rigs with the hope of taking home some silver.

Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo, a mini maxi, is the odds on favorite to be the first name engraved on the Bill Lee Trophy. At 30 meters, the Reichel-Pugh is the largest entry in the Unlimited Class and has been tearing up racecourses around the globe. While Alfa Romeo is capable of setting 24-hour course record runs, she’s not guaranteed to be the first to finish in this year’s accomplished fleet. Transpac lore shows that weather systems change during the lengthy race.

There is always the chance that the smaller boats can sprint ahead in breeze, skirt the Pacific High and run to Hawaii in favorable Transpac conditions. Starting days later, the big boats may barely have a chance to rev their apparent wind engines in a completely different weather pattern than the frontrunners.

Whether someone will get the honor of turning back the Clock Trophy to set a new monohull record as Roy E. Disney did in 1999 with Pyewacket’s 7:11:41:27 elapsed time, or Hasso Plattner did in 2005 with Morning Glory’s 6:16:04:11 record breaker, or someone belatedly receives the Tail-End Charlie award for crossing the finish line days after the awards dinner is over, everybody is sure to look forward to hearing the familiar “Aloha” greeting as they turn into the Ala Wai’s Transpac Row and the hospitality of the Honolulu Committee, the Hawaii, Waikiki and Kaneohe yacht clubs, and the hundreds of volunteers and sponsoring hosts.

Transpac ’09, another chapter in the most enduring and the “Greatest Yacht Race in the World.”

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“Always remember that history is actually two words: ‘his story’,” an old college professor used to caution his students. By that he meant that the memory and personal perspective of the chronicler of any event could often cause some distortion of the facts. Such is certainly the case when doing historic research on the biennial Transpacific Yacht Race. After all, when an event is more than 100 years old, its early days often become somewhat clouded. For instance, most historic references have relied on two texts for descriptions of the events leading up to the very first race: “Transpac – A History of the Great Race to Honolulu,” written by Jack Smock, and “Transpacific Ocean Races,” by Dr. Albert Soiland. Both accounts agree that the Honolulu businessman Clarence W. Macfarlane sailed his 48-foot schooner La Paloma from Honolulu to San Francisco in the spring of 1906 to rendezvous with other yachtsmen for a race back to Honolulu. And both books depend on a letter written by Macfarlane to Soiland in 1937 for a description of Macfarlane’s experience of sailing into San Francisco Bay some 25 days after the city’s great earthquake and fire. But, it has always seemed odd that the only thing Macfarlane mentioned in his letter that was strange about sailing through the Golden Gate to anchor was that the usual fishing boats were not around and, “as it was Sunday, not a yacht came out to greet me.”

How was it possible he didn’t notice that much of San Francisco lay in ruins until the port doctor came aboard to point this out to him? A possible answer to that question can be found in the on-line archives of Time Magazine, which runs from 1923 to the present. In his letter to the editor, dated Aug. 31, 1936, in reference to an earlier story about Transpac, E.X. Vax Bergen’s memories were quite different from what Macfarlane remembered in his letter to Soiland. According to Bergen, he had boarded La Paloma from his boat outside of the Golden Gate and piloted her into the bay, while at the same time explaining to Macfarlane what had happened in San Francisco. “As we sailed farther into the harbor he could see what was left of the beautiful city,” Bergen wrote. “I shall never forget the expression on his face. He looked, hardly believing what he saw, while the tears ran down his face.” So here we have two letters describing the same event written over 30 years after it occurred. As there is little reason for either man to lie, which should we consider history?

“Transpacs Abundant History”By: Ray Pendleton

Reinrag2, Overall & Division IV Winner, Transpac 2007. Photo: John Davis

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Fortunately, as both letters are merely footnotes in Transpac’s more closely documented past, as the professor said, we can call them both “his story.”

Transpac’s most notable statistics are:

ØIt has been run every even-numbered year from 1906 through 1936, except during World War I, and then changed to odd-numbered years in 1939, so as not to conflict with the Bermuda Race in the Atlantic.

ØTranspac was not raced during the World War II years of 1942 through 1946.

ØThe race has started near Los Angeles every year except 1928 (Newport Beach), 1923 and ’32 (Santa Barbara), 1936 (Santa Monica), and 1939 (San Francisco).

ØThe largest fleet to race in Transpac had 80 boats in 1979.

ØThe smallest fleet had two boats in 1932 during the Great Depression.

ØThe largest yacht to race in Transpac was the 161-foot schooner Goodwill in 1953 and 1959 (with a best time of 10 ½ days).

ØThe smallest boat to race was the 25-foot sloop Vapor in 1999.

ØHasso Plattner’s maxZ86 Morning Glory holds the current elapsed-time record of 6 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes, and 11 seconds.

ØTwo yachts are tied for the most elapsed-time wins: Lurline (1906, ’08, and ’12) and Morning Star (1949, ’51, and ’56).

ØOnly two foreign boats have won on elapsed time: the 73-foot South African ketch Stormvogel in 1967, and Germany’s Morning Glory in 2005.

ØThe longest elapsed time finish was 23 days, 23 hours, and 55 minutes, set by the 42-foot ketch Viking Childe in 1939.

ØThe only yacht to cross the Diamond Head finish line stern-first was the 78-foot ketch Mir in 1969, when she lost her mast and was backed across the line with her mizzen.

ØJuly 4th had been the usual date to start Transpac until 1993 when race officials began utilizing a multi-day staggered start to allow slower boats a chance to finish at near the same time as the larger, faster yachts.

ØTranspac has traditionally been a monohull contest – catamarans and trimarans were not allowed – the 86-foot catamaran Explorer set a multihull record of 5 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes, and 26 seconds in 1997 as an “Invited Guest.”

Stags’ Leap, Top Hawaiian Boat, Transpac 2007. Photo: John Davis

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The Boat

It was the best of times - any young sailors dream: an invitation to crew aboard a new 45-foot yawl in the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Owned by Bob and Glenda Crytser, Electra was a gold platter. Bob had recently retired as vice-president of Luzon Stevedoring and Tugboat Company, Manila. The boat, built in Japan at the Yokosuka Naval Shipyard, was an all-teak modifica-tion of the Naval Academy yawls designed by A.E. Luders and sister ship to Admiral Decker’s Golden Bird.

Electra had been shipped from Japan to Los Angeles after a number of delays. With little time to spare she was commissioned at Wilmington Boat Works and delivered to the Los Angeles Yacht Club at nearby Fish Harbor. The skip-per had been unable to schedule any practice time due to his last minute travel, so - to our peril - we later discovered the drawback of going offshore in a major long-distance yacht race without a proper shakedown of the boat or crew.

Electra was beautifully constructed, with fine crafts-manship by skilled Japanese boat builders. Her semi-doghouse and custom bronze nameplate castings on each companion ladder step and other modifications made her a ton heaver than her sister ship and about one foot longer. Still, with an exquisite sheer line (typical of Luders’ designs) a small six-spoke wheel, a drag rudder stepped on a short six-foot keel; Electra was the perfect yacht of her day for afternoon regat-tas. She was not designed, however, to carry a mas-sive Kenny Watt’s spinnaker in a mostly downhill 2,225-nautical-mile race from Southern California’s Point Firmin to Honolulu’s Diamond Head finish line.

The Crew

Our crew of six made an interesting collection of cruising sailors and power boaters, and as half of us had met for the first time on the morning of the start of the race, we had obviously not all sailed together. I do not mean to imply however that there was a short-age of ocean-going experience onboard. To the con-trary, our skipper had gone to sea as a young man, just out of Los Angeles High School as a mid-shipman with the Dollar Line (later known as the American President Lines). Bob later became heavily involved in ocean-going tugs and major salvage operations in Asia and the South Pacific.

Our navigator, Fred Bosbyshell, was the senior mem-ber aboard and number one in seniority at the LAYC. “Uncle Fred” had owned a well-known schooner, Westward, and had taught dozens of young appren-

A Sailor Remembers His First Race to Hawaii: The 1951 TranspacBy: Don Clothier

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tices how to sail. Though Uncle Fred had no children of his own - and it was not generally known - he had helped finance a dozen men through medical school.

Elton Hallett, the skipper’s brother-in-law, owned a Chris-Craft sport fishing boat and manufactured die-sel engines, although to my knowledge he had never previously been on a sailboat. Ironically, the Hallett Diesel installed aboard Electra never preformed prop-erly, so there may be a maxim to “never buy a Diesel from your brother-in-law.” Bill Manion, another crew-man, was an engineer with Douglas Aircraft and a stink-potter as well.

The skipper’s wife Glenda was a very “spunky” gal and a great shipmate. She had survived two years in the jungles of Luzon with her infant son Steve dur-ing the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. They eventually escaped to Australia aboard a U.S. Navy submarine with the help of the Filipino resistance, while Bob had been taken prisoner and held four years in Santa Thomas. Electra was the Crytser’s reward to themselves for the terrible war years. As

the ship’s cook, Glenda turned out excellent meals for the crew, often hanging on her window washer’s strap while working over a piping hot stove.

My prior sailing experience included working my passage aboard the 78-foot classic “Nat” Herreshoff-designed schooner Queen Mab. The voyage out of Newport Beach, Calif., took us to Mexico and Hawaii in 1950. I had also crewed on several 40-footers in various Ensenada Races, most notably Ecstasy, a Mat Walsh designed sloop and I had skippered my own 20-foot Clipper Class sloop in buoy races off Newport Beach for several years. Still, aboard Electra, we were a diverse group with varied sailing skills and experi-ence - a somewhat motley crew.

The Race

The morning of July 4, 1951 was an overcast one; a carryover of Southern California’s infamous “June Gloom.” As we departed the “Mole” at LAYC we were excited to be powering out past Hurricane Gulch and turning starboard around “Angels Gate” to the

The author doing the varnish on Queen Mab circa 1951.

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starting line at “2A” buoy off Point Fermin.In those days all classes were set off at high noon. “Twenty-seven boats started, five in class A and 11 each in Class B and Class C,” noted the historic reference book Transpac a History of the Great Race to Honolulu. “There were eight ketches, eight yawls, four sloops, four cutters and three schooners.”

The mid-day breeze was light and it was a slow start, the usual westerly began filling in about midway across the Catalina Channel. Electra was the 10th boat around the west end of Catalina Island before evening twilight. The wind and the seas continued to build as we approached Santa Barbara Island in pitch-black darkness. We were pounding hard and pitching considerably, with frequent seas over the bow. It was a wet and wild night of discovery.

Our beautiful yacht with her graceful sheer and long overhangs was behaving like a bucking hobbyhorse. We quickly learned three things in rapid succession: the fore hatch leaked severely with each wave, the innovative new deck seam com-pound leaked like a sieve, and the new manual bilge pump was virtually useless. With many of gallons of seawater slosh-ing around the cabin sole, we were very appreciative of the several buckets we had aboard. The next morning we learned that wood shavings and sawdust had worked into the pick-up end of our bilge pump. We could have literally become victims of the rush-rush commissioning job.

With apologies to Eugene O’Neill, “Morning Becomes Electra,” and with morning light we made another none too becoming discovery: the ships batteries, located under the floorboards in the main salon, had been awash in saltwater all night. Fearing a chlorine gas reaction, with some degree of anxiety, we gave the “deep six” to our main battery. The skipper’s brother had served aboard World War II submarines and the fear of chlorine gas was a prominent thought.

Now the dilemma, we could not start the engine with only one weak battery, and with no engine, we could not charge the battery. But what the hell, we had survived

our first night at sea and we only had 2,126 miles to go. We were wet, all the bunks were soaked, we had no engine and for now, only enough battery power to brief-ly use our radio for morning roll call. But why worry now? This is what we came for. We were sailing fast and the wind was clocking around to allow the sheets to be eased a bit, the sun was out and soon we would pick-up the wonderful northeast trades.

Blue water sailing, especially offshore racing for some reason, produces more than the normal dilemmas. One of our crewmembers noticed our ship’s compass was leaking fluid. We had a supply of gin aboard in case of sea snake bites, but should we use our precious gin just

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to keep the compass in working order? Well, yes it was a sacrifice, but we learned that we could replace the leaking compass with Gordon’s London Dry. Perhaps eventually our inebriated compass cost us a day in the race.

We had yet to set a spinnaker, but one morning it was time. The wind angle was right for a try. In the best of times, setting the kite with an experienced crew can be a Chinese fire drill. That morning was a Chinese Devil fire drill and Murphy is still laughing. Eventually, how-ever, we got it set and pulling like mad. Then we real-ized the sail was just too large for the boat.

If innovation is the mother of invention, then despera-tion must be the father. As we could not maintain course due to severe yawing - from the verge of a roundup on one side to the verge of a jibe on the other - we dropped the chute as our small wheel and the drag rudder could not respond quickly enough. The solution was a desper-ate move: we put a reef in our only spinnaker by chok-ing it down from the head about thirty percent with sail ties. This was not perfect, but maintaining course was much easier until we reached the wonderful and treach-erous Kaiwi Channel.

On the morning of July 11, just after the 8 a.m. roll

call, we learned that Ted Sierks, a crewman aboard the 73-foot cutter L’Apache, had fallen overboard some 880 miles from Honolulu. He was trying to replace the pre-venter that had failed when the boom had dipped in the sea. As they say, the rest is history. A dozen of the race boats, including L’Apache searched in vain for Sierks all day and all night to no avail. As luck would have it, a Navy carrier squadron out of San Pedro bound for Pearl Harbor, sent several destroyer escorts to the search area. After 29 hours in the water the miracle occurred. Sierks was rescued by one of the ships after being spotted in the water by two off-duty sailors. The USS Munro, with Sierks aboard, beat the racing fleet in to Honolulu and later Sierks was awarded a special “First to Finish” tro-phy at the Awards Banquet.

Meanwhile, back aboard Electra, we were rolling along. Actually we were rolling, pitching, and yawing along in the warm trade winds. We had been dragging a fishing lure to keep Elton happy and one morning I noticed we had caught a very strange fish. It was three feet long and very snake-like. We liked the idea of fresh fish, as most of our fresh food had been consumed or had spoiled. This fish was mostly skin and bones with very little meat. Coincidentally, I had brought Thor Hyderdall’s book Kon Tiki and was reading it along the way. The photo in this book showed an identical fish to the one we had caught.It was a very rare species, known as a snake mackerel and it lives at great ocean depths and only surfaces at night for feeding.

Our last day at sea was spectacular sailing, as we surfed down large swells one after another, doing maximum hull speed and leaving a large rooster tail behind us. Beautiful and sunny, it was well worth all the discom-fort encountered during our elapsed time of 14 days, ten hours, six minutes and six seconds. There was a huge moon rising over Diamond Head as we approached the finish line, an unforgettable sign that my first and most memorable Transpac was over.

The 48-Year Interval

Over the next 48 years I would eventually compete in four more Transpac races as either the skipper or as crew: Aboard Raider, a Santa Cruise 50 in 1983, Citius, a Santa Cruise 70, in ’85 & ’87, and my last Transpac, was the 1999 race aboard my Lidgard 45, Tower …but count me in if Roy Disney wants to make a documenta-ry on octogenarians doing the Great Race to Honolulu…perhaps titled “Evening Twilight?”

The author at home today in Hawaii with 1951 Transpac memories.

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Cy Gillette: A Sailing Icon Fondly Remembered

CY GILLETTE, a true icon of Hawaii’s sailing community passed away in his sleep in September of 2006 at the age of 92.

However as a recipient in 1995 of the nationally prestigious Nathaniel G. Herreshoff trophy – named in honor of the world-renown boat designer and builder - Gillette’s peers most assur-edly recognized him as an important contributor to the sport of sailing worldwide as well.

Gillette originally came to Hawaii from Detroit as a naval aviator in February 1941. He survived the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base, and by the end of World War II, he had decided to make Oahu his home.

In 1947, Gillette, as one of some 40 members of the Kaneohe Yacht Club, was involved in securing the club’s first loan to build a clubhouse lanai. He went on to become its commodore for a record three times, as well as to become one of the club’s honored Life Members.

Gillette was also a Life Member of the Waikiki Yacht Club, the first and only commodore of the Royal Hawaiian Ocean Racing

Club that was created to organize the Kenwood Cup International Racing Series, and the first com-modore - in 1966 - of the Hawaii Yacht Racing Association.

The Transpacific Yacht Race has also had the pleasure of Gillette’s company as a participant of course, but also as a Transpacific Yacht Club direc-tor and Protest Committee Chair for over 30 years. He also served on the Honolulu Committee’s Executive Committee from 1975 to 2005.

Gillette’s presence at the highest levels of national and international sailing was no less involved. He was a member of the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Hall of Fame, a board member of the Transpacific Yacht Club, and a judge and board member of the United States Sailing Association (now known as US SAILING).

As an International Yacht Racing Union judge, Gillette assisted in establishing the union’s first on-the-water umpiring program in the late 1980s.

He went on to become a strong advocate of on-the-water umpiring at the America’s Cup Races in San Diego in 1992, and was the chief umpire and jury chair in that year’s defender selection series.

Gillette also became Dennis Conner’s senior rules advisor during his 1987 and 1995 America’s Cup campaigns.

It was Gillette’s deep involvement in sailing at that international level that unquestionably prompted US SAILING to award him the 50-year-old Herreshoff trophy. The names inscribed on that trophy read like a Who’s Who of yachting in the U.S., beginning with the likes of Henry Sears and Henry Morgan, and including Harry Melges, Jr., Olin Stevens II and George O’Day.

Still, it would be a disservice to the memory of Gillette not to mention his personal involvement and love for sailing in his adopted home of Hawaii. From dinghies to maxi-racers, he did it all.

He also was concerned about the future of sailing. “I am always glad to see our Junior Sailing program grow,” Gillette once told me prophetically. “But I’m concerned they will not have enough new facilities.”

“I don’t remember not sailing,” Gillette said after winning a gold medal racing a Cal 20 in the Aloha State Games a dozen years ago. “And I have no intention of slowing up as long as I am comfortable.”

Apparently true to his word, it was reported he was out racing his Cal 20 on Kaneohe Bay the week before his passing.

by: Ray Pendleton

Cy Gillett top left finishing Transpac 1957 on Tasco II. Also pictured: Thomas A. Short, Owner/Skipper, Frank Kent, Navigator, P.J. Van Nostrand, Emery When, Douglas Boswell, Ronnie Zatta, Geraldine Short.

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July 12 Division IV & V SC50/52 Start Was Very

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Samba Pa Ti, Division II Winner, Transpac 2007. Photo: John Davis

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Honolulu Committee OfficersHonolulu Chairman Mark Hazlett - 2009

Past General Chair Susan Jacquelin Esse - 2007 Don Brown - 2005                                     Cliff Cisco - 2003                                     Sherry Vann - 2001                                     Bob Towle -1999Secretary      Sue RoachTreasurer     Cliff Cisco

Vice Chairs & StaffV/C Administration: Bo Wheeler

Media Center: Ray Pendleton, Bobble JenningsProgram: michael rothAwards Ceremony:   Linell KamOfficial Photographer: John DavisTrophy Liason:  Yvonne SolorioPlywood Cup Chairman:  Lyle Holden

V/C Race Operations: Carl Geringer

race Headquarters/ Information: Crispin lippincott, marsha lewisFinish line: mike roachCommunications & Website: Walt & Lisa NiemczuraVolunteer Party:  Mellette Hawksley-Smith Procurement: Ivan Chan WaT-Shirt Chairman: marcy Fleming

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Morning Light Crew, Transpac 2007

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Vice Commodore: Tom Garrettrear Commodore: dave CortRace Chair:          Dave CortEntry Chair:                   Mike NashCommunications & Scoring      David LeeEligibility: Dan NowlanPublicity: Lynn FitzpatrickCommunications Vessel: Alaska eagleDaily Roll Call:          David LeeInspections:      Roby BessentTreasurer: Jim eddyTrophies: Sue SenescuSoc. Events / Aloha Dinner: Betsy Crowfoot Judge Advocate:      H. Gilbert JonesMembership:               Mike NashUS Sailing Liaison:  Dan Nowlan

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Finish ..............................................Trophy

First overall Corrected ............................... King Kalakaua & Governor of HawaiiSecond overall Corrected .......................... Harry "Skip" Warren memorialThird overall Corrected .............................. TPYCFirst elapsed Time ...................................... Barn door & W. H. Stewart memorialFirst elapsed Time - unlimited ................... Bill lee Trophy Second elapsed Time ................................ Clark Sweet Third elapsed Time .................................... morgan Adams memorialCourse record ........................................... TPYC New Course Record

division IFirst ............................................................. Harry uhler memorialSecond Corrected ..................................... TPYCThird Corrected ......................................... TPYC

division IIFirst Corrected .......................................... Clarence mcFarland memorialSecond Corrected ..................................... TPYCThird Corrected ......................................... TPYC

division IIIFirst Corrected .......................................... Albert Soiland MemorialSecond Corrected ..................................... TPYCThird Corrected ......................................... TPYC

division IVFirst Corrected .......................................... TPYCSecond Corrected ..................................... TPYCThird Corrected ......................................... makapuu Point

division VFirst Corrected .......................................... City of long BeachSecond Corrected ..................................... Harry G. Steele memorialThird Corrected ......................................... TPYC

AloHA ClassFirst Corrected overall .............................. eugene overton PerpetualSecond Corrected ..................................... TPYCThird Corrected ........................................ TPYC

navigators' TrophiesFirst elapsed Time ...................................... Ben mitchell navigationFirst Corrected overall ............................... Chuck ullmandivision II Corrected ................................... navigators Awarddivision III Corrected .................................. Frank malloryAloha First Place Corrected ....................... Winthrop Johnson navigators

Specialty ClassesFirst Transpac 52 ........................................ TPYC SC50 First Corrected ................................. TPYCPHrF First Corrected ................................. KenwoodPHrF Second Corrected ........................... TPYCPHrF Third Corrected ................................ TPYCFirst Corrected Double-Handed ................. leukemia & lymphoma Society Gary Jobson PerpetualShortest Elapsed Time Under 36 Feet ....... TPYCShortest Elapsed Time Under 49 Feet ....... TPYCShortest Elapsed Time Under 60 Feet ...... Makani Hula – WYCShortest Elapsed Time Under 73 Feet ...... TPYC

other TrophiesFarthest north ........................................... Pacfic HighTail-end Charlie ......................................... TPYCoutstanding Seamanship .......................... Steve newmark SeamanshipOutstanding Crew Member ....................... don Vaughn memorial First Foreign Yacht Corrected ................... International PerpetualFirst Hawaii Yacht Corrected .................... H. G. dillingham PerpetualFirst Split rig ............................................. TPYCFirst Racer/Cruiser under 50' .................... don Clothieroutstanding Honolulu Volunteer ............... Claire lang

Finish ..............................................Trophy

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Barn Door WinnersYear Boat Owner/Skipper Time

1906 Lurline H.H. Sinclair 12:09:59 *

1908 Lurline H.H. Sinclair 13:21:31

1910 Hawaii Hawaii Syndicate 14:03:23

1912 Lurline A.E. Davis 13:17:03

1923 (S.Barb.) Mariner L.A. Norris 11:14:46

1926 Invader Don M. Lee 12:02:48:03 *

1928 (Balboa) Talayha L. Lippman 13:04:58:30

1930 Enchantress Morgan Adams 12:13:22:52

1932 (S.Barb.) Fayth William S. McNutt 14:14:33:00

1934 Vileehi H.T. Horton 13:03:42:26

1936 (S.Mon.) Dorade James Flood 13:07:20:04

1939 (S.Fran.) Contender Richard R. Loynes 14:07:50:00

1941 Stella Maris II Dr. A. Steele 13:21:03:55

1947 Chubasco W.L. Stewart Jr. 12:15:51:18

1949 Morning Star Richard S. Rheem 10:10:13:09 *

1951 Morning Star Richard S. Rheem 10:16:44:33

1953 Goodwill R.E. Larrabee 11:02:17:24

1955 Morning Star Richard S. Rheem 9:15:05:10 *

1957 Barlovento Frank Hooykaas 11:13:02:44

1959 Goodwill Ralph Larrabee 10:12:16:15

1961 Sirius II Howard F. Ahmanson 10:10:38:35

1963 Ticonderoga Robert Johnson 11:16:46:33

1965 Ticonderoga Robert Johnson 9:13:51:02 *

1967 Stormvogel Cornelius Bruynzeel 11:14:10:56

1969 Blackfin Kenneth DeMeuse 9:10:21:00 *

1971 Windward Passage Mark Johnson 9:09:06:48 *

1973 Ragtime Ragtime Syndicate 10:14:00:40

1975 Ragtime White/Pasquini 9:23:54:51

1977 Merlin Bill Lee 8:11:01:45 *

1979 Drifter Harry Moloschco 11:18:01:04

1981 Merlin Nick Frazee 8:11:02:31

1983 Charley Nolan K. Bushnell 9:01:53:48

1985 Swiftsure III Nick/Robert Frazee 10:19:21:47

1987 Merlin Donn Campion 8:12:00:40

1989 Silver Bullet John DeLaura 8:12:50:35

1991 Chance Robert McNulty 9:21:59:35

1993 Silver Bullet John DeLaura 9:09:11:17

1995 Cheval 95 Hal Ward 9:01:32:20

1997 Pyewacket Roy P. Disney 7:15:24:40 *

1999 Pyewacket Roy E. Disney 7:11:41:27 *

2001 Pegasus Philippe Kahn 8:02:34:03

2003 Pegasus 77 Philippe Kahn 7:16:31:17

2005 Morning Glory Hasso Plattner 6:16:04:11*

2007 Pyewacket Roy E. Disney 7:19:08:10

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Overall WinnersYear Boat Owner/Skipper Time

1906 Lurline H.H. Sinclair 11:21:59

1908 Lurline H.H. Sinclair 13:21:31

1910 Hawaii Hawaii Syndicate 14:03:23

1912 Lurline A.E. Davis 13:16:55:11

1923 (S.Barb.) Diablo A.R. Pedder 11:10:26:57

1926 Invader Don M. Lee 12:02:48:03

1928 (Balboa) Teva C.W. Stose 12:07:13:38

1930 Enchantress Morgan Adams 12:13:22:52

1932 (S.Barb.) Fayth William S. McNutt 12:07:31:27

1934 Manuiwa Harold Dillingham 12:09:29:56

1936 (S.Mon.) Dorade James Flood 11:03:29:44

1939 (S.Fran.) Blitzen R.J. Reynolds 11:09:58:41

1941 Escapade D.W. Elliott 12:21:45:32

1947 Dolphin II Frank Morgan 11:01:04:40

1949 Kitten Fred W. Lyon 9:10:24:49.5

1951 Sea Witch A.L. McCormick 8:12:00:01

1953 Staghound Ira P. Fulmor 10:23:42:49

1955 Staghound Ira P. Fulmor 8:21:07:05

1957 Legend Charles Ullman 11:00:41:46

1959 Nalu II Peter Grant 9:05:50:27

1961 Nam Sang A.B. Robbs Jr. 9:15:23:01

1963 Islander Earl Corkett 10:05:57:47

1965 Psyche Don Salisbury 8:22:44:30

1967 Holiday Too Skip Allan 8:19:46:46

1969 Argonaut Mortimer Andron 6:20:44:07

1971 Windward Passage Robert Johnson 9:05:34:22

1973 Chutzpah Stuart Cowan 8:21:21:50

1975 Chutzpah Stuart Cowan 7:22:29:05

1977 Kialoa Jim Kilroy 8:11:29:24

1979 Arriba Dennis Choate 11:14:42:51

1981 Sweet Okole Dean Treadway 7:21:44:48

1983 Bravura Irving Loube 7:22:55:15

1985 Montgomery St James Denning 9:14:00:40

1987 Drumbeat Don Ayres 8:00:56:41

1989 Notorious Pine/Shaw 8:02:54:08

1991 Chance Robert McNulty 9:22:59:35

1993 Silver Bullet John DeLaura 8:23:09:06

1995 Merlin Dan Sinclair 8:22:41:48

1997 Ralphie Jerry Montgomery 7:00:15:51

1999 Grand Illusion James McDowell 7:08:40:10

2001 Bull Seth Radow 8:01:01:08

2003 Alta Vita Bill Turpin 7:12:20:29

2005 Rosebud Roger Sturgeon 6:08:45:04

2007 Reinrag2 Tom Garnier 6:14:39:33

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2007 Class Finish PositionsDivision I1. MAGNITUDE 80 (AND80), ET 7:19:08:10, CT 7:14:35:372. PYEWACKET (CUST94), ET 7:01:11:56, CT 7:22:21:093. ROSEBUD (STP65), ET 9:09:35:32, CT 8:09:25:464. PELIGROSO (KERN70), ET 9:16:40:48, CT 8:11:23:365. MEDICINE MAN (AND63), ET 10:02:40:39, CT 8:19:38:02Division II1. SAMBA PA TI (TP52), ET 10:15:56:55, CT 8:11:54:382. HOLUA (SC70), ET 10:21:10:00, CT 8:12:18:483. MORNING LIGHT TP52), ET 10:20:09:13, CT 8:14:41:544. SKYLARK (SC70), ET 10:22:13:44, CT 8:15:49:395. HUGOBOSS II (VOL60), ET 10:16:59:05, CT 8:17:48:336. WESTERLY SC70), ET 11:03:00:27, CT 8:20:53:427. PEGASUS OP-50 (OPEN50), ET 11:00:26:56, CT 8:23:39:028. LUCKY (TP52), ET 11:10:38:40, CT 9:05:12:129. TRADER (TP52), ET 11:18:29:22, CT 9:08:57:50Division III1. DENALI (NM70), ET 10:23:20:01, CT 8:09:26:582. PENDRAGON IV (DAV52), ET 11:07:57:47, CT 8:12:02:553. ITS OK (AND50), ET 11:04:26:57, CT 8:14:01:264. RAGTIME (SPEN65), ET 11:19:30:48, CT 8:19:38:595. LOCOMOTION (AND45), ET 12:04:20:39, CT 9:00:24:266. BENGAL 7 (OH46), ET 12:06:28:58, CT 9:02:45:427. CHEETAH (PET68), ET 11:22:36:00, CT 9:04:17:328. YUMEHYOTAN (N/M68), ET 13:01:44:12, CT 10:02:46:47Division IV1. REINRAG2 (J-125),ET 10:11:51:35, CT 6:14:39:332. CIPANGO (AND56), ET 10:12:18:03, CT 6:19:26:343. VERIZON WIRELESS (PER56), ET 10:18:49:23, CT 7:10:54:094. RUAHATU (CON47), ET 11:16:05:33, CT 7:16:06:565. RAINCLOUD (J-145), ET 12:19:07:24, CT 8:20:41:036. BOLT (NM55), ET 13:11:31:40, CT 9:11:07:3150/521. KOKOPELLI 2 (SC52), ET 10:02:53:46, CT 6:22:58:212. HORIZON (SC52), ET 11:02:01:10, CT 7:01:46:243. TACHYON III (SC52), ET 10:20:49:36, CT 7:03:52:004. PASSION (SC52), ET 11:01:12:36, CT 7:04:36:575. FORTELEZA (SC52), ET 11:05:54:19, CT 7:05:41:376. HULA GIRL (SC52), ET 11:02:33:23, CT 7:09:09:457. STAGS LEAP WINE (SC52), ET 11:17:40:45, CT 7:12:18:108. ADRENALIN (SC50-I), ET 12:20:02:46, CT 9:00:18:479. RELENTLESS (SC52), ET 13:20:34:32, CT 10:03:52:13

Division V1. RANCHO DELUXE (SWAN45), ET 11:17:33:14, CT 7:06:58:372. TOWER (LID45), ET 11:21:14:41, CT 7:10:23:193. ON THE EDGE OF DESTINY(OD35), ET 12:15:11:55, CT 7:15:06:154. PADDY WAGON (ROSS40), ET 12:07:25:55, CT 7:15:27:395. RECIDIVIST (SHU39), ET 13:11:18:53, CT 8:02:01:296. TABASCO (OD35), ET 14:01:34:05, CT 8:23:32:557. TANGO (J133), ET 14:00:03:33, CT 9:04:35:368. NARROW ESCAPE (FAST40), ET 14:02:37:49, CT 9:05:38:24 9. UNCONTROLLABLE URGE (COL30S), ET 15:17:20:46, CT 10:17:38:15

Division VI1. PSYCHE (Cal 40), ET 15:13:39:44, CT 8:09:41:542. FAR FAR (Cal 40), ET 15:12:44:58, CT 8:09:57:263. PEREGRINE (HOB33), ET 14:14:58:56, CT 8:17:14:134. BRILLIANT (J-100), ET 15:08:50:10, CT 9:11:36:245. INSPIRED ENVIRONMENTS (BEN40), ET 15:07:59:27, CT 9:11:44:566. BROWN SUGAR (EXPR37), ET 16:00:16:01, CT 9:20:34:057. CALIFORNIA GIRL (Cal 40), ET 17:07:42:04, CT 10:06:25:538. X-DREAM (X-119), ET 15:19:10:39, CT 10:06:33:399. SHANTI (OLS911), ET 18:02:39:41, CT 10:08:52:32Aloha A1. BETWEEN THE SHEETS (JEN52), ET 14:14:00:06, CT 9:01:03:512. ARIADNE (CUST73), ET 13:14:13:11, CT 9:05:34:023. FRENCH KISS (BEN50), ET 15:03:07:31, CT 9:15:07:464. WINDSWEPT (SWN57), ET 15:00:39:08, CT 9:18:17:395. ENCHILADO (JEN54D), ET 17:04:01:15, CT 12:04:17:176. HO‘OKOLOHE (FARR58), ET 17:09:01:22, CT 12:22:02:257. ALSUMAR (SS70YL), ET 19:15:49:18, CT 14:17:21:30Aloha B1. CIRRUS (STND40), ET 17:12:18:54, CT 10:10:04:382. LADY LIBERTY (CAT36), ET 18:03:34:39, CT 11:12:56:503. TRAVELER (NORTW4), ET 19:10:38:15, CT 11:12:57:50*4. MYSTERE (SWAN42), ET 20:01:26:10, CT 13:13:12:08D/H 7/91. BRILLIANT (J-100), ET 368:50:10, CT 227:36:242. X-DREAM (X-119), ET 379:10:39, CT 246:33:39D/H 7/121. TANGO (J133), ET 336:03:33, CT 220:35:362. NARROW ESCAPE (FAST40), ET 338:37:49, CT 221:38:24D/H 7/15: PEGASUS OP-50 (OPEN50), ET 264:26:56, CT 215:39:02

MULTI 7/12: MINNOW (CATN52) ET 14:08:43:00, CT 9:09:14:40MULTI 7/15: LOEREAL (JEN60) ET 8:13:27:12, CT 8:13:27:12

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Psyche, Division VI Winner, Transpac 2007. Photo: John Davis

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Rig - Model —— sloop/andrews 68 LOA (ft.) ———— 68.0 Hull Color ——— White Sail Number —— 97999 Owner/Skipper — per peterson Navigator ———— artie Means Designer ———— alan andrews Builder ————— andrews 68 Launched ——— 1992 Hailing Port —— rancho santa Fe, ca Yacht Club ——— Crew —————— Brad ruetenik, chuck skewes, Dave Gould, Jason Davis, Mark Gaudio, Mike robinson, W. Greg clark, Will stout

Alchemy

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/reichel pugh 100 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 100.0 Hull Color – – – – – – silver Sail Number – – – – – nZL80 Owner/Skipper – – – neville crichton Navigator – – – – – – stan Honey Designer – – – – – – – reichel pugh Builder – – – – – – – – Maxi Yacht Launched – – – – – – 2005 Hailing Port – – – – – new Zealand Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – andrew Hutchinson, Ben ainslie, charles ainslie, craig satterthwaite, David Endean, David rolfe, Gavin Mcpherson, Ian Goldsworthy, Joao signorini, Joca signorini, Lance Jenkins, Michael coxon, Murray spence, peter Merrington, phil Jameson, ryan Godfrey, Tony Mutter

Alfa Romeo

Rig - Model – – – – – J / 35 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 35.0 Hull Color – – – – – – white/gray/cranberry Sail Number – – – – – 87507 Owner/Skipper – – – Lindsey austin Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – Gary Mull Builder – – – – – – – – J / 35 Launched – – – – – – 1984 Hailing Port – – – – – Honolulu, HI Yacht Club – – – – – Waikiki Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – chase Hartzell, Donna Domasin-austin, Michael rush, richard Blackburn

Addiction

Rig - Model – – – – – santa cruz 50 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 50.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 77890 Owner/Skipper – – – richard parlette Navigator – – – – – – Justin McJones Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 50 Launched – – – – – – 1982 Hailing Port – – – – – san pedro Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – William Mcclure, Brian Dair, Doug Grant, Kenny Dair, Mike Burch

Allure

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/reichel pugh 78 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 77.67 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 69011 Owner/Skipper – – – Bill Turpin Navigator – – – – – – christopher Branning Designer – – – – – – – reichel pugh Builder – – – – – – – – Turbo sled Launched – – – – – – 1997 Hailing Port – – – – – santa cruz, ca Yacht Club – – – – – st. Francis Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Ben Beer, Brendan Busch Fizz Foster, Fuzz Foster, Ian Klitza, Matt reynolds, pete Heck, scott Bradford, Tyler pryne

Akela

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/custom LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 65.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – Us 59707 Owner/Skipper – – – Brian Kfoury Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – sparkman & stephens Builder – – – – – – – – s&s 65 custom Launched – – – – – – 1976 Hailing Port – – – – – newport Beach Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Karen prioleau, David Lee, David Tatum, Eric Dileo, Matt Holl, Gary Ige, Bobby Kawamura, John Mitchell, scott schwartz, Jean Marie scott, Tom stallings, roxanne Vettese

Alaska Eagle

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Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/andrews 53 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 53.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 97703 Owner/Skipper – – – Louis Bianco Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – alan andrews Builder – – – – – – – – andrews 53 Launched – – – – – – 1990 Hailing Port – – – – – seattle, Wa Yacht Club – – – – – sloop Tavern Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – andrew Hall, christopher Butler, Ian Beswick, nigel Barron, robert arney, scott anderson, steve roberts

Artemis

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Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Hobie 33 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 33.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 87497 Owner/Skipper – – – reed Bernhard Navigator – – – – – – Brian VanderZanden Designer – – – – – – – Hobie alter Builder – – – – – – – – Hobie 33 Launched – – – – – – 1984 Hailing Port – – – – – Kaneohe, HI Yacht Club – – – – – Transpac Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – –

Bloodhound

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Jeanneau 50 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 49.5 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – 51593 Owner/Skipper – – – ross pearlman Navigator – – – – – – Kerry Deaver Designer – – – – – – – Farr Builder – – – – – – – – Jeanneau Launched – – – – – – 1999 Hailing Port – – – – – Marina Del rey, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Gary Davidson, James regan, richard Blatterman, rob Vandervort, Thomas Blatterman

Between the Sheets

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Ohashi 46 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 46.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – Jpn 6038 Owner/Skipper – – – Yoshihiko Murase Navigator – – – – – – Haruhiko Mori Designer – – – – – – – Van De stadt Ohashi Builder – – – – – – – – Ohashi 46 Launched – – – – – – 2007 Hailing Port – – – – – aichi, Japan Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Masaki Takasu, Takeshi Hara, Yasuharu ando, Yasuyuki Hirano, Yoichi Ito

Bengal 7 Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/sparkman&stephens57 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 57.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – Esp 7100 Owner/Skipper – – – alejandro perez calzada Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – sparkman & stephens Builder – – – – – – – – sloop Launched – – – – – – 1970 Hailing Port – – – – – Barcelona, spain Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – alberto Mir, alvaro Irala, christian Grutte, Dimas Wood, Escobar alfredo, Fernando souviron, Jose Manuel Valades Venys, Juan Galmes segui, Juan Luis Wood, Manuel Doreste, Manuel Garcia Valdecasas

Charisma

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Transpac 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 52.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – Usa 28385 Owner/Skipper – – – Ernie pennell Navigator – – – – – – Fred Delaney Designer – – – – – – – reichel pugh Builder – – – – – – – – Transpac 52 Launched – – – – – – 2002 Hailing Port – – – – – Mccall, ID Yacht Club – – – – – san Diego Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Brad Lewis, Drew Efimoff, David reynholds, James sakasegawa, Kevin Bagg, norm reynolds, patrick Murray

Cazador Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/ J/145 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 48.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – 56203 Owner/Skipper – – – Tom Holthus Navigator – – – – – – scott Lowry Designer – – – – – – – Johnstone Builder – – – – – – – – J / 145 Launched – – – – – – 2003 Hailing Port – – – – – san Diego, ca Yacht Club – – – – – san Diego Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – andrew O’Dwyer, Brian Johnson, charles Jenkins, Jimmy richardson, ryan castro, Thomas Deere

Bad Pak

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/andrews 56 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 56.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – Usa 46056 Owner/Skipper – – – Bob Barton Navigator – – – – – – steven rossi Designer – – – – – – – alan andrews Builder – – – – – – – – andrews 56 Launched – – – – – – 1992 Hailing Port – – – – – san Francisco, ca Yacht Club – – – – – corinthian Yacht club of sF Crew – – – – – – – – – chris Doolittle, JB Louvet, Gary Mitchell, John Thompson, Kevin Moon, rob Barton, robert (Ted) Barton III Jp sirey Du Buc De Ferret

Cipango

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Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 70 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 68.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – Usa 97 Owner/Skipper – – – James McDowell Navigator – – – – – – patrick O’Brien Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz Launched – – – – – – 1986 Hailing Port – – – – – Marina Del rey, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – chad Butler, David Mccalley, Jeffrey sneddon, Mark Folkman, stephens Troeger, Ty Hokanson, Will arnest

Grand Illusion

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/catalina 38 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 38.2 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 77649 Owner/Skipper – – – Larry Malmberg Navigator – – – – – – Mike Elliott Designer – – – – – – – sparkman and stephens Builder – – – – – – – – catalina Launched – – – – – – 1982 Hailing Port – – – – – Long Beach, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Dennis ponsor, John Herne, steve peterson

Hassle

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/perry 59 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 59.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 7122 Owner/Skipper – – – Bruce anderson Navigator – – – – – – robert perry Designer – – – – – – – robert perry Builder – – – – – – – – perry 59 Launched – – – – – – 2006 Hailing Port – – – – – Yakutat, aK Yacht Club – – – – – Balboa Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – –

Free Range Chicken

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Freya 39 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 39.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 57573 Owner/Skipper – – – Jonathan cruse Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – Halvorsen Builder – – – – – – – – Freya 39 Launched – – – – – – 1978 Hailing Port – – – – – seattle, Wa Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – –

Freeflyte

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/catalina 42 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 41.8 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 56281 Owner/Skipper – – – patrick Hearne Navigator – – – – – – Don Young Designer – – – – – – – G. Douglas Builder – – – – – – – – catalina 42 Launched – – – – – – 1989 Hailing Port – – – – – Dana point, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – George Miller, rick Mccreadie, robert ritner, steve clifford

Far Niente

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/reichel pugh 45 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 45.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Grey / red Boot stripe Sail Number – – – – – Usa 2245 Owner/Skipper – – – chip Megeath Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – reichel pugh Builder – – – – – – – – reichel pugh 45 Launched – – – – – – 2006 Hailing Port – – – – – Tiburon, ca Yacht Club – – – – – corinthian Yacht club of sF Crew – – – – – – – – –

Criminal Mischief

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/ Transpac 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 52.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 62152 Owner/Skipper – – – Tom akin Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – Farr Builder – – – – – – – – Transpac 52 Launched – – – – – – 2003 Hailing Port – – – – – san Francisco, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Hogan Beatie, Jay crum, Joe crum, paul allen, paul cayard, Will paxton skip Mccormack

Flash

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 70 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 68.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – 97656 Owner/Skipper – – – Brack Duker Navigator – – – – – – Matthew Gregory Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 70 Launched – – – – – – 1989 Hailing Port – – – – – Marina Del rey, ca Yacht Club – – – – – california Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Brad avery, Brent ruhne, Bruce nelson, David Ullman, John Fuller, Mark sims, sam Heck

Holua

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Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 52.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 51092 Owner/Skipper – – – Bill Mills/Maury Myers Navigator – – – – – – chris Lewis Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee & Bob smith Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 52 Launched – – – – – – 1999 Hailing Port – – – – – Honolulu, HI Yacht Club – – – – – st. Francis Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – scott Easom, chris Bober, Jerry Bober, Glen Fujihara, rob Kane, Mike Mohr, Mark Towill, Brad Whitcomb

Hula

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/J 120 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 40.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Dark Blue Sail Number – – – – – 52582 Owner/Skipper – – – Wayne Zittel Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – rod Johnstone Builder – – – – – – – – J / 120 Launched – – – – – – 1994 Hailing Port – – – – – Honolulu, HI Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – charles Hill, Eric chadwick, Jon Edelman, peter Fray, richard st.Onge, William McGuinn

J World

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 50 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 50.0 Hull Color – – – – – – ? Sail Number – – – – – 18926 Owner/Skipper – – – Jack Taylor Navigator – – – – – – Jon shampain Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 50 Launched – – – – – – 1982 Hailing Port – – – – – Dana point, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Dana point Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – clancy salway Gene Batalia, John Taylor, Kenneth cooper scott Taylor, Tom O’Keefe

Horizon

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Ohashi 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 52.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Dark Blue Sail Number – – – – – Jpn 2480 Owner/Skipper – – – norikazu Hatsukano Navigator – – – – – – Hiro Minami Designer – – – – – – – Ohashi Builder – – – – – – – – Ohashi 52 Launched – – – – – – 1986 Hailing Port – – – – – aburatsubo, Japan Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Keiji Makino, Koichi Yamashita, Liang Zhen, Yoko Miyamoto, Yuji Furuta, Yukihiro Uzuhashi

Leglus

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Tall ship 78 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 78.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Black Sail Number – – – – – Owner/Skipper – – – craig chipman Navigator – – – – – – Jeffrey Woods Medic – – – – – – – – – chris O’Brien Designer – – – – – – – Melbourne smith Builder – – – – – – – – square Topsail schooner Launched – – – – – – 2001 Hailing Port – – – – – portsmouth, nH Yacht Club – – – – – southwestern Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – christine Healy, Emily Gustavsen, Graham Brant-Zawadzki, Holly couling, Kate Theisen, Lloyd sellinger, nancy O’Brien, robert “rob” Mizer, nannette Woods, sam sikkema,, samantha carlson

Lynx

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/andrews 80 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 80.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 46469 Owner/Skipper – – – Doug Baker Navigator – – – – – – Ernie richau Designer – – – – – – – alan andrews Builder – – – – – – – – andrews 80 Launched – – – – – – 2004 Hailing Port – – – – – Long Beach, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – chris Hamel, Erik Mayol, George peet, Keith Kilpatrick, Mark callahan, Michael Howard, Mike Elias, Mike pentecost, Mike Van Dyke, rob synders, sean couvreux, steve Dodd

Magnitude 80

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/andrews 63 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 63.39 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – 97777 Owner/Skipper – – – robert Lane Navigator – – – – – – John Jourdane Designer – – – – – – – alan andrews Builder – – – – – – – – andrews 63 Launched – – – – – – 2005 Hailing Port – – – – – naples Island, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – alan andrews, Bob Greb, Dave Jones, Jared Morford, John Busch, Keith Ives, Mat Bryant, Mike Blunt, scott poe

Medicine Man

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/ santa cruz 50 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 50.00 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 28154 Owner/Skipper – – – rob sjostedt Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz Launched – – – – – – 1986 Hailing Port – – – – – Long Beach, ca Yacht Club – – – – – cabrillo Beach Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Gordon Leon, Evan sjostedt, Garrett Brown, Joel arenson, Meghan Leon, scott attwood

Mighty Tongaroa

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Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 50 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 50.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – 32111 Owner/Skipper – – – steve Hastings Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz Launched – – – – – – 1981 Hailing Port – – – – – corpus christi, TX Yacht Club – – – – – corpus christi Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Bill Liles, carter Hastings, Gary sparrow, Jim Tyree, Mark Foster, suzette Hubbard, William r Liles

Passion

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 70 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 68.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – Usa 88 Owner/Skipper – – – peter Tong Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 70 Launched – – – – – – 1988 Hailing Port – – – – – roche Harbor, Wa Yacht Club – – – – – Long Beach Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – alan Lindsay, Bobby Frazier, jim McLeod, Gary Weisman, chuck clay, Jib Kelly, Joe Buck, Doug McLean, randy smith, pete Frazier, John sangmeister

OEX

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 52.5 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 27007 Owner/Skipper – – – rick von Heydenreich Navigator – – – – – – David robertson Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz Launched – – – – – – 1994 Hailing Port – – – – – Long Beach, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Long Beach Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Bob Kettenhofen, David Johnson, Eric Mcclure, Frederick abbott, Gabe Ferramola, John Latiolait, Linus ralls, rick Gorman

Paranoia

Rig - Model —— sloop/Open 50 LOA (ft.) ———— 50.0 Hull Color ——— Blue Sail Number —— 101 Owner/Skipper — philippe Kahn Navigator ———— Designer ———— Owen / clark Builder ————— Open 50 Launched ——— 2003 Hailing Port —— Honolulu, HI Yacht Club ——— Waikiki Yacht club Crew —————— Mark christensen

Pegasus 50 Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Fast 40 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 40.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 69102 Owner/Skipper – – – Greg constable Navigator – – – – – – Doug Backhouse Designer – – – – – – – alan adler Builder – – – – – – – – cape Bay 40 Launched – – – – – – 1982 Hailing Port – – – – – nanaimo, canada Yacht Club – – – – – nanaimo Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – ross cutler, Webster Kimmerly

Narrow Escape

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 70 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 68.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – Usa 4 Owner/Skipper – – – roy p. Disney Navigator – – – – – – piet van Os Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz Launched – – – – – – 1991 Hailing Port – – – – – newport Beach, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Waikiki Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Douglas rastello, E. Ben Mitchell, Gregg Hedrick, Jeremy Wilmot, Jesse Fielding, richard Brent, richard Loewy, robbie Haines

Pyewacket

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Davidson 69 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 69.0 Hull Color – – – – – – red Sail Number – – – – – 7744 Owner/Skipper – – – John MacLaurin Navigator – – – – – – peter Isler Designer – – – – – – – Laurie Davidson Builder – – – – – – – – Davidson 69 Launched – – – – – – 2009 Hailing Port – – – – – Los angeles, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – alan McGlashan, Bill Herrschaft, Bill petersen, Eric chowanski, Kevin McMeel, M. smith, Michael Ishino, ralph Mailloux, richard clarke, rick rogers, stu Bettany, susan MacLaurin, Tom O’conor

Pendragon 6

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/ santa cruz 70 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 70.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – 28115 Owner/Skipper – – – Hector Velarde Navigator – – – – – – chris Busch Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 70 Launched – – – – – – 1989 Hailing Port – – – – – Miraflores peru Yacht Club – – – – – club Waikiki Crew – – – – – – – – – scott abrams, cappy sheeley, carlin semsch, chadwick Hough, Erik Kristiansen, Linton Weiss, Thomas corkett, Tom corkett Jr.

Mirage

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Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/antrim 49 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 49.0 Hull Color – – – – – – red Sail Number – – – – – Usa 627 Owner/Skipper – – – James partridge Navigator – – – – – – nick Martin Designer - - - - - - - - - J. antrim, antrim assoc. naval architects Builder – – – – – – – – antrim 49 Launched – – – – – – 2009 Hailing Port – – – – – Los angeles, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – charlie Martin, cree partridge, Greg partridge, John Latiolait, Tom partridge, William partridge

Rapid Transit

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/spencer 65 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 65.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Black Sail Number – – – – – 7960 Owner/Skipper – – – chris Welsh Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – spencer Builder – – – – – – – – spencer 65 Launched – – – – – – 1964 Hailing Port – – – – – Honolulu, HI Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Doug Welsh, Erik Berzins, Genny Tulloch, Harry pattison, Hubie Laugharn III, Jamie Hardenbergh, John Drayton

Ragtime

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/One-Design 35 (Mod) LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 35.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 35012 Owner/Skipper – – – Tim Fuller Navigator – – – – – – Designer – – – – – – – nelson Marek Builder – – – – – – – – One-Design 35 Launched – – – – – – 1998 Hailing Port – – – – – san Diego, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Erik shampain

Relentless

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/ santa cruz 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 52.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 46052 Owner/Skipper – – – Viggo Torbensen Navigator – – – – – – Jeff shenton Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 52 Launched – – – – – – 1993 Hailing Port – – – – – Dana point, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Dana point Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Ben Lakin, Blake Hamilton, Byron Watson, Frank Tybor, Jack Maranto, Jeff shenton, Joe Markee, stig Westergaard

Relentless

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/ J 125 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 41 Hull Color – – – – – – sliver Sail Number – – – – – 83940 Owner/Skipper – – – Tom Garnier Navigator – – – – – – Kevin Garnier Designer – – – – – – – Johnstone Builder – – – – – – – – sloop Launched – – – – – – 1998 Hailing Port – – – – – portland, Or Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Joby Easton Lashawn Garnier scott Lonsway

Reinrag2 Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/concordia 47 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 46.8 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – MEX 47003 Owner/Skipper – – – ricardo Brockmann Navigator – – – – – – raul Velarde Designer – – – – – – – Farr Builder – – – – – – – – racer/cruiser Launched – – – – – – 2000 Hailing Port – – – – – acapulco, Mexico Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Bruce cooper, Erik Brockmann, Hector Guzman, Jeronimo Mariscal, Jorge Xavier Murrieta, ricky Brockmann, stephen Malowney

Ruahatú

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Transpac 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 52.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – Usa 13131 Owner/Skipper – – – John Kilroy Jr. Navigator – – – – – – nick White Designer – – – – – – – Botin carkeek Builder – – – – – – – – Transpac 52 Launched – – – – – – 2006 Hailing Port – – – – – san Francisco, ca Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Bob Wylie, Eric arndt, Justin Ferris, Mikey Joubert, robbie naismith, stu Bannatyne

Samba Pa Ti

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 50 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 50.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 8929 Owner/Skipper – – – Gib Black Navigator – – – – – – Mark Maglin Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz Launched – – – – – – 1979 Hailing Port – – – – – Honolulu, HI Yacht Club – – – – – Waikiki Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Bob roitblat, chris Jordan, David Jack, Eric conn, Eric Heim, ron rostorfer, steve pelke, Wayne Koide

Roy’s Chasch Mer

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Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Farr 46 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 46.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – MX 555 Owner/Skipper – – – Jorge ripstein Navigator – – – – – – John rumsey Designer – – – – – – – Farr Builder – – – – – – – – Farr46 Launched – – – – – – 1996 Hailing Port – – – – – acapulco, Mexico Yacht Club – – – – – Crew – – – – – – – – – Bruno Bomati, Jeff Baker, John Bennett, nico Hudson, robert Vulling, robert “JOE” neale, roberto Vulling, rodrigo ripstein

Wasabi

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 70 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 68.0 Hull Color – – – – – – Blue Sail Number – – – – – 18997 Owner/Skipper – – – Thomas and Timothy Hogan Navigator – – – – – – John “LJ” Edgcomb Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 70 Launched – – – – – – 1987 Hailing Port – – – – – newport Beach, ca Yacht Club – – – – – newport Harbor Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Grant Edgcomb, John Laun, John “Jack” Hogan, Matthew Hogan, richard robinson, robert Mcclaire, scott Edgcomb

Westerly

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Transpac 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 52.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White Sail Number – – – – – 56718 Owner/Skipper – – – andrew rasdal Navigator – – – – – – ray Marchetta Designer – – – – – – – reichel pugh Builder – – – – – – – – Transpac 52 Launched – – – – – – 2005 Hailing Port – – – – – san Diego, ca Yacht Club – – – – – san Diego Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – charles Beven, Dana Jon Gardner, Ian Bower, Keith McKenzie, pete colby, steven Ernest, steven pacelli

Valkyrie

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/santa cruz 52 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 53.0 Hull Color – – – – – – White w/ red stripes Sail Number – – – – – Usa 28520 Owner/Skipper – – – Kazunori Komatsu Navigator – – – – – – Kazumasa nishioka Designer – – – – – – – Bill Lee Builder – – – – – – – – santa cruz 52 Launched – – – – – – 1999 Hailing Port – – – – – portland, Or Yacht Club – – – – – san Diego Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Hideo Yamamoto, Hiroto Hidaka, Iwami akihisa, ryunosuke Harada, Takahiro Oyama, Yoichi Yabe, Yugo Yoshida

Tachyon III

Rig - Model – – – – – sloop/Jeanneau 45.2 LOA (ft.) – – – – – – – 46.3 Hull Color – – – – – – Flag Blue Sail Number – – – – – TBD Owner/Skipper – – – Bruce & pam Orisek Navigator – – – – – – Tim Thomas Designer – – – – – – – Jeanneau Builder – – – – – – – – sloop Launched – – – – – – 1999 Hailing Port – – – – – santa cruz, ca Yacht Club – – – – – santa cruz Yacht club Crew – – – – – – – – – Michael pineo

Silent Running

Preserving a century of Transpacific Ocean races for future generations .

We are pleased to announce the creation of the “Transpac History Project” founded by a group of veteran Transpac sailors who have a desire to chronicle and save the rich and colorful history of the Transpac Race. With the full endorsement of TPYC, our mission is to reach out to all those who have been touched by the Race and help preserve their memories forever. In today’s electronic age we are now able to gather, compile, scan and store our Transpac history like never before. We wish to commit our history to a digital format so that modern techniques can be used to share the history with others through a variety of mediums. Once we have the history in a digital format, it will be safe from the ravages of time and we will be able to preserve our wonderful images for future generations to enjoy. We are calling on you to help us in this endeavor by sharing any photos, film or digital images with us. If you have anything that might be of interest please contact us so that we can make arrange-ments to borrow your material for duplication. For more information about the project please visit our website.

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