SUMMARY OF FORMER TRANSPACIFIC RACES

HONOLULU RACE OF 1906

Course: San Pedro Light to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles.
Time Allowance: One-half hour for each foot of overall length.
Start: June 11, noon.

 

HONOLULU RACE OF 1908 Course: San Pedro Light to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Time Allowance: One-half hour for each foot of overall length. Start: July 4, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Allowance Corrected

D:H:M:S H:M:S D:H:M:S

Lurline H.H. Sinclair 13:21:31 Scratch 13:21:31 Gwendolyn II L./D. Johnson 14:21:38 18:30 14:03:08 Lady Maud Wilber Kyle 15:01:07 9:00 14:16:07 Hawaii Syndicate 15:03:23 8:00 14:19:23

HONOLULU RACE OF 1910 Course: San Pedro Light to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Time Allowance: One-half hour for each foot of overall length. Start: July 10, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Allowance Corrected

D:H:M:S H:M:S D:H:M:S

Hawaii Syndicate 14:03:23 Scratch 14:03:23 Sweetheart R.C.P. Smith 14:21:10 1:15 14:19:55 Mollilou F.B. Smith 15:07:05 7:00 15:00:05

HONOLULU RACE OF 1912 Course: San Pedro Light to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Time Allowance: Not known. Start: June 16, 1:00 p.m.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Allowance Corrected

D:H:M:S H:M:S D:H:M:S

Lurline A.E. Davis 13:17:03 00:07:49 13:16:55:11 Hawaii Wilber Kyle 14:20:02 8:23:45 14:11:38:15 Seafarer L.A. Morris 14:15:40 Scratch 14:15:40:00 Nattose G.P. Ashe 17:05:04 10:38:45 16:18:25:15

HONOLULU RACE OF 1923

Course: Santa Barbara to Diamond Head Light, 2145 nautical miles. Time Allowance: R = 1/2 (LOA + LWL) + √SA 2 Start: July 21st, 12:30 p.m.

TAHITI RACE OF 1925 Course: San Francisco to Papeete, Tahiti, 3687 nautical miles, making it the longest yacht race ever sailed. Start: June 10, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Allowance Corrected

D:H:M:S H:M:S D:H:M:S Mariner L.A. Morris 20:11:45:00 Idalia Dr. E.R. Parker 27:21:14:00 Shawnee Mark Fontana 28:09:29:00 Eloise John C. Piver 29:19:11:00

HONOLULU RACE OF 1926

Course: San Pedro Light to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Time Allowance:  R = 1/2 (LOA + LWL) + √SA

2 Start: June 12, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Allowance Corrected

D:H:M:S H:M:S D:H:M:S Invader Don M. Lee 12:02:48:03 Scratch 12:02:48:03 Poinsettia Walter W. Home 12:16:57:00 12:54:40 12:04:02:20 Teva C.W. Stose 15:03:21:08 68:57:45 12:06:23:23 Mariner John Barrymore 14:08:00:14 11:57:34 13:20:02:40 Jubilo J.T. Dickson 21:06:05:00 117:44:00 16:08:21:00 Mollilou M. Hesselberger D.N.F.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1928 Course: Balboa, California to Diamond Head Light, 2242 nautical miles. Universal Rule. Start: June 3, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Allowance Corrected

D:H:M:S H:M:S D:H:M:S Teva C.W. Stose 15:21:51:11 86:37:33 12:07:13:38 Mollilou M. Hesselberger 17:13:45:27 113:46:35* 12:19:58:51 Aafje Robert E. Millsap 16:16:35:00 85:24:45 13:03:10:15 Pandora H.W. Rohl 15:13:17:00 56:59:44 13:04:17:16 Talayha L. Lippman 13:04:58:30 56:59:44 13:04:58:30 Wetona C.L. Reynolds 17:13:03:00 63:00:45 14:22:02:15

* “Mollilou” received 23 hours over figured allowance for late start.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1930

Course: San Pedro Light to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Time Allowance: R = 1/2 (LOA + LWL) + √SA

2 Start: July 4, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Allowance Corrected

D:H:M:S H:M:S D:H:M:S

Enchantress Morgan Adams 12:13:22:52 Scratch 12:13:22:52
Contender W.W. Home 13:02:09:58 12:06:06 12:14:03:52
Talayha L. Lippman D.N.F.
Mollilou Dr. Floyd Swift D.N.F.

 

HONOLULU RACE OF 1932

Course: Santa Barbara to Diamond Head Light, 2145 nautical miles. Time Allowance: R = 45 1/2 (LOA + LWL) + √SA

2 Start: August 20, 11:00 a.m.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Allowance Corrected

D:H:M:S H:M:S D:H:M:S

Fayth Wm. S. McNutt 14:14:33:00 30:01:33 12:07:31:27 Mollilou Dr. Floyd Swift 15:02:58:00 Scratch 14:02:58:00

HONOLULU RACE OF 1934

Course: San Pedro Light to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Time Allowance: R = 45 1/2 (LOA + LWL) + √SA

2 Start: July 4, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A – Over 60 ft. D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Manuiwa Harold Dillingham 13:12:30:51 12:09:29:56 1 A-l Vileehi H.T. Horton 13:03:42:26 12:22:56:09 4 A-2 Fandango C.E. Hoffman 14:19:14:07 14:19:14:07 10 A-3

Class B – 40 ft. to 60 ft. inclusive

Burrapeg W.E. Candy 15:08:47:48 12:19:23:56 2 B-1 Monsoon D.H. Radcliffe 15:12:27:15 12:21:42:55 3 B-2 Dolphin F. Hundhammer 15:16:18:38 13:08:53:44 5 B-3 Altair William Manger 16:05:46:27 13:18:59:50 6 B-4 Viva S.I. Miller 17:13:35:00 15:03:39:33 11 B-5 Scaramouche William Tompkins 19:13:18:12 16:13:02:25 12 B-6

Class C – Under 40 ft.

Queequeg B.M. Varney 17:13:14:00 13:20:25:07 7 C-l Naitamba R.K. Smith 18:11:25:20 14:13:38:18 8 C-2 Common Sense III Honolulu Ad Club 18:11:10:22 14:17:08:26 9 C-3

HONOLULU RACE OF 1936

Course: Santa Monica Light to Diamond Head Light, 2210 nautical miles. Time Allowance: R = 45 1/2 (LOA + LWL) + √SA

2 Start: July 4, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Navigator G.H. Singer, Jr. 15:03:30:37 14:15:48:07 15 A-l Sartartia* Buck Jones 14:23:31:29 14:23:31:29 16 A-2

Class B

Dorade* James Flood 13:07:20:04 11:03:29:44 1 B-l Santana* W.L. Stewart, Jr. 13:16:09:02 11:17:32:26 2 B-2 Manuiwa H.G. Dillingham 13:18:40:49 12:06:22:45 3 B-3 Zoe H* R. K. Person 13:19:05:02 12:08:08:19 4 B4 Circe Ray Cooke 13:07:33:59 12:10:01:21 5 B-5 Adore Lee Tracy 14:19:54:11 13:01:53:21 7 B-6 Paisano Tom Reed III 14:15:06:55 13:01:58:46 8 B-7 Marilen Harry B. Alien 14:19:24:05 13:05:25:52 9 B-8 Bali L.G. Monroe 18:02:17:10 16:15:20:27 18 B-9 Destiny Preston Sturges 18:12:49:37 17:02:25:08 19 B-10 California J. Polkinghorne 19:05:54:54 17:10:06:11 20 B-11 Gloria William Blackford 20:04:00:45 18:04:07:35 21 B-12

Class C

Flying Cloud* J./J. McNabb 15:12:46:32 12:17:38:03 6 C-l Brilliant Walter Franz 16:01:18:56 13:08:36:15 10 C-2 Altair John P. Blinn 16:05:46:17 13:11:02:28 11 C-3 Minerva* F.N. Blagen 16:04:21:31 13:14:46:14 12 C-4 White Cloud R.R. Pratsch 17:00:41:01 13:20:52:41 13 C-5 Naitamba* R.K. Smith 18:07:41:34 14:14:01:11 14 C-6 Lady Jo* S.M. Emmes 18:15:10:25 15:02:42:36 17 C-7 Dolphin F. Hundhammer D.N.F.

* Denotes that yacht has no propeller allowance.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1939 Course: From Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay to Diamond Head Light, 2085 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, 3:00 p.m.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A – Over 60 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Fandango E.W. Pauley 14:10:47:57 13:02:17:05 10 A-1 Seaweed Cyril R. Tobin 15:10:40:27 14:04:18:31 17 A-2 Contender Richard R. Loynes 14:07:50:00 14:07:50:00 18 A-3 Geoanna O.K. Washburn 16:12:06:34 16:01:12:35 25 A-4

Class B — Rating from 40 to 60, inclusive

Zoe H. Ray K. Person 14:16:06:46 12:02:02:37 4 B-1 Chubasco W.L. Stewart, Jr. 14:11:07:52 12:06:25:59 5 B-2 Odyssey H.G. Steele 14:22:52:31 12:12:09:55 7 B-3 Dorade James Flood 15:15:15:24 12:23:52:58 9 B-4 Circe Ray Cooke 15:21:53:42 13:14:21:11 13 B-5 Stella Maris II Dr. A.A. Steele 16:10:27:51 13:17:59:29 14 B-6 Nam Sang Oscar Johnson and 16:06:20:14 14:02:00:03 16 B-7

H.O. Martinsen Adore Lee Tracy 18:14:08:35 15:19:51:27 23 B-8

Class C – Less than 40 Rating

Blitzen R.J. Reynolds 14:10:47:06 11:09:58:41 1 C-1 Jorie Harold Judson 14:23:48:16 11:17:26:15 2 C-2 Brilliant A.L. Marsten 15:01:36:32 11:21:08:50 3 C-3 Pajara Theodore Stephens 15:18:17:09 12:08:31:50 6 C-4 Water Witch Leon F. deFremery 16:06:02:04 12:15:47:47 8 C-5 Kia Ora Percy W. Yeend 18:06:07:54 13:11:13:40 11 C-6 Gullmar J.G. Johanson 17:00:26:46 13:11:25:28 12 C-7 No Name C.S. Benson 17:05:23:48 13:21:21:42 15 C-8 Kanawha N.R. Dawley 18:10:35:09 14:09:21:19 19 C-9 Panglima Dr. L.W. Hosford 19:09:44:44 14:22:34:15 20 C-10 Lana Loa B. Laswell 19:21:36:50 15:07:31:16 21 C-11 Lady Joe Samuel Emmes 20:02:42:21 15:10:54:13 22 C-12 Magic Carpet F.T. Kent 20:19:48:03 15:21:40:27 24 C-13 Viking Childe William Merry 23:23:55:04 18:11:22:34 26 C-14

HONOLULU RACE OF 1941 Course: San Pedro Light to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

D:H:M:S D:H:M:S

Escapade D.W. Elliott 13:22:40:22 12:21:45:32 1 Pajara D./G. Griffith 13:23:21:30 13:00:37:12 2 Jorie B. Gifford 13:21:22:58 13:02:58:38 3 Stella Maris II Dr. A. Steele 13:21:03:55 13:21:03:55 4 Magic Carpet F. Kent 16:12:48:40 13:23:35:12 5 White Cloud R. Pratsch 16:18:48:00 14:04:44:28 6 Indifferent F. Hunie 16:15:29:00 14:09:12:43 7

WAR CONDITIONS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE
TO HOLD RACES IN 1943 AND 1945

 

HONOLULU RACE OF 1947 Course: San Pedro (“2A” buoy) to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A – Over 50 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Chubasco (52.5) W.L. Stewart, Jr. 12:15:51:18 11:04:24:12 3 A-1 Westward (55.8) Robert S. Miller 12:19:42:39.6 11:13:47:27.6 5 A-2 Dragoon (51.1) H.B. Grandin 14:03:25:56 12:13:27:54 14 A-3 Gallant (54.3) H.B. Wyeth, Jr. 14:18:18:00 13:09:55:12 19 A-4 Patolita (68.9) Charles Deere Wiman 14:00:05:47.4 13:12:02:39.4 20 A-5 Morning Star (80.5) Richard S. Rheem 13:12:16:46.4 13:12:16:46.4 21 A-6 Southwind (58.6) George Bent 18:10:37:58.5 17:09:01:58.4 32 A-7

Class B – Rating from 40 to 50, inclusive

Dolphin II (45.5) Frank Morgan 13:02:11:41 11:01:04:40 1 B-1 Fairweather (49.9) Fred J. Allen 12:19:30:10 11:03:18:16 2 B-2 White Cloud (49.8) Frank Kent 13:00:58:59 11:08:35:57 4 B-3 Skylark (40.0) Donald B. Ayers 14:15:10:41.2 12:00:52:41.2 11 B-4 Stella Maris II (42.0) A.A. Steele, M.D. 15:03:11:00.6 12:17:58:56.6 15 B-5 Zoe H. (43.2) A.K. Barbee 17:23:44:36.8 15:17:24:58.8 27 B-6 Rival III (42.6)* Raymond B. White 19:08:55:40 17:01:11:07 31 B-7

Class C – Less than 40 Rating

Suomi (37.3) I. Arvid Johnson 14:13:49:48.4 11:16:01:59.4 6 C-1 Lady Jo (31.9) Louis Abrams 15:08:53:12.5 11:17:18:29.5 7 C-2 Resolute (23.1) Ed Fabian 17:03:48:18.7 11:18:49:45.7 8 C-3 Romni (36.5) Brooks Gifford 14:19:19:36.4 11:19:09:00.4 9 C-4 Magic Carpet (26.7) C.E. Cook 16:15:05:08.1 11:23:33:49.1 10 C-5 Pacific Childe (22.3) George E. Burnell 17:18:59:30.2 12:03:09:42.2 12 C-6 Lucky Star (32.2) H. B. Hobson 15:19:22:39.4 12:04:54:19.4 13 C-7 Teton (24.1) P. O. VanDegrift 17:21:43:21 12:18:34:07 16 C-8 Anacapa (34.0) I. E. Voerge 16:05:17:04.4 17 C-9 Sea Biscuit (21.3) Lee I. Gale 19:04:15:17 13:07:47:21 18 C-10 Tasco (37.0) Thomas A. Short 16:19:44:06.7 13:21:02:53.7 22 C-11 Amorita (36.9) Walter Franz 17:03:21:45 14:04:22:44 23 C-12 Selene (36.5) Edward H. Witte 17:06:58:53.6 14:06:48:17.6 24 C-13 Medley (24.9) Dean Harrel 20:03:32:45.4 15:04:47:56.4 25 C-14 Gitana (26.0) R. S. Danforth 20:07:52:59.6 15:14:51:31.6 26 C-15 Atorrante (37.6) J. A. Gurley 19:06:02:22 16:09:06:50 28 C-16 Brilliant (39.3) E. Gould and 19:09:22:59 16:17:29:41 29 C-17

P. Rayburn Four Winds (29.2) Carl M. Heintz 21:03:19:12.9 17:01:03:19.9 30 C-18 Lucia II (29.3)** Jose de la Vega 18:05:13:45.6 14:03:23:27.6 Emerald (34.4)*** Walter Skow D.N.F.

* Returned to mainland and made second start July 8, 1947. ** Disqualified. Elected to finish with use of motor. ***Returned to mainland and withdrew from race.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1949 Course: San Pedro (“2A” buoy) to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon. Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place Class A – Over 45 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Flying Cloud (49.3) Jay A. Quealy, Jr. 11:13:14:30.5 9:18:10:10.5 3 A-1 Gallant (53.0) H.B. Wyeth, Jr. 11:08:18:14.5 9:19:59:35.5 6 A-2 Patolita (68.9) Charles D. Wiman 10:21:09:18 10:07:22:20 11 A-3 Morning Star (Scr.) Richard S. Rheem 10:10:13:09.5 10:10:13:09.5 12 A-4 Fair Weather (48.6) Fred J. Allen 12:08:00:36 10:11:34:41 13 A-5 Traveler (48.7) John H. Gardner 12:17:03:35 10:20:49:09 15 A-6 Flyaway (51.6) Harry Read 12:22:00:41 11:07:13:42 18 A-7 Windward* Cyril Tobin D.N.F.

Class B — Rating from 35 to 45, inclusive

Kitten (36.9) Fred W. Lyon 12:11:07:40.5 9:10:24:49.5 1 B-1 Yo Ho Ho (41.9) Lloyd D. Rees 12:06:13:23 9:19:02:39 4 B-2 Tasco (37.1) Thomas A. Short 12:22:59:36.4 9:22:52:21.4 8 B-3 Zodiac (40.0) A.B. Cleveland 12:17:59:39.7 10:01:57:49.7 9 B-4 White Heather (42.1) James B. Turner 12:17:32:44.6 10:06:51:40.6 10 B-5 Westward Ho (43.7) Jack/Bill Helsell 12:18:37:48.8 10:11:44:48.8 14 B-6 Kurrewa III (37.6) Frank and 13:18:24:32.7 10:20:55:01 16 B-7

John Livingston

Class C – Less than 35 Rating

Sea Witch (20.8) Alex M. McCormick 15:13:55:44 9:12:16:18 2 C-1 Lanokoa (30.3) Joe Rosenberg, Jr. 13:18:57:23 9:19:29:07 5 C-2 Java Head (32.5) Frank E. Bilek 13:11:44:27 9:19:29:07 7 C-3 Lady Jo (29.9) Louis Abrams 14:22:44:06 10:21:39:03 17 C-4 Kia-Ora (27.1) Percy W. Yeend 15:22:46:32 11:09:23:31 19 C-5 Resolute (24.0) Ed Fabian 16:15:21:48 11:09:55:10 20 C-6 Land Fall (32.6) W.F. Holcomb 15:18:51:00 12:04:05:59 21 C-7 Teton(23.5) Paul Van DeGrit 17:19:00:04 12:11:40:05 22 C-8 Success (29.2) D. Reginald Gustaveson 21:11:30:36 15:21:30:53 23 C-9

*Started but was dismasted and returned to San Pedro.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1951 Course: San Pedro (“2A” buoy) to Diamond Head Light, 2250 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time. Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place Class A – Over 45 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Fairweather (47.5) Fred J. Allen 11:13:09:32 9:16:14:41 10 A-1 Morning Star (80.5) Richard S. Rheem 10:16:44:33 10:16:44:33 19 A-2 Dragoon (53.6) Henry B. Grandin 12:06:31:43 10:20:58:28 20 A-3 L’Apache (56.5) Phyllis B. Brunson 12:11:40:33 11:06:52:06 25 A-4 Gracie (48.5) E. Edison Kennell, Jr. 17:23:13:00 16:21:37:00 26 A-5

Class B – Rating 30 to 45, inclusive

Chiriqui (39.7) Tucker McClure 11:12:46:54 8:21:41:48 3 B-1 Java Head (30.1) Elmer R. Peterson 13:02:32:36 9:04:00:20 5 B-2 Skylark (40.3) Donald B. Ayres 11:17:34:46 9:04:04:58 6 B-3 Gossip (37.3) Dr. R. Phillip Smith 12:07:19:22 9:09:31:33 7 B-4 Evening Star (43.8) Walter Trepte 11:20:08:29 9:15:13:02 8 B-5 Kitten (39.6) Frederick W. Lyon 12:16:34:43 9:17:35:42 11 B-6 Tasco (36.3) Thomas A. Short 12:19:04:54 9:18:17:36 13 B-7 Minerva (32.7) Val Jelton 13:08:18:59 9:19:39:18 14 B-8 Golden Bird (32.5) R.W. Decker 13:10:21:19 9:20:58:37 16 B-9 Jada (42.5) Isabelle Belyea 12:20:51:44 10:12:52:43 18 B-10 Electra (33.0) Robert Cryster 14:10:06:04 10:22:29:48 22 B-11

Class C – Less than 30 Rating

Sea Witch (20.4) A.L. McCormick 14:14:46:56 8:12:00:01 1 C-l Staghound (27.3) Ira P. Fulmor 13:03:13:52 8:16:31:26 2 C-2 Eventide (25.5) Stephen M. Newmark 13:21:24:21 9:01:49:24 4 C-3 Revenge (27.8) Cranston Paschall 13:23:41:25 9:15:17:18 9 C-4 Janie (25.5) Donald A. Schafer 14:13:21:20 9:17:46:23 12 C-5 Coaster (28.3) Mrs. Stephen Royce 14:00:24:51 9:18:15:21 13 C-6 Solveig (28.9) Magnus Halvorsen 14:17:10:11 10:13:37:55 17 C-7 Moana (23.0) William D. Vogel 16:06:29:35 10:20:55:04 21 C-8 Teton (23.4) Patrick D.Watson 16:05:57:24 10:22:46:01 23 C-9 Typee (21.5) Richard A. Dole 16:19:49:37 11:00:42:09 24 C-10 Nootka (23.8) William Lacy Returned to San Pedro, withdrew from race.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1953 Course: San Pedro (“2A” buoy) to Diamond Head Light, 2250 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A – Over 60 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Chubasco (48.8) W.L. Stewart, Jr. 12:18:34:24.5 11:07:12:48.5 2 A-1 Goodwill (113.0) R.E. Larabee 11:02:17:24 11:09:28:48 3 A-2 Morning Star (75.4) Richard S. Rheem 12:01:00:47 11:17:27:11 6 A-3 Adios (46.8) Carl D.F. Jensen 13:22:22:54 12:07:16:54 9 A-4 L’Apache (54.5) Max H. Wyman 14:00:27:20 12:21:54:20 17 A-5 Queen Mab (60.0) L. Pringle/S. Hackley 13:23:30:20 13:03:16:32 20 A-6 Nam Sang (53.0) Donald W. Spiers 15:15:44:18 13:11:07:06 23 A-7 Fair Weather (49.0) Fred J. Allen 14:22:11:29.5 13:11:09:05.5 24 A-8 Dragoon (55.0) W.B. Holmes RCN 15:22:58:20 14:21:04:20 27 A-9

Class B – Rating from 35 to 45, inclusive

Chiriqui (42.5) Tucker McClure 13:16:33:39 11:16:04:51 4 B-1 Attorante (36.4) Lewis J. Whitney, Jr. 14:10:41:43.5 11:17:00:55.5 5 B-2 Altamar (36.3) Kenneth H. Davis 14:13:37:27 11:19:38:39 7 B-3 Tasco (36.2) Thomas A. Short 15:02:16:15 12:07:43:51 10 B-4 Yo Ho Ho (41.2) Lloyd D. Rees 14:18:23:13.5 12:15:41:13.5 14 B-5 Dirigio II (41.7) J.W. Crawford, Jr. 14:22:21:10.5 12:16:52:22.5 15 B-6

Class B – Rating from 35 to 45, inclusive (continued)

Dorade(43.6) J.F.Eddy 14:22:39:36.5 13:00:45:00.5 18 B-7 Silhouette II (40.9) Spencer L. Murfey, Jr. 15:09:40:01 13:05:12:25 21 B-8 Jada (44.8) George Sturgis 15:04:46:02 13:09:26:14 22 B-9 Landfall II (36.7) W.F. Holcomb 19:01:50:51.5 16:08:55:39.5 31 B-10

Class C – Less than 35 Rating

Staghound (27.0) Ira P. Fulmor 15:11:01:25 10:23:42:49 1 C-1 Mistress (27.5) Walter S. Johnson, Jr. 16:06:59:57 11:22:20:21 8 C-2 Holganza (25.1) Donald J. Lawrie 17:07:12:13.5 12:08:57:13.5 11 C-3 Westward Ho (27.4) Willard R. Bell 16:18:53:26 12:09:40:50 12 C-4 Primavera (26.6) Paul Hurst 17:01:54:08.5 12:12:34:20.5 13 C-5 Moonbeam (28.0) Orin Thorkildsen 17:00:20:05.5 12:18:25:29.5 16 C-6 Coquette (32.4) H.M. Brandstad 16:11:10:59 13:02:32:35 19 C-7 Faith (25.5) A.E. Deimel 19:04:25:53.5 14:08:43:53.5 25 C-8 Allure (33.6) William G. Lacey 17:16:42:26.5 14:12:59:14.5 2 C-9 Peer Gynt (34.3) Gordon Morrison 18:20:44:15 15:19:37:03 28 C-10 South Wind (29.0) Edwin R. Gallasch 20:01:22:23.5 16:00:02:35.5 29 C-11 Marmaduke (30.1) W.E. Short 19:21:51:09.5 16:02:28:57.5 30 C-12 Bluejack (34.5) Irvin H. Baltzer 21:13:16:55 18:12:50:31 32 C-13

TAHITI RACE OF 1953 Course: Honolulu to Papeete, Tahiti, 2381 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: Approximately on time allowance as follows:

Mistress: July 29, 10:00 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time.
Silhouette & Chiriqui: July 31, 10:00 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time.

 

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

D:H:M:S D:H:M:S

Mistress (26.7) Walter Johnson 23:01:32:00 20:22:22:54 1 Silhouette (39.7) Spencer Murfey, Jr. 21:01:16:00 20:23:51:29 2 Chiriqui (40.2)* Tucker McClure 22:23:07:00 22:23:07:00 3

*Put in at Bora Bora for sail repair, resumed race, finished under sail, all without any use of power.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1955 Course: San Pedro (“2A” buoy) to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union subject to certain limitations plus the Transpacific Yacht Club’s Table of Allowances. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time. Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place Class A – Over 50 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Constellation (55.1) Frank Hooykass 10:04:56:32 9:03:10:20 2 A-1 Morning Star (78.7) Richard S. Rheem 9:15:05:10 9:09:30:22 8 A-2 Baruna(55.9) James Michael 10:15:20:08 9:14:44:08 17 A-3 Novia del Mar (64.0) John P. Scripps 10:06:52:03 9:14:52:03 19 A-4 Celebes (50.0) J.H. Hedden 11:03:01:03 9:17:43:03 23 A-5 Escapade (59.0) James Y. Camp 10:16:58:17 9:19:52:17 25 A-6

Class A – Over 50 Rating (continued)

Diamond Head (53.7) Max H. Wyman 11:00:46:26 9:21:26:02 27 A-7 Ramona (90.1) William A. Pomeroy 10:10:46:58 10:10:49:22 37 A-8 Queen Mab (60.3) R.L. Pringle 11:09:11:13 10:13:31:01 39 A-9 Seadrift (57.7) Lyman H. Farwell 11:12:55:42 10:14:22:06 40 A-10 Circe (54.2) Ray W. Cooke 15:02:24:12 13:22:30:12 48 A-11

Class B – Rating from 40.7 to 49.4, inclusive

Kawamee (42.8) W.W. Valentine 11:10:06:13 9:09:25:25 7 B-l Jada(45.1) George R. Sturgis 11:04:10:04 9:09:34:40 9 B-2 Skylark (40.7) Dean Brown 11:16:24:21 9:11:25:33 11 B-3 Quest (49.2) Howard F. Murphy 10:22:11:09 9:11:31:33 12 B-4 Odyssey (46.7) Grace C. Steele 11:03:03:17 9:11:45:17 13 B-5 Marie Amelie (43.7) Gabriel Giannini 11:10:06:17 9:15:52:29 14 B-6 Marilen (44.0) Dennis Jordan 11:14:12:50 9:17:12:50 20 B-7 Nordlys (49.1) W.S. Johnson, Jr. 11:04:04:49 9:17:15:01 21 B-8 Nam Sang (49.4) Louis Statham 11:03:49:24 9:17:30:12 22 B-9 Mai Tai (48.8) John S. Griffith 11:05:37:00 9:18:26:12 24 B-10 Fair Weather (47.4) Fred J. Allen 11:11:08:41 9:21:35:05 28 B-11 Diablo(46.9) Frank S. Wade 11:22:37:27 10:07:43:27 36 B-12 Kirawan (41.5) C.P. Paschall 12:16:01:04 10:13:07:04 38 B-13

Class C – Rating from 33.0 to 40.3, inclusive

Nalu II (35.2) Peter Grant 12:01:58:32 9:04:04:43 3 C-1 Kialoa (37.0) Clum & Gilmore 12:06:25:21 9:14:37:21 16 C-2 Water Witch (36.5) Edwin B. Fuld 12:11:35:39 9:21:42:51 29 C-3 Eleuthera (33.4) Earl Schenck, Jr. 13:02:44:33 9:22:08:33 30 C-4 Bagatelle (36.) Wilford Zinsmeyer 12:18:34:54 9:23:20:54 31 C-5 Typee (34.7) Bill Haas 12:23:37:38 9:23:56:50 32 C-6 Tasco II (38.5) Thomas A. Short 12:12:38:15 10:01:32:15 33 C-7 Flying Cloud (33.5) E.G. Corkett 13:07:16:31 10:03:04:31 34 C-8 Ariel (39.4) A.L. McCormick 12:15:32:05 10:06:03:17 35 C-9 Cynjo (34.9) G.A. Alles 14:06:42:15 11:07:40:39 41 C-10 Altair(35.8) E.C.Lambert 14:05:12:20 11:09:45:20 42 C-11 Sea Shell (33.0) A.A. Edmunds 15:12:52:06 12:05:24:30 46 C-12 Trident (40.3) George A. Robinson 16:04:55:19 13:22:54:07 49 C-13 Gullmar (36.3) J.G. Johanson Returned to San Pedro, withdrew from race.

Class D – Rating from 25 to 32.3, inclusive

Staghound (28.7) Ira P. Fulmor 12:23:09:07 8:21:07:05 1 D-1 Debit (27.8) Theodore Stephens 13:11:08:05 9:04:15:17 4 D-2 Altura(29.2) Hugh J. Jacks 13:05:20:28 9:05:54:05 5 D-3 Esprit (28.7) Joel B. Cox 13:09:42:04 9:07:40:52 6 D-4 Pari Too (29.0) R.H. Elliott, Jr. 13:11:46:54 9:11:22:54 10 D-5 Sea Queen (25.3) Fred F. Harris 14:09:58:10 9:13:06:34 15 D-6 Solveig IV (32.1) M./T. Halvorsen 13:00:02:21 9:14:46:07 18 D-7 Bali I (27.8) Jack G. Helm 14:03:02:21 9:20:09:33 26 D-8 Lia Fail (26.2) Ernest L. Saari 16:02:31:01 11:10:50:13 43 D-9 Bali II (30.9) C.F. Robie 15:05:30:19 11:14:08:07 44 D-10 Sea Belle (27.9) E.L. Doheny 16:02:10:21 11:19:49:57 45 D-11 Southwind (32.3) E.R. Gallasch 17:06:53:44 13:21:45:20 47 D-12 Sea Mist (25.0) Elmer Hitchcock 20:03:32:07 15:04:56:07 50 D-13 Bonnie Doone (32.0) Gene Wells Returned to San Pedro, withdrew from race

TAHITI RACE OF 1956 Course: San Pedro to Papeete, Tahiti, 3571 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: June 16, 1:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

D:H:M:S D:H:M:S

Jada(42.8) William Sturgis 21:03:47:04 19:01:34:56 1 Quest (46.0) Howard Murphy 21:12:49:54 19:21:52:41 2 Novia del Mar (59.7) John P. Scripps 21:01:01:08 21:01:01:08 3 Celebes (50.0) J.H. Hedden 22:19:45:00 21:19:14:56 4 Viveka (63.0) Robert D. Fraser 26:08:15:00 26:02:14:55 5

HONOLULU RACE OF 1957 Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union subject to certain limitations plus the Transpacific Yacht Club Table of Allowances. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A – Over 48 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Nam Sang (51.9) Louis Stathan 11:20:43:19 11:05:09:43 3 A-1 Orient (48.6) T.I. Mosely 12:02:44:25 11:06:21:37 4 A-2 Barlovento (70.1) Frank Hooykaas 11:13:02:44 11:13:02:44 7 A-3 Constellation (55.1) Maxfield Smith 12:08:07:56 11:20:45:08 12 A-4 Novia del Mar (63.9) John P. Scripps 12:07:52:38 12:04:24:26 18 A-5 Queen Mab (60.3) Brunson/Pringle 12:20:27:00 12:14:23:24 26 A-6 Sea Drift (57.7) Lyman H. Farwell 14:04:29:02 13:20:05:02 30 A-7

Class B – Rating from 38 to 48, inclusive

Legend (43.5) Charles Ullman 12:07:47:46 11:00:41:46 1 B-1 Jada (45.1) George R. Sturgis 12:12:51:29 11:09:09:29 5 B-2 Volunteer (41.0) John S. Broome 13:01:14:03 11:12:20:03 6 B-3 Criterion (45.8) Ira P. Fulmor 12:17:20:35 11:15:02:35 8 B-4 Kirawan (41.1) C.P. Paschall 13:05:36:36 11:16:57:36 10 B-5 Ondine (38.3) S.A. Long 13:15:47:13 11:19:27:25 11 B-6 Diablo (47.4) Frank S. Wade 13:07:18:40 12:08:10:16 22 B-7 Silhouette II (41.1) Edwin L. Munsey 14:08:31:05 12:19:52:05 28 B-8 Gkroote Beer (38.0) Robert F. Johnson 17:18:51:11 15:21:39:11 31 B-9

Class C – Rating from 30 to 38, inclusive

Nalu (34.9) Peter Grant 13:10:37:29 11:03:40:29 2 C-1 Bagatelle (35.7) Wilford Zinsmeyer 14:04:48:45 12:00:27:09 15 C-2 Kialoa (36.2) John B. Kilroy 14:06:02:07 12:03:16:31 17 C-3 Tasco II (35.6) Thomas A. Short 14:09:36:43 12:04:55:55 20 C-4 Squall (36.5) A.C. Martin, Jr. 14:11:13:58 12:09:25:58 24 C-5 Water Witch (37.6) Edwin B. Fuld 14:12:07:05 12:13:43:05 25 C-6 Yankee Doodle (33.9) E.W. KeKoning 15:01:07:07 12:14:39:31 27 C-7 Nanaimo (34.1) William P. Palmer 15:12:49:42 13:03:04:42 29 C-8 Quascilla(31.4) Martha S. Baker 18:20:13:29 16:00:35:05 32 C-9

Class D — Less than 30 Rating

Altura(29.0) Hugh J. Jacks 14:21:31:37 11:15:49:37 9 D-1 Esprit (29.0) Frank N. Rothwell 15:03:14:44 11:21:32:44 13 D-2 Mistress (27.3) Dix K. Brow 15:12:00:15 11:22:08:39 14 D-3 Pari Too (28.7) Roy H. Elliott, Jr. 15:08:18:49 12:01:10:25 16 D-4 Ellen (28.8) Ralph Montali 15:12:35:18 12:04:29:18 19 D-5 Kochab(29.6) Dr. John Evans 15:10:57:56 12:07:40:44 21 D-6 YComo (29.0) Gould Eddy 15:13:56:06 12:08:14:06 23 D-7 Sea Song II (26.2) William B. Watling *Disqualified Beruth (29.3) Bert F. Holland *Disqualified

*Finished under power

HONOLULU RACE OF 1959 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union subject to certain limitations plus the Transpacific Yacht Club’s Table of Allowances. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A – Over 52.9 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Constellation (56.1) Sally Blair Ames 10:23:00:48 9:17:33:12 10 A-1 Kamalii (55.4) E.L. Doheny III 11:04:23:46 9:21:52:34 13 A-2 Escapade (59.4) Baldwin M. Baldwin 11:05:38:02 10:04:48:50 18 A-3 Novia del Mar (65.8) John P. Scripps 11:07:21:33 10:13:34:09 24 A-4 Goodwill (123.1) Ralph Larrabee 10:12:16:15 11:00:22:15 31 A-5 Seadrift (60.9) Lyman H. Farwell 12:03:18:32 11:04:14:56 34 A-6 Queen Mab (62.3) Robert L. Pringle 12:04:07:43 11:06:36:31 36 A-7

Class B – Rating from 40 to 52.9, inclusive

Chubasco (52.2) Arnold Haskell 10:20:18:15 9:08:14:39 2 B-2 Maruffa (51.7) John Graham 11:02:50:23 9:13:56:23 6 B-2 Nam Sang (51.4) Bob Robbs, Jr. 11:06:07:28 9:16:36:16 8 B-3 Jada (45.7) George R. Sturgis 11:20:23:21 9:19:35:57 11 B-4 Criterion (50.0) Ira P. Fulmor 11:12:15:06 9:20:09:06 12 B-5 Good News (51.2) John H. Hedden 11:17:50:29.5 10:03:58:53.5 17 B-6 Skylark (40.9) Don E. Davidson 12:20:04:58 10:07:58:10 21 B-7 Marilen (44.9) E. Howard Gee 12:14:17:41 10:11:45:53 22 B-8 Robon (45.9) Robert H. Grant 12:14:16:08 10:13:59:56 26 B-9 Diablo(51.7) Franks. Wade 12:16:56:32 11:04:00:08 33 B-10 Pavena G.M.C. Mayne 14:02:37:08 11:23:19:08 38 B-11 Zia (50.4) Robert F. Johnson 14:02:36:00 12:11:09:00 39 B-12

Class C – Rating from 32 to 39.9, inclusive

Nalu II (33.4) Peter Grant 12:16:09:39 9:05:50:27 1 C-1 Kialoa (36.1) John B. Kilroy 12:14:12:32 9:12:42:32 5 C-2 Patronilla (32.9) William F. Forrest 13:11:09:39 9:23:17:27 14 C-3 Hasty (34.9) Duane Vergeer 13:18:54:28 10:13:43:04 25 C-4 Tasco II (37.9) Thomas A. Short 13:13:08:25 10:17:04:13 28 C-5 Friendship (33.7) Robert H. Rollins 14:02:56:02 10:17:47:02 29 C-6 Maramel (36.0) Howard Harty 14:04:31:09 11:02:46:45 32 C-7

Class C – Rating from 32 to 39.9, inclusive (continued)

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

D:H:M:S D:H:M:S

Athene (47.6) James Wilhite 19:13:30:02 17:03:09:34 1 Good News (46.8) John Hedden 19:23:21:17 17:10:40:15 2 Novia del Mar (62.1) John Scripps 18:20:57:43 17:23:45:54 3 Morning Star (75.9) Fuller Calloway 18:18:23:32 18:17:43:14 4 Alert (43.9) Dorothy Radcliffe 22:11:07:36 19:12:05:30 5 Mariachi (29.5) J. Roy Taylor Finished about 10 July Farina (27.4) C.E. Johnson Finished about 10 July

HONOLULU RACE OF 1961 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2250 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A – Over 60 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Nam Sang (51.6) A.B. Robbs, Jr. 10:16:46:25 9:15:23:01 1 A-1 Chubasco (48.2) Arnold D. Haskell 11:04:17:55 9:20:32:19 4 A-2 Ticonderoga (62.9) William L. Britain 10:11:15:04.5 10:02:10:52.5 9 A-3 Corsaro II (54.4) A. Straulino 11:02:42:05 10:06:10:53 13 A-4 Criterion (50.0) Charles Remsen 11:10:35:04 10:06:20:04 14 A-5 Sirius II (72.4) Howard F. Ahmanson 10:10:38:35 10:10:38:35 18 A-6 Escapade (60.1) Baldwin M. Baldwin 11:00:00:08.8 10:11:46:57 21 A-7 Kamalii (56.8) E.L. Doheny 11:06:10:00 10:13:34:00 23 A-8

Class A – Over 60 Rating (continued)

Diamond Head (51.8) Henry L. Kotkins 11:16:05:06 10:15:06:54 26 A-9 Troubadour (50.6) Philip D. Graham 11:20:10:54 10:17:03:06 29 A-10 Pursuit (69.1) Ronald MacAnnan 11:02:24:57.5 10:23:28:33.5 33 A-11 Zia (50.1) Robert F. Johnson 12:05:29:55 11:01:20:55 35 A-12 Queen Mab (62.5) Robert L. Pringle 11:13:59:35 11:06:27:47 36 A-13

Class B

Ichiban (39.5) George R. Sturgis 11:21:11:43 9:17:06:55 2 B-1 Ondine (41.4) S.A. Long 11:18:14:13 9:19:17:49 3 B-2 Roland Von Herald E. Williams 12:01:48:39 10:00:17:27 6 B-3 Bremen (40.4) Sea Fever (42.1) Robert C. Coe/ 11:21:50:58 10:00:28:46 7 B-4 Robert C. Philbrick Vixen (44.3) Gordon M. Curtis, Jr. 11:18:42:52 10:02:36:16 10 B-5 Santana (43.0) Wallace H. Nickell 12:06:17:17 10:11:16:05 19 B-6 Whirlwind II (44.4) Stuart K. Babcock 12:06:22:07 10:12:32:19 22 B-7 Odyssey (43.9) Grace 0. Steele 12:12:15:53 10:19:19:29 30 B-8 Tenderfoot II (41.3) R.F. Campbell 13:22:12:59 11:22:54:23 38 B-9

Class C

Nalu II (32.8) Peter Grant 13:01:37:02 10:00:50:14 8 C-1 Kialoa (36.1) John B. Kilroy 12:17:31:15 10:03:44:27 11 C-2 Patronilla (33.1) William F. Forest 13:06:40:50 10:06:56:26 15 C-3 Hasty (34.9) Duane Vergeer 13:07:53:01 10:14:14:37 24 C-4 Starlight (33.2) Walter F. Hoffman 13:14:15:45 10:14:51:45 25 C-5 Mary Bower (37.8) Kenneth J. McRae 12:23:57:41 10:15:13:53 27 C-6 Rascal (33.7) William H. Wilson 13:11:08:54 10:15:36:30 28 C-7 Chrysopyle (32.9) Dean Morrison 13:20:23:25 10:20:11:25 31 C-8 Stella Maris (34.1) Ashley J. Smith 15:18:28:00 12:22:08:48 39 C-9 Peer Gynt (37.2) Gordon M. Morrison 16:15:17:10 14:04:53:46 40 C-10

Class D

Vamonos (28.3) Bob Taylor 13:16:38:51 10:00:04:03 5 D-1 Tyboon (30.1) Les/Don Harlander 13:15:35:36 10:04:53:00 12 D-2 No Hu Hu (27.9) Frank N. Rothwell 14:03:25:34 10:07:03:22 16 D-3 Rough & Ready (28.9) Arnold M. Cowan 13:17:52:48 10:07:50:24 17 D-4 Nomad (28.2) D. Rodney Lee 14:06:21:03 10:11:35:36 20 D-5 Medley (26.6) Dean Harrel 15:00:25:07 10:22:01:07 32 D-6 Viaje (29.6) Darrel S. Sedgwick 14:13:24:17 11:00:33:53 34 D-7 Coquetta (29.4) Winston B. Oster, Sr. 15:11:30:29 11:21:50:17 37 D-8 Juego(27.4) Phillip R. Johnson 18:16:26:33 14:17:42:45 41 D-9

In the interest of trans-ocean sailing, the Transpacific Yacht Club acknowledges and appreciates the participation of the square-rigged Japanese training ships in the 1961 Transpacific Race:

NIPPON MARU – Elapsed time 17:11:05:00

KAIWO MARU – Elapsed time 18:22:44:01

HONOLULU RACE OF 1963 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2250 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A – Over 60 Rating D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Orient (46.9) Tim Moseley 12:09:49:34 11:07:45:46 17 A-1 Ticonderoga (58.1) Robert Johnson 11:16:46:33 11:10:21:15 19 A-2 Audacious (56.4) Baldwin M. Baldwin 11:23:45:18 11:14:43:09 21 A-3 Astor (53.2) Peter Warner 12:12:15:20 11:21:59:34 24 A-4 Kamalii (56.4) E.L. Doheny 12:07:24:05 11:22:24:31 25 A-5 Queen Mab (60.4) Larry Pringle 12:14:17:31 12:11:08:01 28 A-6 Novia del Mar (62.6) John P. Scripps 12:18:56:29 12:18:56:29 29 A-7

Class B

Legend (40.6) Charles Ullman 12:14:07:02 10:21:21:45 10 B-1 Ichiban (39.4) George Sturgis 12:19:28:46 10:23:33:15 12 B-2 Khamsin (39.6) Joseph Shell 13:00:25:50 11:04:59:37 16 B-3 Copperhead (37.7) R.A. Garrison 13:09:32:35 11:08:59:35 18 B-4 Tenderfoot II (44.4) R.F. Campbell 13:04:14:15 11:20:43:38 23 B-5 Awahnee (37.4) R.L. Griffith 15:17:43:50 13:16:17:10 31 B-6 Four Winds (40.5) John S. Bacon 15:12:40:20 13:19:33:33 32 B-7

Class C

Mistress (33.4) Aldo Alessio 13:06:43:35 10:16:17:03 4 C-1 Nalu II (30.3) Peter Grant 13:22:17:18 10:20:31:46 7 C-2 Patronilla (32.4) William Forrest 13:14:43:28 10:20:46:18 8 C-3 Annie Too (33.2) E.L. Rixford 13:11:55:47 10:21:00:20 9 C-4 Starlight (31.3) Walter Hoffman 13:21:16:23 10:23:17:48 11 C-5 Rascal (34.7) William Wilson 13:10:38:16 11:00:48:18 13 C-6 Isobar (32.6) Les/Don Harlander 13:18:56:06 11:01:59:45 14 C-7 Fjord III (35.3) George Lapin 14:00:50:46 11:16:52:30 22 C-8 Contessa III (31.0) Shintaro Ishihara 15:09:01:39 12:10:00:24 26 C-9

Class D

Islander (26.6) Earl Corkett 13:23:56:00 10:05:57:47 1 D-1 Tiare (26.9) Marvyn Carton 13:22:41:58 10:06:24:59 2 D-2 Spirit (28.1) George Kiskaddon 13:22:56:07 10:11:54:43 3 D-3 Koematu (25.9) Robert Alexander 14:15:27:17 10:17:54:43 5 D-4 Jo Too (27.7) Frank Shelly 14:07:54:25 10:19:01:46 6 D-5 Mamie (28.9) Milton Smith 14:09:45:31 11:02:04:22 15 D-6 Jo Del V (26.3) Roger Reed 15:07:06:51 11:11:46:40 20 D-7 Tyboon (26.4) Harry Steward 16:05:50:31 12:10:57:02 27 D-8 Solveig (27.2) Kramer Rohfleisch 17:05:38:48 13:14:24:29 30 D-9

TAHITI RACE OF 1964

Course: San Pedro to Papeete, Tahiti, 3571 nautical miles.
Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union.
Start: June 20, 1:30 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time.

 

THE STORY OF THE 1965 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE A recapitulation of the Transpacific Yacht Race must be a multiplicity of stories. Each class sailed an entirely different race, because of the variation in the wind conditions related to the position of the boats.

The noon start on July 4, 1965, was made in light air with haze that lifted rapidly just
prior to the starting gun. A light westerly brought the yachts to the west end of
Catalina. Reaching off toward San Nicholas Island the winds increased until finally by
midnight the velocity was in excess of 18 knots. From this point there was a wide sep
aration of the fleet; some staying close to the rhumb line and others sagging off to the
south for speed.

 

About the third day the leading Class A boats ran into the southeast storm which had
been reported at our weather briefing. They experienced winds in excess of 50 miles an
hour, according to reports. There were many sails lost and broken Spinnaker poles in
this melee. The confused sea, created by the Southeast storm, combined with the nor
mal Northwesterly swells, made the sailing sloppy and difficult.

 

Those boats, which sailed a southerly course, ran into some aspects of this storm in all
classes, while those boats that sailed the northerly course up near the rhumb line,
experienced moderate airs with no gusts in excess of 25 knots. The storm passed
North and West on a curved slant arising somewhere below the Cape of San Lucas
and dissipated itself into the Trades, behind the Pacific High, ahead of and above the
A boats, about the fourth day.

 

Those boats that passed the Southerly course, experienced winds of sufficient strength

 

to blow out spinnakers, and in many instances break spars.
Those boats without spade rudders, found surfing in the big seas to be difficult and
the boats were hard to control. There were five masts lost in the fleet, none of these
boats had spade rudders.

 

The boats in the Northern group near the rhumb line essentially sailed the entire race

 

with a 1.5 ounce spinnaker and experienced no gear failure.
After eight hundred miles out, the scoot down the big seas in the Trades made an
exciting but uneventful sail to a comparatively tame Molokai Channel and finish at
Diamond Head.

 

HONOLULU RACE OF 1965 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2250 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Kialoa II (59.0) Jim Kilroy 9:19:14:45 9:04:21:02 4 A-1 Ticonderoga (63.0) Bob Johnson 9:13:51:02 9:04:34:02 5 A-2 Audacious (54.0) Baldwin M. Baldwin 10:03:48:54 9:05:02:01 7 A-3 Stormvogel (63.9) Cornelius Bruynzeel 9:13:56:50 9:05:51:02 8 A-4 Nam Sang (49.6) John Thompson 10:13:12:21 9:06:29:41 11 A-5 Orient (46.9) Peter Davis 11:02:35:56 9:14:32:29 23 A-6 Corsaro II (51.8) Italian Navy 10:19:38:49 9:17:03:07 29 A-7 Kamalii (53.8) Larry Doheny 10:17:13:1 9:18:05:56 31 A-8 Serena (70.6) Kenneth W. DeMeuse 9:19:20:53 9:19:20:53 35 A-9 Novia del Mar (65.8) John Scripps 10:11:04:25 10:05:17:41 43 A-10 White Cloud (47.0) David O’Brien Barclay 11:19:13:37 10:07:22:25 36 A-11 Queen Mab (60.3) Larry Pringle 11:10:18:13 10:21:16:33 50 A-12 Te Matai (48.2) John W. McIntire 13:13:59:27 12:04:29:54 54 A-13

Class B

Rascal (35.3) William H. Wilson 11:21:45:42 9:04:03:00 3 B-1 Westward (38.9) Willard Bell 11:13:19:22 9:06:09:41 10 B-2 Irish Mist (36.0) John L. Holleran 11:23:25:09 9:07:44:50 15 B-3 Leslie Kae (35.8) Walter H. East 12:00:49:03 9:08:35:21 16 B-4 Santana (40.5) Wally Nickell 11:18:13:00 9:15:15:29 25 B-5 Dare (40.1) Walter Beck 11:20:35:19 9:16:34:01 28 B-6 Turmaline (36.4) Jack Paschall, Jr. 12:07:45:52 9:17:26:23 30 B-7 King Don (36.2) Don Walters 12:19:05:24 10:04:09:34 42 B-8 La Belle Vie (42.3) R.W. Paulin 12:06:22:13 Disqualified Gabrielle II (36.3) P.R. Sandwell 13:07:38:11 10:16:54:58 47 B-9 Shalom (38.6) Robert Hanan 13:01:06:32 10:17:00:29 48 B-10 Akamai (35.1) R.D. Alexander 13:22:45:31 11:04:20:10 51 B-11

Class C

Psyche (31.7) Don Salisbury 12:05:06:48 8:22:44:30 1 C-1 Hanalei (31.6) Hays McLellan 12:10:04:44 9:03:29:13 2 C-2 Tangent (31.5) Don Gumpertz 12:11:52:28 9:05:01:00 6 C-3 Chrysopyle (30.9) Dean Morrison 12:16:33:24 9:07:03:13 13 C-4 Blue Marlin (31.2) Mrs. Carol McCune 12:15:44:22 9:07:40:22 14 C-5 Moccasin (31.5) C.T. McElroy 12:16:14:22 9:09:16:14 17 C-6 Tilt o’ the Kilt (31.9) D. Bruce Adam 12:18:12:50 9:12:42:13 22 C-7 Nalu II (33.5) Peter Grant 12:14:58:06 9:15:06:25 24 C-8 Mavourneen (31.3) C.W. Robinette 12:23:26:27 9:15:49:22 26 C-9 Talisman (33.7) Robert N. Williams 12:18:02:23 9:18:53:43 32 C-10 Isobar (30.6) Les/Don Harlander 13:04:39:47 9:18:09:09 33 C-11 Conquistador (32.0) Howard S. Cole Jr. 13:01:59:31 9:20:04:25 36 C-12 Hasty (31.9) Duane Vergeer 13:03:05:24 9:21:39:14 38 C-13 Glory (29.7) Frank Simpson II 13:16:56:22 10:02:42:32 39 C-14 Contessa III (31.4) Shintaro Ishihara 14:04:12:09 10:20:42:07 49 C-15

Class D

Misty (28.2) Ed Spaulding 13:02:37:04 9:06:04:57 9 D-1 Zephyrus III (28.3) Bob McNeil 13:03:02:46 9:06:40:40 12 D-2 Mamie (28.8) Milton B. Smith 13:04:29:03 9:10:37:52 18 D-3 Tyboon (26.8) Harry P. Steward 13:14:17:22 9:11:16:15 19 D-4 Rani (28.2) Roy H. Elliott, Jr. 13:09:10:07 9:12:11:18 20 D-5 Wind Song (28.4) Jacob J. Markham 13:08:20:28 9:12:41:45 21 D-6 Tiare (27.2) George W. Drucker 13:21:59:55 9:15:56:43 27 D-7 Yuletide (26.8) George P. Yule 13:22:05:38 9:19:01:33 34 D-8 Elusive II (28.7) Milt W. Stratford 13:15:21:19 9:21:11:58 37 D-9 Jo Too (27.7) Frank Shelly 14:01:32:49 10:02:47:56 40 D-10 Escudero (25.8) Richard Valdes 14:11:03:17 10:03:02:09 41 D-11 Mistress II (26.5) G.H. Freyermuth 14:09:54:34 10:05:26:18 44 D-12 Bellwether (27.8) Thomas F. Pickard 14:03:46:15 10:05:34:24 45 D-13 Nyon (28.1) Derek G. Simpson 15:06:34:42 11:09:25:08 52 D-14 Chita II (25.5) Yoshimasa Niwa 16:04:01:03 11:18:39:27 53 D-15

THE STORY OF THE 1967 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE A light southerly breeze greeted the participants in the Los Angeles to Honolulu Yacht Race on July 4, 1967. Through a gray haze, the fleet maneuvered for starting positions at an artificial line set west of the Point Fermin buoy off San Pedro.

A starboard start for most yachts left them little more than underway, pointing well

 

below the Isthmus of Catalina.
Immediately following the start, SIMOON, WESTWARD and SERENA flopped to
the port tack, and went up the coast toward the Santa Barbara Islands.

 

The fleet sailing the conventional course around the west end of the Island arrived there
on the port tack, and much to their surprise found the course on the port tack from the
west end of the Island closer to the rhumb line than the usual starboard tack beat.

 

The boats who set chutes and reached towards the islands off of Santa Barbara found
little wind the first twenty-four hours, and eventually passed about the level of Santa
Rosa Island. During the second night, a moderate northwesterly breeze arose which
moved them out on course towards Honolulu. SIMOON reported 18 knots of wind
at midnight the second night, and Westward received this same wind about 3 o’clock
in the morning. SIMOON was further north than Westward.

 

The fleet, which had elected to follow the conventional course, reached San Nicholas
Island on the 5th of July, and for the most part, remained there in a flat calm with
much haze until late in the afternoon or early evening of July 6. Few sailors have had
such a prolonged and frustrating examination of this desolate rock under becalmed
conditions for 24 consecutive hours.

 

The westerly breeze arose late the night of the 6th of July for most of the fleet, and
about the 7th they had passed far enough west to consider chutes. Several of the boats
who felt that the wind was picking up north elected to stay on headsails and travel
north to join the group which had gone up to the Santa Barbara Islands from the
start. This, in most instances, proved to be an advantageous move.

 

The winds throughout the entire race were light. KIALOA specifically stated they
never did have enough wind. On the night of the 13th of July a storm from Baja
crossed the path of the fleet with winds to 18 to 20 knots. Gusts may have been heav
ier than that in some places.

 

Damage to the entire fleet was minimal except for SALACIA, who lost her mast when she dipped her spinnaker pole. RAMPAGE lost her rudder and SIMOON bent her mizzen mast.

SALACIA was able to continue the race under jury rig and finish. It was necessary for the Coast Guard to tow RAMPAGE to the finish line without her rudder. SIMOON finished but the damage to the mizzen mast precluded the use of her mizzen staysail and mizzen spinnaker. Tragedy struck the yacht BLUEBELL in mid-ocean when her skipper developed symptoms of a perforating stomach ulcer. He was transferred to a Naval vessel and eventually arrived in San Diego and was hospitalized. Subsequent to this hospitalization and after returning home, he succumbed to his illness. The yacht BLUEBELL continued the race “sans skipper.” A second injury aboard the same yacht occurred when a backstay let go, striking one of the crew members about the head lacerating his scalp and cheek. He continued with the ship, however. Aboard BABBA THREE the owner and skipper, Bill Nevin, was thrown across the yacht with such force that he broke his ribs. He was transferred to a Coast Guard cutter, and the yacht finished without him. The uneventful and mild run to a finish, approximately 11 to 14 days later, was in marked contrast to some of the previous races where the winds have been heavier. Some of the larger boats arrived at Molokai Channel with moderate to heavy winds, but traversed the famous slot without incident. Others, which arrived about the 12th to 14th day, experienced very moderate winds in the Channel.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1967 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2250 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of North American Yacht Racing Union. Start: July 4, noon, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Audacious (59.6) Al Cassel 12:06:15:16 9:14:21:35 27 A-1 Kialoa II (63.4) John B. Kilroy 12:03:18:46 9:16:38:04 32 A-2 Stormvogel (76.0) Cornelius Bruynzeel 11:14:10:56 9:18:02:49 33 A-3 Orient (51.4) Peter Davis 13:04:31:32 9:23:14:38 42 A-4 Whistle Wing (58.4) Hastings Harcourt 12:19:01:01 10:01:14:59 46 A-5 Legend (52.2) Phil Campbell 13:05:28:16 10:01:51:07 47 A-6 Serena (77.3) Kenneth W. DeMeuse 11:22:33:44 10:03:42:00 49 A-7 Driver (53.8) Philip Graham 13:12:30:11 10:11:27:41 57 A-8 Kamalii (57.0) E.L. Doheny 13:08:37:49 10:12:49:24 59 A-9 Novia del Mar (68.3) John P. Scripps 12:22:24:37 10:17:51:03 61 A-10 Te Matai (54.6) John W. McIntire 13:19:21:49 10:19:37:33 63 A-11 Queen Mab (65.3) Larry Pringle 13:07:21:44 10:23:10:51 66 A-12 Rampage (59.7) James Jones Disqualified

Class B

Simoon (36.8) Stanwood Williams/ 13:11:42:50 8:20:35:15 2 B-1

John Hall Irish Mist (38.0) Jack P. Holleran 13:14:40:45 9:03:03:26 6 B-2 Flare (38.6) Arnold Feuerstein 13:17:52:36 9:08:01:42 13 B-3 Westward (43.8) Willard Bell/ 13:05:05:22 9:08:21:01 14 B-4

Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Contigo (39.5) Von Stumm 13:19:43:07 9:12:16:51 21 B-5

Class B (continued)

Jubilation (42.9) Harry P. Steward 13:11:28:29 9:12:39:09 22 B-6 Aranji (38.4) Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. 13:23:27:51 9:12:55:03 23 B-7 Alpha (39.6) Theodore Stephens 13:21:22:01 9:14:09:22 26 B-8 Nimble (40.2) Duane Vergeer 13:21:02:18 9:15:16:32 28 B-9 Jacarol II (41.5) Jack K. Hamilton 13:18:43:32 9:16:29:30 30 B-10 Malaquena II (43.5) Wm. M. Ravenscroft 13:13:52:39 9:16:31:57 31 B-11 Spirit (46.6) Norman R. McCarvill 13:09:52:49 9:19:12:37 35 B-12 Ichiban (44.3) Rudolph Krueger 13:14:59:35 9:19:29:02 36 B-13 Chiriqui (47.4) Jacob D. Wood 13:11:45:46 9:22:51:15 41 B-14 Sumatra (43.8) Albert C. Martin 13:20:44:01 10:00:02:15 44 B-15 Ranger (39.2) Warren C.T. Wong 14:12:50:42 10:04:30:40 51 B-16 Kanaka Bug II (39.0) Charles S. Offer 14:15:15:21 10:06:27:30 54 B-17 Rowena (38.1) Donald G. Dalziel 14:18:29:32 10:07:04:05 55 B-18 Sea Urchin (39.2) Gordon S. Lacy 14:18:37:11 10:10:26:47 56 B-19 Mystic Isle (38.1) Bud R. Lowrie 14:23:59:01 10:12:45:26 58 B-20 Starling III (39.9)Norman P. Ream 14:19:28:02 10:13:11:51 60 B-21 Privateer (44.7) David W. Alien 14:14:14:24 10:19:28:21 62 B-22 Salacia (41.3) Thomas C. Corkett 15:00:30:00 10:21:38:31 65 B-23 Blue Bell (39.1) Morgan M. Pattison, Jr. 16:09:17:23 12:00:54:30 69 B-24

Class C

Holiday Too (35.8) Robert M.Allan III 13:13:53:50 8:19:46:46 1 C-1 Priate II (36.0) Merritt H. Adamson 13:18:35:20 9:01:05:21 4 C-2 Madrugador (35.6) Wm. H. Alien, Jr. 13:20:22:14 9:01:39:12 5 C-3 Vamoose (35.0) R.E. Turner III 13:23:06:22 9:06:39:03 8 C-4 Bellwether II (36.0)Thomas Pickard 14:00:29:10 9:06:51:46 9 C-5 Argonaut (36.1) Mort Andron 14:00:12:02 9:06:56:53 10 C-6 Bat (34.1) William M. Samuels 14:08:28:15 9:08:51:31 11 C-7 Ahsante (35.8) Lou Comyns 14:03:08:46 9:08:53:55 16 C-8 Happy Warrior (35.6) Michael Rogerson 14:04:50:23 9:10:01:47 18 C-9 Blue Martin (34.8) Maxfield Smith 14:08:36:42 9:11:26:26 19 C-10 Mocassin (35.7) C.T. McElroy 14:07:50:55 9:13:28:39 24 C-11 Tilt o’ the Kilt (35.6) D. Bruce Adam 14:08:36:23 9:13:59:17 25 C-12 Celebrity (36.0) Richard Catlin 14:09:34:43 9:15:55:28 29 C-13 Seabird III (35.5) William C. Birdsey, Sr. 14:13:30:07 9:19:11:33 34 C-14 Enchantress (35.9) Alien Kelly 14:15:09:59 9:21:12:11 38 C-15 Chinook (36.2) Dr. Wm. G. Durnin 14:19:26:13 10:02:27:45 48 C-16

Class D

Intrepid (32.0) Barry A. Berkus 14:07:32:23 9:00:39:11 3 D-1 Whimsey II (31.7) Hugh Rogers 14:14:15:00 9:06:28:24 7 D-2 La Atraveda II (31.9) Ralph Ross 14:14:32:17 9:07:14:36 11 D-3 Tiare (28.8) Geo. W. Drucker, Jr. 15:03:11:03 9:07:22:48 12 D-4 Chrysopyle (32.2) Dean Morrison 14:16:15:08 9:09:59:23 17 D-5 Misty (30.6) E.H. Spaulding 15:00:10:53 9:11:55:25 20 D-6 Punahele (30.5) Robert T. Evju 15:09:34:00 9:20:45:32 37 D-7

Class D (continued)

Van Diemen (28.9) Nick Alexander 15:17:00:25 9:21:30:20 39 D-8 Carib II (30.7) Ed Feo 15:09:42:52 9:21:55:58 40 D-9 Mele Makani (31.2) Cy Gillette 15:09:47:17 9:23:51:38 43 D-10 Severn (33.6) Francis A. Sooy, M.D. 15:02:24:23 10:00:51:31 45 D-11 Gambit (31.8) Robert C. Oldham 15:11:52:47 10:04:17:18 50 D-12 Babba II (31.2) William S. Nevin 15:15:06:25 10:04:54:49 52 D-13 Horizon (31.5) John M. Wilson 15:14:30:43 10:05:45:53 53 D-14 Sigame (32.2) Sid Renkow 16:02:14:56 10:19:59:11 64 D-15 Tranquilla (26.6) Robert L. Ross 17:05:51:36 11:00:12:37 67 D-16 Diabetical II (32.4) Miss Marcia L. Campbell 16:05:59:55 11:00:27:55 68 D-17 Bandido (31.2) Lew M. Warden, Jr. D.N.F.

TAHITI RACE OF 1968 Course: San Pedro to Papeete, Tahiti, 3571 nautical miles Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of CCA Start: June 15, noon, Pacific Daylight Time

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

D:H:M:S D:H:M:S

Aranji (39.2) Henry H. Wheeler 20:12:27:24 13:13:00:24 1 Salacia (41.5) Thomas Corkett 20:13:57:19 14:00:27:16 2 Rapture (39.9) Fuller Calloway III 21:16:19:50 14:20:09:14 3 Chiriqui (47.4) Jacob D. Wood 21:00:11:52 15:07:55:28 4 Misty (31.9) Ed Spaulding 23:20:35:25 15:08:06:39 5 Star Dancer (32.8) J.D. Starkweather, Jr. Disqualified

THE STORY OF THE 1969 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE Again the light breezes greeted the assembled Fleet for the race from Los Angeles to Honolulu on July 4,1969. The light winds at the start persisted throughout the day and until the Fleet was just beyond the west end of Catalina. The time of the arrival of the “Big Wind” varied with the rapidity with which the individual yachts crossed the Channel. Early in the evening of the first night a strong westerly greeted the Fleet, which buried rails, smashed gear, tore sails and even partially destroyed some of the yachts.

Thrashing with lee rails awash was a trying experience for many of the crews. Seasick, wet, cold, attempting to cook while “standing on the ear,” and banging into big seas, was not the delightful experience which followed after the run in the Trades was established. This close reaching and hard driving into northerly winds of strong velocity continued for several days longer than the usual close reach.

Somewhere between the fourth and sixth day, depending upon the size of the vessel, the traditional run with full chutes, strong winds and big seas, started the group downhill to the “Islands of Endless Summer.” For the most part the race was characterized this year with the prolonged reach, no light airs and an extremely rapid sail for the yachts who were able to complete the race without major damage.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1969 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2250 nautical miles Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of CCA Start: July 4, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Concerto (47.2) John J. Hall 10:16:10:22 7:02:48:47 6 A-1 Rascal (49.1) William H. Wilson 10:12:30:38 7:02:59:21 7 A-2 Sumatra (43.9) Albert Martin 11:00:40:07 7:04:16:32 10 A-3 Blackfin (75.0) Kenneth De Meuse 9:10:21:00 7:13:11:42 25 A-4 Baruna (56.3) John McIntire 10:10:47:26 7:13:51:10 29 A-5 Dare (45.1) Walter Beck 11:09:18:59 7:15:27:49 32 A-6 Mir (63.0) George W. O’Brien 10:03:47:35 7:16:39:05 35 A-7 Windward (81.5) Robert E. Johnson 9:11:24:59 7:20:33:33 45 A-8

Passage* Whirlwind II (50.7) Michael K. Lewin 11:04:48:47 7:22:24:01 48 A-9 Pursuit (68.9) Ronald MacAnnan 10:08:31:02 8:04:39:44 55 A-10 Kamalii (59.6) E.L. Doheny 10:21:12:29 8:04:19:33 56 A-11 Queen Mab (65.3) Robert L. Pringle 10:21:31:02 8:13:21:36 59 A-12 Chirqui (48.1) Jacob D. Wood 12:05:21:28 8:17:50:46 60 A-13 Novia del Mar (70.0) John P. Scripps 10:22:41:23 8:19:44:59 61 A-14

Class B

Salacia (41.5) Thomas C. Corkett 11:05:24:44 7:03:15:09 8 B-1 Mystic (42.6) Marvyn Carton 11:07:34:26 7:07:56:10 13 B-2 Nimble (39.4) William Nickerson 11:15:34:14 7:07:59:49 14 B-3 Moccasin (38.9) C.T. McElroy 11:15:43:45 7:09:44:24 18 B-4 Simoon (38,5) John R. Nobel 11:21:43:19 7:11:40:56 21 B-5 Jubilation (42.7) Harry P. Steward 11:12:00:38 7:12:39:47 23 B-6 Cygnus (38.6) E.E. Chipman 12:02:11:44 7:16:22:42 34 B-7 Amorita (39.2) Henry S. Grandin, Jr. 12:01:22:25 7:17:05:43 37 B-8 Ya Turko (39.2) George Antarr 12:01:45:25 7:17:30:12 38 B-9 Marionette (40.0) William H. Lindlow 12:00:34:16 7:17:39:53 39 B-10 Westerly (38.5) Ernest C. Wilson, Jr. 12:04:28:34 7:18:17:39 40 B-11 Xanthippe (38.5) Alan B. Simpkins 12:04:39:15 7:18:35:00 41 B-12 Intermezzo (39.3) Stan Williams 12:02:54:55 7:18:59:21 43 B-13 Chita III (40.6) Y. Niwa 12:02:11:21 7:21:41:58 47 B-14 Ranger (38.5) Warren C.T. Wong 12:08:36:11 7:22:31:56 49 B-15 Starling III (39.4) Norman P. Ream, Jr. 12:07:00:06 7:23:12:42 51 B-16 Loco Viente II (39.1) James Seals 12:10:55:53 8:02:27:41 52 B-17 Rowena (39.0) Donald Dalziel 12:11:48:06 8:02:55:26 53 B-18 Blanquita (38.5) Robert E. Amos 12:20:00:39 8:09:53:04 57 B-19 Da Kine (40.3) Harry Guest 13:10:22:42 9:05:01:46 62 B-20 Yellowbird (39.1) Frank Druding Withdrawn. Returned to San Pedro

* assessed 2 hour penalty as a result of protest by ESPRIT.

Class C

Argonaut (35.3) Mortimer Andron 11:16:35:23 6:20:44:07 1 C-1 Quasar (35.0) Arthur T. Biehl 11:17:53:24 6:21:16:09 2 C-2 Vivant (35.7) Mort Haskell 11:18:04:55 6:23:35:14 3 C-3 Curioso (35.4) Charlie Brown 11:21:17:59 7:01:58:59 4 C-4 Numse II (35.2) Maury Smith 12:02:29:09 7:06:36:02 11 C-5 Tilt o’ the Kilt (36.0) P. Bruce Adams 12:01:47:44 7:08:21:28 15 C-6 Montgomery James Denning 12:03:02:11 7:08:49:11 16 C-7

Street (35.8) Esperance (35.7) Jack Linkletter 12:03:22:47 7:09:04:13 17 C-8 Tangent (36.4) Sam Holland 12:02:43:38 7:10:25:13 19 C-9 Ahsante (35.7) Lou Comyns 12:05:03:33 7:10:39:25 20 C-10 Typee (35.9) Llewellyn Bixby, Jr. 12:07:12:08 7:13:21:45 26 C-11 Hawaiiana (36.1) Jay R. Moore 12:06:57:34 7:13:44:16 28 C-12 Americana (35.9) James G. Moore 12:08:50:11 7:15:07:13 31 C-13 Van-O-Van (35.5) L.P. Van Slyke 12:11:00:39 7:15:51:17 33 C-14 Dakar (35.5) W.V. Goodley 12:11:53:52 7:16:57:51 36 C-15 Anuenue (34.8) John P. Milligan 13:00:22:03 8:03:07:43 54 C-16 Ana Marie II (36.4) Al Schoellerman Broken bowsprit. Returned to San Pedro. Valarie (35.0) Robert C. Oldham Dismasted. Returned to San Pedro. Celebrity (36.4) Richard Catlin Withdrawn. Returned to San Pedro. Finesse II (36.2) W.G. Andrews Withdrawn. Returned to San Pedro.

Class D

Esprit (31.5) Geo.W. Phillips, Jr. 12:11:36:04 7:02:41:58 5 D-1 Intrepid II (34.7) Barry Berkus 12:01:56:47 7:04:15:00 9 D-2 Pleiades (31.9) Richard Smyth 12:14:40:42 7:07:25:15 12 D-3 Mamie (32.2) Milton Smith 12:18:48:52 7:12:26:26 22 D-4 Ano Nuevo (31.5) Rolfe C. Croker 12:21:43:13 7:12:46:53 24 D-5 L’Allegro (31.1) Roderic B. Park 13:00:02:15 7:13:26:17 27 D-6 Aventura (29.2) L.H. Price, Jr. 13:08:05:16 7:13:54:33 30 D-7 Scotch Mist (31.7) Dan O’Brien 13:03:08:55 7:18:57:50 42 D-8 Heteara (28.7) Joe DeMeter 13:15:44:16 7:19:19:40 44 D-9 Nepenthe (32.0) Albert M. Alien 13:03:40:50 7:20:49:51 46 D-10 Destiny II (34.3) John P. Hooten 13:21:51:51 7:23:01:06 50 D-11 Mahia (34.0) Sandy Greenberg 14:12:58:52 8:12:53:34 58 D-12 Valkyrie II (29.6) Reed A. Christensen 14:20:39:45 9:04:04:42 63 D-13 Maestro (33.0) D.L.Armstrong 14:20:59:45 9:17:42:22 69 D-14 Pericus (34.3) J.H. Wyman Dismasted. Returned to San Pedro. Roughneck II (31.2) Nathaniel Sceva Lost rudder. Returned to San Pedro. Quest (31.7) Thomas B. Levine Lost rudder. Towed to Honolulu.

TAHITI RACE OF 1970 Course: Los Angeles to Papeete, Tahiti, 3571 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of CCA. Start: June 15, noon, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet  Class

Widgeon (40.8) Norm Bacon 19:11:04:20 15:18:52:42 1 A-1 Jubilation (38.3) Harry Steward 20:04:57:10 16:02:00:58 2 B-1 Aries (44.3) Russ Ward 19:06:28:54 16:03:47:53 3 A-2 Misty (28.7) Swegh Hamren 23:01:36:44 16:17:17:21 4 B-2 Spirit (28.9) George Kiskaddon 23:01:35:53 16:18:19:00 5 B-3 Quasar (31.3) Art Biehl 22:15:24:45 16:23:58:20 6 B-4 Pen Duick III (50.3) Eric Tabarly 19:09:30:35 17:02:50:37 7 A-3 Numse II (32.3) Maury Smith 22:15:08:36 17:05:08:56 8 B-5 Mir(58.8) George O’Brien 18:13:11:43 17:05:09:55 9 A-4 Simoon (36.4) John Noble 21:17:53:45 17:06:10:14 10 B-6 Blackfin (67.0) Ken DeMeuse 18:12:16:43 17:21:54:19 11 A-5 Vision (38.9) Milt Strarford 22:02:47:37 18:02:29:44 12 B-7 Tangent (33.5) Sam Holland 23:10:44:08 18:07:54:11 13 B-8 Narragansett (50.5) Alain Gliksman/ 21:11:29:30 19:05:29:25 14 A-6

Alain Colas

THE STORY OF THE 1971 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The past three Transpacific Yacht Races have been dominated by the small easily surfed Cal 40’s. 1971 turned out differently, at least partially because of unusual weather conditions, leading to victory by the Class A yachts. WINDWARD PASSAGE first-to-finish was also first overall and first in class. In addition she set a new elapsed time record of nine days, nine hours, six minutes and forty-eight seconds. Typically light winds at the start off Point Fermin pushed the fleet around the west end of Catalina after the 1:00 afternoon start. As the fleet sailed on beyond the Island, lumpy seas developed with stronger winds that hauled slightly. By July 7th the seas had subsided, but the winds had dropped to a maximum of 15 knots, now from the northwest. The breeze dropped to the 8-10 knot range on July 8 and 9, but shifting to a more favorable northeast source.

Hurricane Denise became a factor beginning July 10th. Winds in the fleet increased slightly and seas became steeper. However, only two days later the storm had progressed west resulting in light winds for the fleet. This in effect allowed the Class A boats to finish leaving the smaller craft to sea in doldrums. WINDWARD PASSAGE led the fleet almost the entire race. GREYBEARD, after trouble at the start, was first around Catalina and BUCCANEER reported ahead for a day, but Robert M. Johnson’s crew managed to pull ahead by July 6. The 1969 winner ARGONAUT, skippered by John Andron, dominated the smaller boats again but the light winds resulting from the westward movement of Denise ensured victory to the Class A yachts.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1971 Course: Los Angeles to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of IOR. Start: July 4, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Windward Robert Mark Johnson 9:09:06:48 9:05:34:22 1 A-1

Passage (71.7) Blackfin (69.9) Kenneth W. DeMeuse 9:17:17:49 9:11:49:05 2 A-2 Warrior (45.4) Al Cassel 11:08:29:34 9:16:26:54 3 A-3 Ondine (73.1) S.A. Long 9:17:58:17 9:15:56:17 4 A-4 Buccaneer (68.5) T.E. Clark 10:00:34:54 9:17:22:29 5 A-5 Kialoa II (62.7) John B. Kilroy 10:08:02:32 9:17:31:53 6 A-6 Rascal (46.2) William H.Wilson 11:13:28:48 9:19:10:54 7 A-7 Min Sette (52.7) Joe Pollock, Jr. 11:01:42:50 9:20:00:13 8 A-8 Nalu IV (41.8) Frank Rice 12:01:49:20 9:21:32:13 9 A-9 Dorothy 0 (44.8) Dr. R.F. Beauchamp 11:21:55:50 10:00:35:05 14 A-10 Aries (44.3) W. Russ Ward 12:04:15:58 10:05:43:45 22 A-11 Stormy (44.9) C. Bruynzeel 12:04:51:20 10:07:47:56 27 A-12 Baruna (53.8) John W. McIntire 11:19:57:34 10:16:06:15 37 A-13 Kamalii (53.6) E.L. Doheny 12:06:18:04 11:02:06:24 53 A-14 Greybeard (69.3) L.H. Killam Withdrew D.N.F.

Class B

Encore (34.7) Dick Blatterman/ 12:23:06:23 9:22:43:38 11 B-1

Bill Lawhorn Loco Viente II (36.2) Dr. Jim Seals 13:10:54:14 10:15:06:38 33 B-2 Fickle Duck (33.8) George R. Schmidt 13:18:46:20 10:15:19:54 35 B-3 Ya Turko (37.7) George Antarr 13:06:57:25 10:15:39:18 36 B-4 Blue Norther (33.6) William W. Sullivan 14:00:05:05 10:19:49:30 42 B-5 Vision (38.9) Milton W. Stratford 13:09:41:45 10:21:41:33 44 B-6 Sundowner (36.3) Ronald Swanson 13:17:13:34 10:21:51:40 45 B-7 Guinevere (35.1) Fred/Connie Smales 13:21:59:33 10:22:48:38 46 B-8 Flame (34.3) G.R. Ramage, Jr. 14:02:07:00 11:00:09:20 50 B-9 Xanthippe (35.4) Alan B. Simpkins 14:03:33:25 11:05:16:06 55 B-10 Pacifica (34.9) Edward B. Isett 14:05:50:57 11:05:59:24 56 B-11 Nimble (36.4) William A. Nickerson 14:18:02:32 11:22:47:56 63 B-12 Konisea V (33.0) James W. Cranston 15:14:54:34 12:08:35:52 64 B-13 Rowena (36.5) Donald B. Dalziel 16:14:33:00 13:19:38:27 68 B-14

Class C

Argonaut (31.0) Jon Andron 13:11:38:02 9:22:03:07 10 C-1 Ariana (31.1) George O. Thorson 13:11:30:40 10:04:39:10 12 C-2 Totis Viribus (31.6) Richard Evanson 13:11:53:35 10:00:24:33 13 C-3 Quasar (32.1) Arthur T. Biehl 13:11:57:58 10:02:24:58 17 C-4 Blue Streak (32.4) Gary L. Myers 13:11:00:54 10:02:44:26 18 C-5 Mamie (32.1) Milt Smith 13:12:13:55 10:02:51:56 19 C-6 Chinook (31.4) Shawn Durnin 13:16:42:12 10:03:39:10 20 C-7 Vivant (31.5) Bill Polly/ 13:17:27:21 10:05:33:25 21 C-8

Tom Pickard

Class C (continued)

Moon Day (31.1) Ed Lorence 13:20:32:45 10:07:09:25 23 C-9 Duello (31.8) Thomas F. O’Brien 13:17:41:19 10:07:15:07 24 C-10 Satin Doll (31.2) Tom Bush 14:02:46:09 10:13:43:36 31 C-11 Esperance (31.7) Bruce Crabtree 14:01:41:00 10:14:52:28 32 C-12 Sayula (31.5) Ramon Carin 14:03:12:02 10:15:33:58 34 C-13 Alice (32.5) Paul F. Loveridge 14:01:29:09 10:17:34:19 38 C-14 Shibui (31.5) Charles Kober 14:06:03:53 10:18:09:57 39 C-15 Flying Cloud (32.4) Gordon Armstrong 14:02:49:15 10:18:34:57 40 C-16 Lynla (31.4) Jackson E. Scott 14:11:08:13 10:22:53:48 47 C-17 Nanimar (31.4) Dick Plavan 14:11:18:19 10:23:06:11 49 C-18 Montgomery Henry B. Grandin 14:10:45:59 11:00:10:52 51 C-19

Street (31.8) Kolohe (31.3) E.G. Lambert 15:03:53:13 11:15:29:40 61 C-20 Sangvind (32.4) James A. Craig 15:02:28:02 11:18:02:53 62 C-21

Class D

Dakar (31.0) Dr. Wm. V. Goodley 13:14:55:13 10:01:06:22 15 D-1 L’Allegro (27.5) Roderic B. Park 14:06:26:48 10:02:07:02 16 D-2 Pleiades (27.5) Dr. Richard Smith 14:11:57:10 10:07:34:37 25 D-3 Intrepid II (30.9) Barry A. Berkus 13:21:33:59 10:07:42:48 26 D-4 Defiant (28.1) James Jessue 14:12:42:08 10:11:06:08 28 D-5 Sigame (27.5) Sid Renkow 14:15:21:33 10:11:07:20 29 D-6 Yellow Jacket (30.8) Terrel E. Green 14:02:31:16 10:12:16:46 30 D-7 Amante (29.3) D.W. Barber 14:16:08:54 10:19:47:46 41 D-8 Valerie (30.8) Robert C.Oldham 14:11:32:15 10:20:56:39 43 D-9 Nepenthe (29.4) Albert H. Allen 14:18:50:53 10:22:57:25 48 D-10 Sandpiper (29.2) James DeWitt 14:21:50:29 11:00:54:06 52 D-11 Bevika (29.2) Dick Bockius 14:23:28:41 11:02:34:40 54 D-12 Espirit (29.5) George W. Phillips, Jr. 15:03:22:13 11:07:41:16 57 D-13 Blue Orpheus (30.1) Richard Johnson 15:03:38:51 11:10:28:07 58 D-14 Flying Cloud (30.3) Edwin W. DeKoning 15:03:13:19 11:10:48:27 59 D-15 Aventura (29.6) L.H. Price, Jr. 15:19:30:31 11:15:24:36 60 D-16 Woodwynd (28.8) Paul F. Jacobs 16:13:36:22 12:14:46:47 65 D-17 Bold Host (28.9) Dick Williams 16:13:30:24 12:15:09:19 66 D-18 Leprechaun (29.8) Whitney A. Collins 16:09:37:20 12:15:13:18 67 D-19

TAHITI RACE OF 1972 Course: Los Angeles to Papeete Tahiti, 3571 nautical miles. Rule: IOR Mark 111. Start: June 15, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Pen Duick (44.0) Eric Tabarly 21:11:25:35 18:17:19:03 1 Aries (44.0) William R. Ward 21:12:28:30 18:18:04:10 2 Concerto (44.1) Irving Loube 21:15:45:26 18:21:36:31 3 Siete (44.9) William L. Stewart 21:23:35:20 19:08:34:54 4 Min Sette (52.0) J. Pollock, Jr. 21:03:02:12 10:10:33:36 5 Greybeard (69.7) L.J. Killan 20:00:11:28 20:00:11:28 6 Inisfail* (32.0) Gary Horder 27:16:19:54 22:15:29:00 7

*Penalties assessed for missing roll calls.

THE STORY OF THE 1973 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The 1973 running of the great Transpacific Yacht Club race from Los Angeles to Honolulu will be remembered for what old salts agree was the most exciting elapsed time finish since the races started in 1906.

RAGTIME, a 62-foot sloop with six co-skippers aboard, nosed out record-holder
WINDWARD PASSAGE by a mere 4 minutes and 31 seconds at the Diamond Head
finish line.

 

The “nosed out” phrase applies because Mark Johnson’s 73-foot ketch WINDWARD
PASSAGE had been the front-runner in daily reports virtually from the excellent start by 60
yachts at Point Fermin, mid-day on July 4. Her position in relation to Class A challenger
BLACKFIN made news until RAGTIME took over the lead on July 13. RAGTIME
lengthened the lead, then barely hung onto it dramatically for first-to-finish honors.

 

Meanwhile, the overall first place competition, to be decided on corrected time, most

 

ly narrowed down to Class D boats.
First place had changed hands many times in the race, but it was the boldly named
CHUTZPAH, which grabbed the lead and held on in the final days, which counted.
She crossed the line early on July 17, just behind ARIANA, but with a corrected time
of 8 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes and 50 seconds — good enough to push ARIANA
into second overall.

 

Although no records were broken, the 27th running of the 2,225 mile grandaddy of

 

all blue water races had excitement and colorful angles galore.
It even had a boat sink, but it happened after EAGLE had crossed the finish line. The
33-foot sloop, skippered by Larry K. Shorett of Seattle, made a midnight finish, but
struck a reef and sank off Waikiki Beach. All hands were safe.

 

The only other major mishaps were reported by DEFIANT, a 36-foot sloop who lost
a rudder and had to withdraw, but nevertheless continued on toward Honolulu, and
VICARIOUS, a Cal 33, who stayed in the race despite a broken mast.

 

No injuries were reported, but one boat did lose its hi-fi set to flames. There were bad

 

jokes about hot music.
Because WINDWARD PASSAGE set a new course record of 9 days, 9 hours, 6 minutes and 48 seconds in the 1971 race — and also won overall handicap honors, which
is unusual for a big Class A boat — much attention was directed her way. And toward
Ken DeMeuse’s former record holder, the 75-foot sloop BLACKFIN, which again
trailed WINDWARD PASSAGE across the line.

 

The difference this time was that the first time entry, RAGTIME, flying the burgee of the
Long Beach Yacht Club, was ahead of both of them. Of controversial design and bearing
handicap ratings to show for it, RAGTIME was an acknowledged first-to-finish threat.
But she certainly showed a dramatic flair in arriving first! The owner-skipper syndicate
which entered her includes Bill Dalessi, Barney Flam, Dr. Mort Haskell, Stan Miller,
Chuck Kober and Jack Queen. Her elapsed time was 10 days, 14 hours and 40 seconds.

 

CHUTZPAH is a local yacht which made good. Owner-skipper was Stuart M.
Cowan, who flew the colors of the Waikiki Yacht Club. Pre-race critiques noted that
CHUTZPAH’s design made her a threat for corrected time honors, but in a field of
60 boats, including so many proven championship contenders, her name was not
stressed as a favorite. CHUTZPAH also was first in Class D.

 

Charles B. Boothe, Commodore of the sponsoring Transpacific Yacht Club, expressed
his thanks to the scores of committee chairmen and members and participants who
made the 1973 “Aloha” race to Honolulu a success. Race Chairman for the biennial
event was Charles W. Smith.

 

“It was a fine race with a large and representative fleet of topnotch contenders,” said Commodore Boothe. Although analysis of sailing strategy and wind conditions will go on for months, the race apparently was run without any major periods of doldrums — and without bad storms or hurricane threats, as in the 1971 race when Hurricane Denise hovered near the course for a period. Virtually all Class A entries crossed the finish line (elapsed time) ahead of the smaller boats, which was not unexpected. WARRIOR, Al Cassel’s 50-foot cutter from the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, Newport Beach, was first in Class A by corrected time. However, most of the big boats placed well down in the overall (corrected time) list. Class B winner was IMPROBABLE, which also placed third in fleet. Class C winner was BLUE STREAK.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1973 Course: Los Angeles to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of IOR. Start: July 4, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Warrior A. Cassel 11:22:15:40 9:10:56:58 11 A-1 Ragtime Ragtime Syndicate 10:14:00:40 9:12:15:24 16 A-2 Robon R.H. Grant 11:12:14:23 9:14:15:20 21 A-3 Min Sette J. Pollock Jr. 11:20:15:32 9:16:36:51 26 A-4 Windward Passage R.M. Johnson 10:14:05:11 9:17:47:08 28 A-5 Lightning T. Stephens 12:13:11:59 9:19:18:20 29 A-6 Siete W.L. Stewart III 12:14:56:04 9:21:15:18 32 A-7 Blackfin K. DeMeuse 10:22:41:05 9:21:51:54 34 A-8 Ondine S.A. Long 11:04:19:20 10:02:06:04 39 A-9 Aries R. Ward 13:02:17:53 10:07:15:06 46 A-10 Orient J. Bennett 12:22:29:01 10:08:44:56 48 A-11 New World G.C. Kiskaddon 11:09:30:19 10:08:49:55 49 A-12 Buccaneer T.E. Clark 11:08:38:45 10:12:18:39 51 A-13 Alert J.W. Dee 14:02:56:51 11:09:59:50 58 A-14

Class B — Rating from 40 to 50, inclusive

Improbable D.W. Alien 12:12:08:14 9:01:54:18 3 B-1 Panache R.B. Park 12:14:06:03 9:08:41:33 8 B-2 Nalu IV H.V. Kilpatrick 12:11:52:02 9:11:05:49 12 B-3 Sandering IV Poole/Johnson 13:12:31:04 9:13:16:07 18 B-4 Starwagon D. Elliott 13:18:37:27 9:20:10:16 30 B-5 Salacia J. DeMeter 13:15:32:17 10:00:12:58 36 B-6 Silversword J.R. Lambert 13:04:53:10 10:00:22:33 37 B-7 Nimble W.A. Nickerson 13:18:37:34 10:01:19:16 38 B-8 Neferti H. Segale 13:06:44:17 10:02:47:49 40 B-9 Robon III R.G. Handley 13:22:43:13 10:03:41:38 43 B-10 Sea Fever C.D.F. Jenson, Jr. 13:06:15:24 10:06:11:00 45 B-11 Mystic M. Carton 13:14:03:46 10:08:12:37 47 B-12 Rowena D.B. Dalziel 14:07:17:01 10:13:19:43 52 B-13 Nalu II J.E. Walker 15:13:09:10 12:02:58:35 59 B-14

Class C — Less than 40 Rating

Blue Streak G.L. Myers 13:09:15:34 9:07:09:35 6 C-1 Mistress II R.P. Ettinger 13:13:30:23 9:10:22:54 10 C-2 Tenacity R.C. Croker 13:18:38:13 9:11:44:11 13 C-3 Sirocco T.L. Gettenberg 13:14:24:25 9:12:06:23 14 C-4 Olympian P.G. Schmidt 13:18:47:43 9:12:11:43 15 C-5 Kolohe T. Rhea 13:22:23:36 9:14:05:58 20 C-6 Montgomery Street J. Denning 14:00:20:02 9:15:44:22 24 C-7 Mamie M. Smith 13:17:56:32 9:15:47:07 25 C-8 Red Rooster D.T. Pillsbury 13:23:46:29 9:16:58:07 27 C-9 Ahsante L. Comyns 14:01:18:30 9:20:32:53 31 C-10 Victoria D. Sawle 14:06:40:10 9:21:27:39 33 C-11 Spectre S. Jordan 14:05:30:07 9:22:54:09 35 C-12 Panacea M. Shenson 14:11:05:04 10:02:55:43 41 C-13 Flying Cloud E. Felmar 14:11:42:30 10:05:57:20 44 C-14 Contessa III Y. Ishihara 14:23:08:18 10:14:04:07 53 C-15 Jigtime F.I. Cooper 14:22:36:22 10:14:28:53 54 C-16

Class D

Chutzpah S. Cowan 13:13:36:53 8:21:21:50 1 D-1 Ariana G.O. Thorson 13:12:06:53 9:00:29:45 2 D-2 Moon Day G.A. Wolfard 13:17:12:26 9:05:10:57 4 D-3 Tinsley Light H.B. Grandin, Jr. 13:18:56:08 9:06:27:51 5 D-4 L’Allegro N. Alexander 14:07:48:06 9:07:52:13 7 D-5 Eagle L.K. Shorett 14:10:47:07 9:09:57:32 9 D-6 Witchcraft A.T. Biehl 14:01:34:54 9:13:08:54 17 D-7 Illusion E.R.H. McDowell 13:23:23:47 9:13:37:21 19 D-8 Teachers Pet III C.A. Derivas 14:16:05:51 9:15:03:35 22 D-9 Sigame S. Renkow 14:16:19:09 9:15:28:05 23 D-10 Aikane A.J. Beland 14:13:09:33 10:02:57:28 42 D-11 Bevika R. Bockius 15:05:23:22 10:11:22:56 50 D-12 Meltemi B. Jonas 15:04:55:14 10:15:06:55 55 D-13 Woodwynd Baker/Jacobs 16:00:36:38 11:03:49:01 56 D-14 Vicarious D.O. Jesberg 16:05:59:57 11:05:00:20 57 D-15

TAHITI RACE OF 1974 Course: Los Angeles to Papeete, Tahiti, 3571 nautical miles. Time Allowance: IOR Mark III. Start: June 15, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

D:H:M:S D:H:M:S

Sorcery (56.7) J.D. Wood 18:11:14:32 18:11:14:32 1 Spirit 58 (42.9) Robt. Eslinger O’Brien 20:00:19:25 18:16:26:10 2 Concerto (44.1) Irv Loube 20:06:32:06 19:01:57:09 4 Obsession (42.0) Dick Williams 21:02:15:31 19:15:48:58 6 Paragon (32.4) Charles A. Jordan 21:13:41:50 18:16:48:43 3 Spirit 66 (45.8) Robert Gosnell 21:22:07:59 20:22:12:54 8 Witchcraft (27.8) Arthur T. Biehl 23:03:58:36 19:08:41:23 5 EOS (30.1) Norton Smith 23:06:24:57 19:23:08:15 7 Rapture (34.9) Paul Saarman 23:10:02:00 20:23:22:09 9

THE STORY OF THE 1975 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The results of the race indicated that the Technical Committee did equate the yachts better than ever before, but still not enough to prevent CHUTZPAH from repeating her ’73 performance and winning first overall by over four hours from MAMIE. Also, the handicap did not prevent RAGTIME from being the first yacht to finish, but did place her 52 overall.

RAGTIME finishing was a new thrill for me. We were out there in a powerboat to tow yachts to the yacht basin, and as long as RAGTIME had her sails up there was no way we could catch up. Seventeen knots in a big Star Boat crossing Diamond Head was a sight to remember.

We did notice there were many cases of where the position of the yacht on her handicap position at the start of the race compared favorably with her position of finish on overall. There is much interest in dropping the overall winners and establishing only class positions. So much for the continual striving to make this race interesting to all racing-cruising yachts, with everyone having an equal chance to pick up some hardware.

In every respect, this race was outstanding. The competitors were well experienced and there were no major mishaps. The weather could have been a little stronger in order to break the record. However, the yachts that took the southerly course did very well and finished well up in their class. I am certain that the stories told back at the yacht club will be most interesting.

Of considerable interest to the Committee each year is the award of the Stephen Newmark Seamanship Trophy. This year, SWIFTSURE not only won the trophy for her achievement in the rescue of the yacht ATTORANTE (not an entry), but at the Trophy Dinner, won a standing ovation from all of the yachtsmen and crew. This was probably the greatest award any skipper could receive — a tribute from fellow yachtsmen for competent handling of a rescue operation. Thanks, Nick Frazee.

We tried to meet every boat and let them know we were on the job. However, by the time the 46th boat finished, they had been coming in fast and furious…less than an hour apart…and many times, three at once. With no sleep for 36 hours, we finally decided to let the next commodore establish the record. It was good to be there and to hear first-hand of their experiences. All were happy to see their families and to receive the great welcome which is provided by the one and only Honolulu Committee. We cannot say enough about the wonderful service these people rendered. How they love to welcome the yachts!

The Trophy Dinner was another outstanding achievement. Governor Ariyoshi was present and presented the First Overall Trophy. Bud Thompson put the history of TransPac on the screen and drew a big applause.

Commodore Hays McLellan

HONOLULU RACE OF 1975 Course: Los Angeles to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of IOR. Start: July 4, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Class A (continued)

Aorangi (47.9) Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. 11:09:41:29 9:22:15:51 39 A-4 Miyakodori III (42.1) Juy N. Kukuyoshi 11:22:57:57 8:22:41:07 41 A-5 Natoma (44.6) Donald Dalziel 11:22:00:52 9:03:42:09 48 A-6 Ragtime (78.7) W.E. White/ 9:23:54:51 9:06:56:20 52 A-7

W.G. Pasquini Ondine (75.1) S.A. Long 10:07:55:11 9:08:44:00 54 A-8 Siete (44.7) William Stewart III 12:05:35:00 9:11:23:26 56 A-9 Sorcery (57.5) Jacob D. Wood 11:08:01:12 9:13:30:43 58 A-10 Sumatra (42.9) Albert C.Martin 12:13:46:39 9:15:33:02 59 A-11 Windward Mark Johnson 10:15:50:04 9:16:52:33 60 A-12 Passage (72.8) Constellation (57.9) Bruce Adam 11:14:22:33 9:20:23:38 63 A-13 Ballyhoo (68.0) Jack Rooklyn 11:01:11:17 9:20:46:57 64 A-14 Serena (69.4) Steven Bragg 11:15:44:56 10:13:00:48 65 A-15

Class B

Blue Streak (33.8) James A. Lyman 12:06:44:30 8:06:34:04 5 B-1 Panache (39.6) Roderic B. Park 11:15:21:39 8:08:48:08 8 B-2 Loco Viente III (39.8)Jim Seals, M.D. 11:15:29:36 8:09:26:51 10 B-3 Primavera (34.9) Jorge Dipp 12:09:15:16 8:12:44:49 17 B-4 Finesse (38.5) Dean E. Stiles 11:23:05:40 8:13:26:58 20 B-5 Undine (36.2) Norman L. Dawley 12:06:48:22 8:14:31:58 22 B-6 Shamrock (36.6) Roy E. Disney 12:05:54:35 8:14:45:41 23 B-7 Nimble (36.2) William A. Nickerson 12:07:36:08 8:15:22:08 24 B-8 Xanthippe (34.8) Alan B. Simpkins 12:15:11:25 8:18:30:09 28 B-9 Improbable (41.1) David W. Allen 11:23:33:16 8:19:08:26 30 B-10 Paragon (35.5) Charles A. Jordan 12:14:18:49 8:19:37:18 32 B-11 Swiftsure (40.5) Nicholas L.Frazee 12:06:43:54 8:20:17:41 33 B-12 Tasco II (34.6) Owen Minney 12:18:30:48 8:20:59:26 36 B-13 Morgan’s William W. Sullivan 12:22:35:49 8:23:10:49 43 B-14

Point (34.0) Hilaria (36.3) C.W. Sumrall/ 13:02:38:43 9:10:34:20 55 B-15

M.B. Weaver Aranji (39.8) Robert C. McEligot 12:23:33:08 9:17:20:07 61 B-16 Topaz (39.7) Earl L. Pitkin 13:02:20:31 9:19:56:37 62 B-17

Class C

Mamie Milt Smith 12:06:37:37 8:03:10:17 2 C-1 Tinsley Light (31.5) Henry Grandin, Jr. 12:13:32:14 8:05:12:16 4 C-2 Whisper (31.3) Walt Brauch 12:15:51:37 8:06:39:55 6 C-3 Regardless (31.0) Robert B. Cole 12:19:20:39 8:09:04:42 9 C-4 Dakar (31.2) William V. Goodley 12:19:37:52 8:10:00:05 11 C-5 Terrorist (31.8) Al Cassel 12:17:17:21 8:10:06:51 12 C-6 Intrepid II (31.5) Richard B. Hoegh 12:20:40:38 8:12:19:21 15 C-7 Vivant M. Haskell/ Cangrejo (31.2) B. Crabtree 12:22:56:51 8:13:18:13 19 C-8 Aikane(32.9) Dr. Arthur J. Beland 12:17:44:00 8:14:30:01 21 C-9 Tenacity (32.0) Rolfe Croker 12:24:52:24 8:18:17:08 26 C-10 Red Rooster (32.2) Philip D. Rowe 13:02:29:20 8:20:43:02 35 C-11

Class C (continued)

Restless (32.8) Robert S. Young 13:01:13:06 8:21:45:09 37 C-12 Enchantress II (32.3) L.W. Taylor 13:03:28:10 8:22:09:53 38 C-13 Mistress III (31.0) Richard Ettinger 13:09:10:16 8:22:55:54 42 C-14 Anona II (31.0) Fred Leichtfuss 13:10:16:08 9:01:00:42 44 C-15 Dutchess (28.5) Mike Hillman 13:12:04:18 9:03:38:31 47 C-16 Concubine (31.2) R.E. Daniels, M.D. 13:13:11:55 9:03:42:50 50 C-17 Hasty (32.5) Dennis D. Smith 13:10:16:35 9:06:38:49 51 C-18 Montgomery James Denning 13:16:21:43 9:08:05:39 53 C-19

Street (31.5)

Class D

Chutzpah (30.5) Stuart M. Cowan 12:10:46:30 7:22:29:05 1 D-1 Silver Fox II (29.3) Pat/Bob Kelleher 12:21:53:01 8:04:56:47 3 D-2 Vicarious (28.5) D.O. Jesberg, M.D. 13:04:21:36 8:07:40:14 7 D-3 Conception (27.9) Larry Bradley 13:11:26:44 8:12:04:34 13 D-4 Die Chita (30.5) Jiro Soga 13:00:25:23 8:12:08:39 14 D-5 Celox (30.2) Nick Alexander 13:02:33:50 8:12:56:45 18 D-6 Esprit (27.9) George W. Phillips, Jr. 13:16:27:04 8:17:22:47 25 D-7 Centurion (30.3) Larry Folsom 13:08:29:36 8:19:21:51 31 D-8 Defiant (27.9) Larry W. Poulton 13:20:00:43 8:20:42:45 34 D-9 Red Baron II (27.8) Bill Hartge 13:22:04:08 8:22:22:12 40 D-10 Dominator (28.0) K.W. Miller 14:00:23:37 9:01:49:22 45 D-11 Blue Star (29.9) Brian R. Carter 13:17:59:35 9:03:23:34 46 D-12 Vino Fempe-Del Dr. Yoshihiko 13:18:48:54 9:03:42:20 49 D-13

(29.3) Kobayashi Enterprise (27.5) Brooks Barnhill 14:12:30:17 9:11:33:30 57 D-14

*Includes credit for rescue. **Includes penalty for not reporting.

THE STORY OF THE 1976 TAHITI RACE The Wind Gods did not smile favorably on our racers this year, and as a result the first boat to finish took more than twenty-one days, and the last, over twenty-seven. The first slow period was within about 400 miles of the start and was so bad that one day the greatest distance traveled by any racer was only sixty miles, and this lasted for several days. Then there was another area below the equator that was as bad or worse. The race finally developed into two races, with NATOMA and BRAVURA having a boat-for-boat race and a fight for first-to-finish, and TINSLEY LIGHT and TENTATION having their own race and battling for third place. These two latter boats wound up sailing in totally different weather than the first two. If you can imagine it, the famous Trade Winds did stop blowing, so they had their own private dining match. TENTATION finally came in ahead of TINSLEY LIGHT and won third overall, with TINSLEY LIGHT as “Tail-end Charlie.”

By the way, TENTATION is a Carter 37, owned and skippered by Jean-Francois Lussan, of Papeete, who shipped her to Los Angeles in order to participate in the race. BRAVURA, the overall winner, is Irving Loube’s new Freers 48 that was launched only ten days before the starting gun. You all know Don Dalziel’s NATOMA that won firstto-finish honors and Hank Grandin’s TINSLEY LIGHT.

Commodore Peter Davis

TAHITI RACE OF 1976

Course: Los Angeles to Papeete Tahiti, 3571 nautical miles.
Handicap Rule: IOR Mark III.
Start: June 15, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

 

THE STORY OF THE 1977 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The 29th “Transpac” was a race of new records both glad and sad. The glad part was the new records that were set and the sad part was the record number of dismastings, all of which occurred on a single night.

Sixty-nine fine, highly competitive yachts started the race off Point Fermin on July 2. Thanks to Grant Baldwin, our Race Committee Chairman, who made this all possible. More records were broken than in any previous “Transpac”: Bill Lee’s MERLIN set a new elapsed-time record of 8 days 11 hrs. 1 min. 45 sec. Harry Moloschco's DRIFTER, Mark Johnson’s WINDWARD PASSAGE, Jim Kilroy’s KIALOA , and Bill White’s and Bill Pasquini’s RAGTIME all beat the old record of 9 days 9 hrs. 6 min. 48 sec. set by WINDWARD PASSAGE in 1971. A record of which we were not particularly proud was the fact that five yachts broke their masts in a single night on July 9th, namely: Larry Brugin’s NALU IV, Bill Nickerson’s NIMBLE, Chick Leson’s INCREDIBLE, Richard Daniels’ CONCUBINE and MISTRESS III, sailed by a team from UCI under the direction of Robert Koll. According to our best information, a new record for a single day’s run of 306 miles was set by MERLIN.

According to our computer-nut and statistician, Tom Wilder, the boats went about 5% faster than usual, and this was made possible by consistent winds from start to finish. Except for the one night, the winds were not particularly excessive, according to most of the skippers but there was no time when the boats slowed down at all.

Our new handicap rule worked well in view of the fact that many of the boats finished within minutes, and even seconds, of each other on corrected time, and in several cases the difference between being in the money and out was a matter of seconds. We should all give a bow to George Griffith and his technical committee for coming up with a handicap rule that truly made it possible for like boats to race against each other on what I believe to be, in all or most cases, a very fair and equitable basis.

A look at the official results shows it was easy to see who the logical money winners were, with KIALOA in Division 1 and MERLIN in Division 2, taking home the majority of the hardware. The International Cup for First Foreign Yacht on corrected time was won by Hector Valarde, with BLUE STREAK, sailing for the Waikiki Yacht Club of Peru; the Harold Dillingham Memorial trophy for the First Hawaiian Yacht on corrected time was won by Peter Arapoff, with L’ALLEGRO, sailing for the Hawaii Yacht Club. On one particular day within a 24-hour period, some 26 boats finished and several finished almost simultaneously. This happened to be a day when an unusual surf was running, which would come in sets of 8 to 10 waves that would crest right across the entrance to Ali Wai, so there were periods of time when the boats would be held out until the surf would calm down and the groups would come in together, which compounded the mooring problems. In spite of this, everything went like clockwork.

The Awards Dinner at the Ilikai, arranged and supervised by Connie Smales and her crew, was outstanding as usual, with the complete race in profile on the walls, from the start at Point Fermin to the finish off Diamond Head. There were small buoys on each table and a big one flashing in the swimming pool. This dinner was attended by 1,587 people, some of whom became a bit overly enthusiastic. But in spite of that, all went extremely well, thanks to Connie’s organization. Dale Mogle, our General Chairman in Honolulu, and his wife, Jo, who was in charge of the information center, worked around the clock doing an outstanding job. Dale Mogle met every boat that came in, assisting and tying it up and welcoming the crews to Hawaii. There were just too many dedicated people who did outstanding jobs to be able to name them all, so all I can do is to say to one and all who contributed, a sincere “thanks” from the officers, directors and members of Transpac.

Commodore Peter Davis

HONOLULU RACE OF 1977 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of IOR as modified by TPYC ULDB Formula. Start: July 2, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Kialoa Jim Kilroy 9:02:30:10 8:11:29:24 1 A-1 Windward Passage Mark Johnson 9:01:23:36 8:15:28:46 2 A-2 Phantom A. Delfino/C. Phifer 9:20:59:32 8:15:37:54 3 A-3 Sunset Blvd. Barry Berkus 10:19:44:24 9:01:11:46 5 A-4 Sorcery Jake Wood 10:04:06:38 9:01:57:12 6 A-5 Solution Ben Mitchell 10:19:03:04 9:02:17:18 7 A-6 Bravura Irving Loube 11:07:40:52 9:02:19:01 8 A-7 Lightning Lawrence Carr 11:13:04:39 9:07:49:11 20 A-8 Natoma Don Dalziel 11:06:51:14 9:08:04:16 21 A-9 Sumatra Al Martin 11:09:36:42 9:09:27:03 25 A-10 Outrageous Theodore Burns 11:06:42:10 9:09:50:49 26 A-11 Nalu IV* Larry Burgin 12:00:06:36 10:00:40:14 42 A-12 Criterion David H. Johnston 12:01:08:44 10:02:54:33 47 A-13 Typhoon John Olsen 12:05:01:24 10:05:59:26 51 A-14 Mistress R. Stettler/D. Kreitler 12:23:50:57 10:19:05:10 54 A-15

Class B

Scaramouche Robert Alexander 11:16:47:23 9:03:40:06 9 B-1 Tuia Bob Gosnell 11:16:38:38 9:03:40:55 10 B-2 Undine Norm Dawley 11:19:09:00 9:03:52:35 13 B-3 Shamrock Roy Disney 11:17:41:19 9:06:35:41 17 B-4 Blue Streak Hector Valarde 12:01:49:13 9:09:24:00 24 B-5 Maki IV Milan Collich 12:04:49:25 9:10:34:48 28 B-6 Deception David Meginnity 12:06:52:45 9:11:42:46 30 B-7 Silver Fox III Robert Kelleher 12:05:19:25 9:12:10:23 32 B-8 Summerwind Richard Meine 12:07:08:03 9:12:47:44 33 B-9 Bandido Terry Lingenfelder 12:12:12:15 9:14:50:46 36 B-10 Gekko V S. Namiki/E. Shimizu 12:10:33:51 9:14:58:49 37 B-11 Rubber Duck Peter Webster 12:23:06:55 10:01:11:34 44 B-12

Class B (continued)

Gynmill Maynard Smith 12:21:23:06 10:02:06:04 45 B-13 Nimble* Bill Nickerson 13:07:46:02 10:18:05:19 53 B-14

Class C

Ariana George Thorson 12:02:16:53 9:00:45:44 4 C-1 Mamie Milt Smith 12:07:16:48 9:09:16:02 23 C-2 Racy L.W. Taylor 12:10:21:04 9:09:51:15 27 C-3 Dutchess Michael Hillman 12:12:12:37 9:11:00:47 29 C-4 Tenacity Mike Abraham 12:10:28:37 9:11:46:48 31 C-5 Montgomery Street James Denning 12:13:12:44 9:12:48:08 34 C-6 Sagacious Charles May 12:15:34:54 9:15:49:09 38 C-7 Flying Cloud Eugene Felmar 12:16:26:22 9:15:57:02 39 C-8 Sangvind B. Walreth 12:23:30:40 10:01:10:27 43 C-9 Midnight Special Verne McCullough 13:02:06:20 10:02:20:50 46 C-10 Incredible* Chick Leson 13:01:40:23 10:03:17:42 48* C-11 Macoibi V Harold Aisley 13:03:18:31 10:03:22:43 49 C-12 Liza K Kenneth Partlow 13:04:29:46 10:05:54:33 50 C-13 Concubine* R. Daniels 13:12:42:55 10:14:45:24 52 C-14

Class D

Vivant P. Rowe/S. Alexander 12:07:24:51 9:03:44:30 11 D-1 L’Allegro Pete Arapoff 12:15:42:20 9:03:45:23 12 D-2 Cottontail John Arens 12:09:56:57 9:04:15:49 14 D-3 Celox Nick Alexander 12:12:06:33 9:05:54:49 15 D-4 Redhead Charles Hope 12:09:52:55 9:06:07:13 16 D-5 Quadri G. Gianandrea 12:19:42:53 9:07:26:27 18 D-6 Olympian Peter Schmidt 12:09:32:48 9:07:39:19 19 D-7 Outward Bound Jim Lenthall 12:14:08:09 9:08:33:24 22 D-8 Anona II Fred Leichfuss 12:15:35:21 9:13:51:04 35 D-9 Defiant Larry Poulton 13:08:43:33 9:19:29:18 40 D-10 Troublemaker Smith/Hall/ 13:04:31:33 9:19:35:32 41 D-11

Hargis/Mola Mistress III* Robert Koll 14:15:11:42 11:12:31:08 55 D-12 Tahuna Ruel Cameron 15:04:07:00 11:17:03:13 56 D-13

Division 2

Merlin Bill Lee 8:11:01:45 9:02:54:14 1 1 Sweet Okole R. Peyton/G. Gillette 11:20:48:45 9:04:13:44 2 2 Drifter H. Moloschco 8:11:19:26 9:07:19:28 3 3 Ragtime W. Pasquini/W. White 8:19:21:21 9:08:53:11 4 4 Panache R. Park 11:04:43:53 9:09:07:45 5 5 Loco Viente II J. Seals 11:07:57:10 9:09:57:50 6 6 Tinsley Light H.Grandin 12:10:09:14 9:11:11:19 7 7 Native Son Native Son Synd.** 10:22:07:55 9:11:38:47 8 9 Free Spirit R. Ettinger 12:04:09:34 9:16:46:25 9 9 Apparition Roy Knight 12:05:23:09 9:19:56:25 10 10

*Dismasted **G. Danehauer/D. Durgan/M. Duffield, Jr./R. Foxx/B. Humann/G. Johnson/C. Jordan/P. Wilson

THE STORY OF THE 1978 TAHITI RACE

 

The Eleventh Tahiti Race was sailed by four boats. The start was conducted from Harold Barneson’s DRUMMUIR with winds of 8 to 10 knots which got the fleet around Catalina before the afternoon winds died. SORCERY took an early lead and seesawed with TUIA on corrected positions. SORCERY found the Inter-Tropical Convergence (the Doldrums) about the 8th day about 8° north latitude. She regained some speed after only half a day of slatting and took off again with a three-day lead on the rest. TUIA and WESTWARD were stuck there longer to do some tacking to find wind again. CELEBRATION really ground to a halt, but after two days, one just sitting, another on a side trip, she got going. Her corrected finish time compared well with the actual elapsed time of the scratch boat SORCERY. The Tahiti Committee, composed of members of the Yacht Club de Tahiti, was chaired by Patrick Bonnette and Christian Regaud was Finish Race Chairman.

The Trophy Presentation was held at the residence of the High Commissioner of French Polynesia, Paul Cousseran, who was in Paris, but his beautiful and charming wife hosted Transpac for cocktails at noon. The Race Communications were tremendously enhanced by Transpac’s long-time friend, Ray Natua, our Tahiti radioman. Each morning, Ray would call us at the hotel and give us the daily positions received from Brian Carter aboard TUIA, so Handicapper Tom Wilder could compute the corrected times. Ray spent hours each day relaying reports, filling in on weather information and assisting in various arrangements. To our great sorrow, Ray Natua passed away suddenly later in the year.

Even though the Tahiti Race was sailed by a small fleet, we continue to show our burgee in dramatic ports.

Commodore Walter W. Hoffman

TAHITI RACE OF 1978 Course: San Pedro to Papeete, 3571 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: IOR Mark IIIa (2678 nautical miles—75% Distance). Start: June 10, 1:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time.

THE STORY OF THE 1979 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE

The Thirtieth Honolulu Race set several new records, though not including speed! It

had the largest fleet, probably the finest fleet, and the largest foreign entry list. The start, west of Point Fermin, was in little wind, which quickly turned to a fresh northwest breeze and by morning roll call from USS PRAIRIE, record first-day runs were posted; some over 200 miles. Considering that the first day is only 19 hours, that’s a record. Two boats, NIAD and TAHUNA dropped out off of Catalina with rigging failures.

After three fast days, the High expanded over the rhumb line and our fleet ground to a halt. Some of the fleet gambled and sailed into the High where they spent some wearisome days. A few fell off to the south and caught wind.

First-to-finish was DRIFTER, skippered by Harry C. Moloscho with an elapsed time of 11 days, 18 hrs., 1 min. and 4 sec.

Navy participation with the Escort during the first half of the Race was very gratifying. Coast Guard Communications Station Honolulu took over roll call after USS PRAIRIE went into port. The Navy Marine Corps MARS radio system forwarded the roll call and handicap reports both to the mainland and island stations. Though a slow Race, enthusiasm remained high and another record was broken — the Trophy Dinner was attended by 1,500 people. At the Dinner, the true spirit of international goodwill was exhibited between the crews of ARRIBA, MIYAKADORI, HMCS ORIOLE and others with toasts presented at each table. Just after the floor show of the dinner, Bill Nickerson’s NIMBLE docked as “Tail-end Charlie.” Outstanding in the memory of your Commodore, is the cooperation and involvement of so many members of Transpac as well as the Honolulu Committee, who make this Race successful and such a pleasure to both participate in and to administer.

Commodore Walter W. Hoffman

HONOLULU RACE OF 1979 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of IOR as modified by TPYC. Start: June 30, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Jader John Galanis, Charter 13:01:29:59 12:00:25:44 8 A-1 Drifter Harry Moloschco 11:18:01:04 12:02:25:09 12 A-2 Natoma Donald Dalziel 14:17:57:06 12:08:10:26 23 A-3 Ragtime R. Daniels, M.D. 12:09:37:49 12:08:51:34 27 A-4 Swiftsure Nicholas L. Frazee 14:14:59:57 12:14:25:00 41 A-5 Temerity T.W. Kerr 15:01:46:04 12:20:22:52 54 A-6 Chasch Mer E.R. Parker 13:23:19:14 12:21:33:59 56 A-7 Checkmate Monte E. Livingstone 15:04:51:16 12:21:52:29 57 A-8 Sunset Boulevard Barry Berkus 15:05:36:30 12:22:35:44 59 A-9 Macobi Harold Aisley 15:06:53:10 12:22:54:43 60 A-10 Warrior L.C. Hedrick 14:23:52:37 12:23:59:11 61 A-11 Sorcery Jacob D. Wood 14:16:31:16 13:04:03:47 65 A-12 Cannibal C.A. Derivas 15:10:28:55 13:05:45:17 67 A-13 Merlin Al Cassel, Charter 13:01:20:17 13:07:13:55 69 A-14 Rapid Transit Frank Y. Smith 15:00:50:08 13:07:38:03 70 A-15 Christine Fred C. Preiss 13:11:02:06 13:07:47:47 71 A-16 Windward Passage D. Riegler 14:02:04:32 13:08:00:19 72 A-17 Sumatra A.C. Martin 15:17:58:03 13:08:00:37 73 A-18

H.M.C.S. Oriole Canadian Armed Forces 15:10:28:04 14:03:45:00 75 A-19 Native Son P. Wilson/M. Duffield, Jr. D.N.F.

Class B

Arriba Dennis Choate 14:11:40:54 11:14:42:51 1 B-1 Miyakodori III Hiroshi Okazaki 14:12:53:38 11:18:44:55 2 B-2 High Roler William F. Power 15:06:21:54 11:22:05:29 4 B-3 Zamazaan Neville Price 14:08:59:39 11:22:16:06 5 B-4 Bravura Irving Loube 14:20:35:44 12:04:40:54 14 B-5 Zig Zag John M. Zinsmeyer 15:12:42:58 12:05:03:58 16 B-6 Tuia Robert Gosnell 15:11:11:54 12:08:11:17 24 B-7

Class B (continued)

Uin-Na-Mara Neville Crichton 15:19:11:06 12:11:00:23 31 B-8 Shamrock Roy Disney 15:16:16:53 12:14:04:22 38 B-9 Whistle Wing V Dan B. Secord 15:05:47:06 12:14:52:08 42 B-10 Aleta Warren D. Hancock 15:15:55:42* 12:15:46:29 42 B-11 Kristen Don Wilson, Jr. 15:05:12:18 12:17:02:53 46 B-12 Panache Roderick B. Park 15:04:48:20 12:17:57:01 47 B-13 Russian Wood Nick Alexander 16:03:59:59 12:18:33:36 48 B-14 Nero A.F. Shanks 15:16:04:36 12:18:54:49 50 B-15 Andiamo Thomas E. Harney III 16:03:14:34 13:02:16:54 62 B-16 Triumph Edward B. Diethrich 15:20:30:11 13:02:55:18 63 B-17 Nalu IV Larry Burgin 15:19:49:56 13:06:05:28 68 B-18 Sea Nymph Raymond E. Wallace 17:03:09:11 13:22:30:50 74 B-19 Nimble William A. Nickerson 17:13:02:34 14:09:57:31 76 B-20 Siete W.H. Stewart III Powered in. Naiad W.J. Underwood, Jr. Dismasted. Returned to San Pedro.

Class C

Secret Love Bradley Herman 15:05:48:07 11:19:00:17 3 C-1 Wings Jim Wangenheim 15:09:15:35 11:23:50:08 7 C-2 Mondo Geoffrey Eisenberg 15:18:08:06 12:01:45:09 10 C-3 Bandido Terry Lingenfelder 15:21:34:47 12:05:26:25 17 C-4 Mamie Milton B. Smith 15:21:26:52 12:05:52:45 19 C-5 Flambuoyant Barney Flam 15:23:35:44 12:08:06:11 22 C-6 Chaparral Tom Thornton 16:04:52:21 12:08:39:17 25 C-7 Firebird Robert S. Grant 16:05:16:50 12:09:45:09 29 C-8 Whisper W.G. Branch 16:05:12:55 12:10:31:30 30 C-9 Sirroco Michael L. Michel 16:06:11:58 12:11:22:35 32 C-10 Flying Cloud Eugene Felmar 16:05:55:32 12:11:45:42 33 C-11 Nomi III Y. Niwa 16:02:42:44 12:12:38:45 34 C-12 Redhead Larry Maio 16:08:47:59 12:12:39:09 35 C-13 Victoria Dave Sawle 16:08:04:38 12:12:54:55 37 C-14 Midnight Special V. McCullough 16:07:46:17 12:14:18:17 40 C-15 Race Passage John O. Merrill 16:02:56:48 12:15:52:09 44 C-16 Carrera Y. Watanabe 16:08:21:08 12:16:03:35 45 C-17 Dakar William Goodley 16:03:41:03 12:18:52:57 49 C-18 Tenacity M.A. Abraham 16:12:28:05 12:19:37:51 52 C-19 Concubine Terry Clapp 16:15:58:15 12:20:43:23 55 C-20 Williwaw Charles Anderson 16:22:18:20 13:03:28:14 64 C-21

Class D

Brown Sugar Ulf Werner 15:17:54:55 11:22:24:25 6 D-1 Bingo Bert Gardner 16:03:39:43 12:00:33:57 9 D-2 Chutzpah Stuart Cowan 16:02:37:13 12:02:16:49 11 D-3 Zeus Paul J. Miller 16:06:13:03 12:04:06:41 13 D-4 Sweet Okole Thorn W. Geitzer 15:22:52:14 12:04:43:58 15 D-5 Sceptre Ralph Cohen 16:05:01:42 12:05:50:16 18 D-6 Regardless Robert B. Cole 16:05:26:18 12:07:29:58 20 D-7 Bones IV William S. Chapman 16:15:17:08 12:08:03:39 21 D-8

Class D (continued)

Cottontail John Arens/R. Ettinger 16:09:48:01* 12:08:49:53 26 D-9 Tres Hermanas Patricia Steele 16:05:21:42 12:09:30:01 28 D-10 Ruffian Russell Johnson, Jr. 16:08:17:07 12:12:49:16 36 D-11 American Flyer Fred Bieker 16:10:15:36 12:14:06:04 39 D-12 Tinsley Light Henry Grandin 16:28:39:40 12:19:09:11 51 D-13 Troublemaker Robert Hall 17:01:16:07 12:20:12:10 53 D-14 Quamichan William Clark 17:05:59:42 12:22:21:38 58 D-15 Severn Ryle A. Radke, Jr. 17:02:17:32 13:05:03:44 66 D-16 Tahuna Ruel Cameron D.N.F. Dismasted. Returned to San Pedro.

*Indicates two hour penalty via protest.

TAHITI RACE OF 1980 AND 1982 Although much initial interest was indicated for a 1980 and 1982 race from Los Angeles to Papeete, no entries materialized. With regret, the Board of Directors was forced to cancel the races.

THE STORY OF THE 1981 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The 1981 race was one of the great ones. There were enough thrills, chills, and spills to satisfy everyone—steady winds all the way, two men overboard, a rescued crew from a broken up catamaran, a record-breaking passage attempt that failed by 46 seconds, four disabled rudders, two dismastings, and the longest boat-for-boat, head-to-head duel in Transpac history.

The start was scheduled for 1300 PDT Friday, July 3. In contrast to the normal pattern of Transpac starts, the westerly began to fill in early this year, and by race time it was blowing 12 to 15 knots; later in the afternoon, it increased to 18 knots.

A few minutes before the start, the 1981 race witnessed its first casualty. The J-36 GRYPHON, sailing up the line on the port tack, was passing under the 58 foot ketch, NATOMA, as she was coming down the line on the starboard tack. As the smaller boat hit the wind shadow of the larger, she righted suddenly, locked rigging with the ketch’s mizzen mast and was dismasted.

The first night had hardly begun before things started happening. One of the catamarans in the six boat multi-hull fleet, which had started its own Honolulu Race that afternoon, broke up around 9:00 p.m. somewhere southeast of San Nicholas Island. The six crewmen were rescued by Willard Bell’s WESTWARD, which had sighted a red flare close aboard. WESTWARD carried the crew the rest of the way to Honolulu under very crowded conditions, and thus were denied any chance of placing in the race in spite of a special time allowance. By Sunday night, three of the racing boats had dropped out: REGARDLESS with a rigging failure, RODEO DRIVE dismasted from backstay failure; and DRIFTER with rudder problems.

The night of July 9 was overcast and darker than the inside of your hat. At 2330, TRAVIESO, out of San Diego, was running before the Trades under spinnaker and main. The boat’s partially bagged blooper lying on the foredeck appeared to be in danger of washing overboard. Joe Neale went forward to stow the sail, but before it could be secured it went over, carrying the lifeline stanchion with it—followed by Joe Neale. Bruce Nelson, the first man to come up on deck, released the life ring, then took a position beside the compass so he could maintain a reciprocal bearing on the strobe light on the man overboard pole. The life ring had dropped within 100 feet of Neale, so he was able to reach it in about two minutes. At 2355, 17 minutes after Neale had gone overboard, the relieved crew of the TRAVIESO fished him out of the water.

At roll call on July 10, MERLIN reported a new Transpac record daily run of 304 miles. This broke her old record of 302 miles which she had set in the 1977 race. The next big question was whether or not she would break her own record of 8:11:01. She had to average 11.45 knots to do it. On July 11, MERLIN charged through the search-lights at the finish line running down the swells at close to 20 knots, but she was just 46 seconds too short. Time of the finish was 9:02:31 p.m. HST. Her total elapsed time was 8:11:02:31.

At 10:54 Sunday morning, RAGTIME finished with a demonstration of how to sail down the Molokai Channel the hard way—no spinnaker, no main, no rudder; just twin headsails, wing and wing, on two spinnaker poles. The Santa Cruz 50 fleet began to come in early Monday morning led by HANA HO and SHANDU at 1:55 and 1:57 HST, respectively. OCTAVIA surprised a lot of folks by sneaking in from out of nowhere at 5:27. OAXACA finished at 6:40 and SECRET LOVE at 10:34. CHASCH MER came in at 12:47, trailed by NIGHT TRAIN at 16:02 that afternoon.

As a commentary on modern boat design, it is interesting to note the following. In 1923, the 107 foot Gloucesterman schooner, MARINER, set a Honolulu Race Record of 11:14:46:00, which stood for 26 years until four boats in the 1949 race bested her time. In the nine races between 1923 and 1949, 125 entries had failed to match MARINER’s record. Now in 1981, 26 boats—approximately one-third of the fleet-had accomplished this feat. Furthermore, another six boats were to finish within an hour and 10 minutes of MARINER’s time. The last of these, WESTWARD, with fourteen people aboard, came in at 1:55:30 Wednesday morning, for an elapsed time of 11:15:55:10.

SWEET OKOLE’s performance was even more outstanding. Dean Treadway and his Bay Area crew were not only the first Class D boat to finish, but they had beaten all but two of the Class C boats into Diamond Head, as well as ten Class B’s and one Class A. In the process, they were about to win first in Class D and First Overall. The 1981 race had been one of the fastest in history. The Pacific High had cooperated by maintaining a stable, favorable position throughout the race. The winds had been steady, but not too strong, ranging from 10 to 25, except for two temporary lulls on the mornings of July 13 and 14. The tradewind squalls had been frequent— about half of them containing rain— but the peak gusts rarely, if ever, exceeded 35 knots. Under these wind conditions, it is not surprising that the rhumb line course proved to be the best. In the final analysis, the 1981 race had to go down as one of the great ones, right alongside 1949, 1955, 1965, 1969 and 1977. The race had a lion’s share of great boats, great crews and great sailing. Like a great round of golf, it left almost everyone eager to have at it again. The Lord willing, they’ll get their chance in 1983.

—Excerpts from Transpac History by Jack Smock

HONOLULU RACE OF 1981 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing Rule of IOR as modified by TPYC. Start: July 3, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Class A (continued)

Shandu Michael Braun 9:15:57:30 8:11:31:00 24 A-4 Hana Ho Morrie Kirk 9:15:55:55 8:12:48:26 28 A-5 Macobi H. Aisley/B. Aisley 10:22:34:37 8:14:38:18 31 A-6 Ragtime D. Daniels/E. Hickman/ 9:00:54:30 8:15:36:21 34 A-7

B. Tretter (Charter) Octavia Stewart Kett 9:19:27:30 8:15:46:07 37 A-8 Temerity Theodore Kerr 10:21:10:08 8:16:41:37 38 A-9 Oaxaca L. Burgin/J. Burgin/ 9:20:40:51 8:17:14:10 39 A-10

R. Burgin Natoma Donald B. Dalziel 11:03:22:04 8:17:39:23 40 A-11 Checkmate Monte Livingston 11:02:37:04 8:17:43:35 41 A-12 Aorangi Tom Corkett (Charter) 10:19:40:12 8:18:09:55 42 A-13 Secret Love Bradley Herman 10:00:34:32 8:19:40:21 47 A-14 Sunset Blvd. Patrick Sullivan 11:07:28:09 9:00:31:26 53 A-15 Chasch Mer Randy Parker 10:02:47:42 9:00:44:30 54 A-16 Night Train Dr. Robt. Crum (Charter) 10:06:02:43 9:03:17:23 59 A-17 Primavera 3 Jorge Dipp Reyes 11:13:59:35 9:03:52:04 60 A-18 Winterhawk H. Day/R. Metcalf 10:23:28:20 9:09:50:09 62 A-19 Native Son Robert McBain 11:15:26:27 9:10:28:01 63 A-20 Criterion Palos Verdes Synd. 12:15:36:28 10:06:14:08 65 A-21 (Charter) New World Dr. Leonard C. King 11:09:49:21 10:15:34:39 67 A-22 Drifter Harry Moloshco D.N.F. Disabled rudder. Returned to San Pedro.

Class B

Bravura 87 Irving Loube 11:00:55:18 7:22:11:20 3 B-l Uin Na Mara III Jim Barnhart 11:08:57:54 8:01:37:26 6 B-2 Brisa Dennis Choate 11:02:34:06 8:04:41:42 13 B-3 Shamrock Roy E. Disney 11:09:36:45 8:06:01:39 15 B-4 ZigZag H.Gilbert Jones 11:15:50:36 8:08:17:33 19 B-5 Bravura 79 Fred Laffitte (Charter) 11:04:14:51 8:12:24:32 26 B-6 Travieso R. Knoth/T. Lingenfelder 11:17:02:52 8:12:39:36 27 B-7

T. Harper/M. Casinelli Sea Rat J. Keenan/N. Bushnell 11:18:38:53 8:12:58:44 29 B-8 Gerontius W.W. Alexander 11:13:43:21 8:15:32:33 33 B-9 Westward Willard Bell 11:15:55:30 8:15:45:28* 35 B-10 Warrior Jan Cassel 11:20:52:06 8:18:40:21 45 B-11 Azahara Allen Voda 11:20:43:55 8:19:47:42 48 B-12 Orange Peel Stanley C. Elman 11:19:36:07 8:19:57:40 49 B-13 Tuia Robert Gosnell 12:04:30:57 8:23:06:34 52 B-14 Aleta Warren D. Hancock 12:04:27:19 9:03:01:41 57 B-15 Panache Roderic B. Park 11:19:52:44 9:07:47:28 61 B-l 6 Sister Divine M. Gayner/T. Delfmo D.N.F. Lost rudder. Powered into Honolulu.

Class C

Free Enterprise Richard Ettinger 11:15:22:24 8:02:35:46 8 C-1 Moonshadow Dr. Thomas N. Walinski 11:19:27:32 8:03:59:14 9 C-2 Sumark Mark Spitz 11:18:25:45 8:04:04:19 10 C-3

Class C (continued)

Oz Alvin Schultz 11:15:07:17 8:04:37:44 12 C-4 Libalia Too Dr. Arthur Kamisugi 11:20:59:34 8:05:06:14 14 C-5 Driller J. Barto/W. Stanley 11:20:17:53 8:08:43:25 20 C-6 Tomahawk John E. Arens 12:01:36:03 8:09:53:25 21 C-7 Foxfire Dennis B. Howarth 12:01:03:15 8:13:20:24 30 C-8 Scaramouche Rolfe Croker 12:05:28:05 8:15:07:47 32 C-9 High Noon Thomas E. Harney III 12:06:08:33 8:15:45:50 36 C-10 Cadenza Carl Eichenlaub 12:09:59:55 8:18:34:08 44 C-11 America Richard Mann 12:06:41:40 8:19:04:18 46 C-12 Pele James Emmi 12:13:13:35 8:23:03:31 51 C-13 Sempre Subito Robert Dinnerman 12:14:36:41 9:03:04:20 58 C-14 Delphis M. Boxer/M.Michel 13:04:15:25 9:12:18:37 64 C-15 L’Affaire Richard Davenport D.S.Q. Gryphon P. Erickson/D. Pino/ D.N.S. Dismasted at start.

J. DeRemer

Class D

Sweet Okole Dean Treadway 11:15:49:11 7:21:44:48 1 D-1 Audacious Dr. Michael T. Kennedy 11:20:20:10 7:21:54:18 2 D-2 Shenandoah W.L. Palmer, Jr. 11:18:09:54 7:23:40:43 4 D-3 Jubilation R. Brownell/G. Brownell 11:22:06:03 8:01:25:16 5 D-4 Red Shift A. Goetz/A. Kahle 12:01:03:04 8:04:26:08 11 D-5 Country Boy J. Schmidt/W. Stabley 12:07:33:37 8:06:26:54 16 D-6 Brown Sugar B. Wehle/C. Brown/ 12:06:19:08 8:08:14:20 18 D-7

B. Olson/J. Walton/

D. Heaslip (Charter) Montgomery Street Jim Denning 12:06:12:06 8:11:07:53 22 D-8 Sunburst Dr. George Richardson 12:13:56:17 8:12:15:27 25 D-9 Medicine Man Robert Lane 12:19:26:30 8:18:32:37 43 D-10 Racy Robert W. Magoon 12:14:53:06 8:19:59:45 50 D-11 Petrouchka II Betty Browner 13:03:15:11 9:00:48:47 55 D-12 Chaparral Hans Vielhauer 12:21:01:11 9:00:54:11 56 D-13 Troublemaker C. Wlson/G. Swiggett 14:17:48:17 10:12:51:48 66 D-14 Tahuna Ruel Cameron 16:05:17:33 11:23:20:11 68 D-15 Rodeo Drive Roger Chittum D.N.F. Dismasted. Returned to San Pedro. Regardless S. Gebb/H. Trutner D.N.F. Damaged shroud. Returned to San Pedro.

*Includes additional allowance of 7.80 hours for rescue of catamaran crew.

THE STORY OF THE 1983 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The fleet that came to the starting line for the 1983 race to Honolulu was an exceptional one. Of the 66 entries, 50 had been built in the last four and one-half years— half of these 50 in the last eighteen months. So it was a very new fleet and therefore a quite competitive one. In the end, though, as has happened so often in the past, the deciding factors prove to be choice of course and the weather. During the final week before the race, the Pacific High presented a very discouraging picture. As late as Thursday evening, when the U.S. Weather Service representative gave his final report to the crews and skippers at the Instruction Dinner, he was apologizing for the prospective lack of wind and suggested that everyone take a hard look at the southern course.

By Saturday morning, July 2, prospects for wind in the Catalina Channel were still dismal, but there was one bright spot. A small craft advisory was posted for the outer waters from Point Conception to the Mexican border.

The start at 1300 PDT went off without incident, but it was 1750 before SAGA, the

lead boat, rounded the West End—three hours behind the pace set in 1981. From this point on, however, wind conditions for the race proved to be as favorable as anyone could wish. Unfortunately, most of the skippers, still psyched out by the prerace forecast, fell off to the south after rounding Catalina. All this maneuver brought them was the disadvantage of sailing farther, but no faster. The few mavericks, led by BRAVURA, who refused to believe the weatherman, headed down the rhumb line. They were the ones that were going to collect most of the hardware.

Two boats, SAGA and NIGHT TRAIN, were knocked out of the race during the first 20 hours, but for the next several days the fleet encountered no problems. Then on Friday night, July 8, things began to happen. Four boats lost man-overboard gear. At 0300 Sunday, KATHMANDU was dismasted. Three more boats were going to be knocked out of competition during the final days of the race—one by dismasting, two with lost rudders. In addition, there were many other instances of bent spinnaker poles, broken booms and assorted gear failures.

Practically all these mishaps took place during the night. The Trade Winds this year were not extraordinarily strong, 18-25 knots. Neither were the seas exceptionally large. But there were an abnormal number of rain squalls, possibly because of El Niño, carrying winds of up to 40 knots at their center.

These weather conditions were quite manageable during the daylight hours. Nighttime was an entirely different matter. With no moon, and no starlight under the continually overcast skies, sailing the boats became extremely difficult. The darkness was so intense there was no way of knowing the squalls were coming until they hit and by that time it was too late to do anything but hang on. Many helmsmen developed vertigo and became disoriented. Some crews even put two men on the steering operation, one to watch the binnacle and call out compass headings, the other to watch the sails and steer.

Under the circumstances, it is not surprising that knockdowns and round-ups during the night became commonplace. Practically every boat suffered at least one and some had as many as five. Several others had round-downs as well. The crews on the ULDB’s took a particular beating. In fact, some reached such a point of exhaustion they quit carrying spinnakers during the night.

LIBALIA TOO’s crew, through all this, turned in a damage control and jury-rigging performance that not only won them second place in Class D but the Steve Newmark Seamanship Trophy as well.

In spite of some wild nights, the 1983 race was a fast race; not quite as fast as 1981, but fast enough. Forty five boats finished in less than 12 days, a time period that marked for many years the watershed between a fast passage and an average one. BRAVURA’s elapsed time was only 47 minutes slower than her time in 1981 when she won First Place in Class B.

As noted above, the closer one stayed to the rhumb line the better one did. BRAVURA hardly strayed at all from this course Based on the computer data from the daily position reports, she traveled only 2235 miles to cover the 2225 mile rhumb line course. CHARLEY, by contrast, logged 2302 nautical miles and her first-to-finish elapsed time was 15 hours slower than MERLIN’s in 1981. Part of this differential could be accounted for in the slow start of the 1983 race. But a far larger part was the result of CHARLEY’s longer course.

So the 1983 race proved once again that while the southern route to Diamond Head often pays off, the shortest distance between two points can also be the fastest.

Historian Jack W. Smock

HONOLULU RACE OF 1983

Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing of IOR as modified by TPYC. Start: July 2, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.,

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Oaxaca Leslie V. Leslie (Charter) 9:13:05:20 8:07:46:01 9 A-1 Whistlewind Michael Choppin 9:18:24:06 8:09:45:13 14 A-2

(Charter) Samurai Roy E. Disney (Charter) 9:14:03:27 8:10:05:15 16 A-3 Charley Nolan K. Bushnell 9:01:53:48 8:11:34:01 23 A-4 Upbeat Don B. Ayres, Jr. 9:15:46:21 8:11:57:26 25 A-5 Miss Magic Richard C. Elliott 9:17:36:29 8:13:57:05 29 A-6 Octavia Stewart B. Kett 9:18:06:40 8:13:57:26 30 A-7 Merlin Steve Doty/Carl 9:03:54:38 8:15:35:44 30 A-7

Godtferson/Bob Hall II/
Bob Hall III/Bob Hargis/
Mike Shanton/
Deming D. Smith/
Matt Smith/Clifford R. Wilson
(Charter)

 

Earl of Mar Richard Ettinger 9:20:16:19 8:15:40:52 36 A-9 (Charter) Ragtime Ragtime Syndicate, 9:14:45:04 8:18:54:03 45 A-10

(Charter) Chasch Mer E.R. Parker 9:22:27:15 8:19:54:18 47 A-11 Raider Don Clothier/Bill Harris/ 10:04:53:27 9:00:45:59 52 A-12

Don Holm/Nat Wilson

(Charter) Incantation David Ratner 10:06:06:36 9:01:12:27 54 A-13 Kathmandu John Landon D.N.F. Dismasted.

Powered and sailed into Honolulu. Saga Doug Baker/Barry Berkus/ Lost half rudder morning of July 3. Dennis Choate/George Writer Returned to Long Beach. Night Train Dr. John R. White Lost shroud first night out. (Charter) Returned to San Pedro.

Class B

Great Fun Clay Bernard II 10:15:54:12 8:00:32:48 2 B-1 Tomahawk John E. Arens 10:21:54:54 8:05:08:43 5 B-2 Jumpin’ Jack Flash G.A. Woodroffe 10:04:53:46 * 8:08:43:02 11 B-3

& Partners Revenge Wayne Willenberg 10:23:14:58 8:09:27:42 12 B-4 Mimi B William J. Wilson 10:19:53:55 8:10:33:53 18 B-6

Class B (continued)

Notorious Scott D. Pine 10:21:08:17 8:09:43:03 13 B-5 Spellbound Louis J. Fox 11:01:13:28 8:11:02:41 20 B-7 Prime Time Robert E. Lund 11:01:14:14 8:11:26:09 22 B-8 Shaman Roderic B. Park 10:22:15:34 8:11:47:10 24 B-9 Zamazaan Zamazaan Syndicate 11:00:41:56 8:12:52:41 27 B-10 (Charter) Magic Touch Wayne Colahan 11:00:00:50 8:14:50:01 32 B-11 Prima Keith Simmons 11:07:06:17 8:16:43:18 39 B-12 Apple Pie Dr. Lawrence M. Schecter 11:02:59:13 8:17:07:29 40 B-13 Skimmer Robert A. Simpkins, 11:06:19:48 8:17:08:28 41 B-14 Bill Simpkins (Charter) Nalu V Diane B. Green/ 11:11:43:06 8:18:28:08 44 B-15 James Jessie Outrageous Doug Dreager/ 11:08:53:18 8:20:29:14 48 B-16 Richard Linkmeyer Aorangi Walter W. Hoffman 11:03:24:03 8:22:43:46 50 B-17 (Charter) Pusillanimous III Robert G. Alexander 11:23:16:58 9:10:11:40 58 B-18

*Includes 2 hour penalty for no IOR certificate aboard.

Class C

Bravura Irving Loube 11:01:42:19 7:22:55:15 1 C-1 Marishiten Katsuhiko Takeda 11:14:21:53 8:09:55:52 15 C-2 Timber Wolf Larry G. Atkins 11:16:44:12 8:10:43:04 19 C-3 Heat Wave Richard D. Pennington 11:18:30:03 8:11:21:48 21 C-4 Uin Na Mara III James R. Barnhart, Jr./ 11:19:36:42 8:12:17:21 26 C-5 Richard Page Immonette R.F. Cottrell 11:20:48:53 8:12:59:15 28 C-6 Amante Mel Richley 11:14:18:56 8:14:04:28 31 C-7 Annabelle Lee California Maritime 11:14:20:56 8:14:56:36 33 C-8 Academy (Charter) Juice Michael J. Elias 12:01:43:02 8:16:22:34 38 C-9 Free Run Robert N. Miller IV 11:23:50:10 8:17:15:01 42 C-10 Elusive Carl Eichenlaub (Charter) 11:16:29:04* 8:18:10:16 43 C-11 Supernova Dr. Stephen M. Pauley 11:15:21:00 8:19:04:48 46 C-12 Dakar William V. Goodley 12:11:00:55 9:05:50:17 53 C-13 Ariel Univ. of California, 12:13:41:22** 9:01:08:48 56 C-14 Los Angeles Sailing Club (Charter) Russian Wood Nick Alexander 13:05:29:16 9:19:11:05 61 C-15

Class D

Skysail Robert S. Grant 12:01:13:20 8:03:01:24 3 D-1 Libalia Too Dr. Arthur Kamasugi/ 11:19:19:20 8:03:26:00 4 D-2 Libbie Kamasugi Celerity Dr. W.E. Ostermiller 11:18:21:15 8:06:06:14 6 D-3 Montgomery Street James M. Denning 12:07:08:37 8:06:56:24 7 D-4

Class D (continued)

*Includes 10 minute penalty for failing to report one daily position. ** Includes 2 hour 18 minute credit for assisting Wall Street Duck.

THE STORY OF THE 1985 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE From the starting line off Point Fermin, everyone knew that Transpac ’85 was going to be different. A spinnaker start in a Southeasterly is not the norm. Neither was the expanded size of the Pacific High or reports of light winds along the tradewind route to Honolulu.

But the fleet of 64 boats reached out into the Pacific with hopes that the North Pacific weather pattern would work back to normal in a day or two. Instead, it got worse. The first five days of Transpac ’85 were the slowest since the 1939 race.

The ’85 Transpac fleet was extremely competitive — nearly two-thirds of the boats were less than two years old. Most noticeable were eight new ultra-light maxi raters: CITIUS, KATHMANDU, BLONDIE, DRUMBEAT, CHEETAH, PANDEMONIUM, PRIMA and SWIFTSURE III. Added with Transpac veterans MERLIN, RAGTIME and SAGA, this made for a very hot 11-boat first-to-finish class.

Seven Santa Cruz 50’s headed Class B, which also included two Santa Cruz 40’s, two Nelson/Marek 55’s, a Farr 55, a Davidson 52, a Barnett 52 and a few big IOR boats. But it was MAGIC, ex-SUNSET BLVD. (previous class winner), that won this impressive class. Designed by Eva Hollmann, MAGIC was skippered by James Hoskinson of Cal Yacht Club.

Class C was very mixed. Boats ranged from SIR ISAAC, a 49 foot schooner, to previous class winners ARRIBA and TOMAHAWK, three 40-foot ultra lights, five IOR boats, and three out-and-out cruising boats. At the bottom of the class were three new Express 37’s. These untested boats put in a dazzling performance taking the top three spots with Kent Greenough’s SECRET OF NIMH winning.

Class D again produced the top overall boats. MONTGOMERY STREET, a 20-yearold CAL 40 racing in her eighth Transpac — her seventh under owner James Denning, this time with son Dave Denning as skipper — won overall honors. The much-modified Richmond Yacht Club boat sailed the 2,225 mile course in 13 days, six and a half hours. Finishing two hours behind MONTGOMERY STREET for second in Class D and second overall was Dean Treadway’s Farr 36 SWEET OKOLE.

TREADWAY and OKOLE were first overall in the 1981 race. Most of the interest in the 1985 race, however, was riding with Class A. How fast were these new 70-raters? Could they break the record set by MERLIN in 1977 when she rated 90? The 33rd Transpac wasn’t going to give us the answers. Four days out, the downwind flyers weren’t a match for millions of Portuguese man-of-war that passed them by on a glassy sea. The maxi’s had split up with four boats heading south and the rest hanging on the rhumb line. For a few days the rhumb line looked good. Then on the fifth day, the southern maxi’s made 75 more miles than the northern ones. When the tradewind sailing finally began after six days of nursing zephyrs, the southern boats, led by Nick and Bob Frazee’s Nelson/Marek 69 SWIFTSURE III, remained 75 miles closer to Honolulu for the rest of the race.

While the tradewinds were certainly welcome, they didn’t blow hard enough to really break the big boats loose. And the few squalls that did appear were relatively windless

— unlike the monsters of previous years. With Keith Simmon’s Nelson/Marek 68 PRIMA less than five miles astern, SWIFTSURE III passed the Diamond Head buoy just before dawn after 10 days, 19 hours, and 21 minutes of racing. SWIFTSURE’s time was more than two days off MERLIN’s eight day, 11 hour record set in 1977. So 1987 will have to be the year for true 70-rater surfing competition. Saved by the trades in the last half, Transpac ’85 won’t go down in history as the slowest race. It was, however, very competitive…and in a sense more dif

ficult as yachts scratched for all the speed possible from the available winds. It was not the thriller everyone dreams of, but again…a race of pride and accomplishment.

HONOLULU RACE, 1985 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing of IOR as modified by TPYC. Start: July 4, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Class A (continued)

Merlin In Primis Syndicate/ 11:12:10:47 11:01:32:21 57 A-15 Skip Steveley (Charter) Stuart Little C. Dickie Williamson 12:05:58:59 11:05:32:21 59 A-16 Spirit of Queensland C.J. Dorrough 12:02:59:14 11:10:48:09 60 A-17 (Charter)

Class B

Magic James R. Hoskins 12:12:23:48 10:04:02:02 14 B-1 Swiftsure Simon Kleinman 12:06:12:04 10:05:05:57 15 B-2 The Shadow Kirk/Dick Elliott 12:08:40:30 10:06:03:36 18 B-3 Climax Frederic Laffitte 11:17:54:34 10:06:35:04 20 B-4 (Charter) Strider Blair Francis/ 11:19:43:50 10:10:27:18 26 B-5 Bruce Brown (Charter) Dr. Dan Roderick Muir 12:11:46:46 10:12:28:23 33 B-6 Marishiten Katsuhiko Takeda 12:00:56:35 10:14:39:54 37 B-7 Elusive Ruben Vollmer 11:21:12:14 10:15:07:00 39 B-8 Magic Touch Wayne Colahan 13:01:21:41 10:15:41:29 40 B-9 Chasch Mer R.E. Parker 11:19:45:43 10:15:48:59 41 B-10 Apparition Apparition Syndicate 13:01:19:00 10:16:37:24 44 B-11 (Charter) Racy II Lucian W. Taylor 11:22:04:58 10:16:42:52 45 B-12 Hana Ho Rolfe Croker 12:01:35:37 10:18:45:51 47 B-13 Allure All Crew (Charter) 13:09:00:31 10:22:12:32 51 B-15 Whistle Wind Michael J. Choppin 12:08:20:52 11:00:10:54 54 B-16 (Charter) Upbeat Sherwood Tella (Charter) 12:04:37:57** 11:00:28:22 55 B-17 Incantation David Ratner 12:08:37:00 11:02:30:46 58 B-18

Class C

Secret of Nimh Kent C. Greenough 13:04:22:00 9:18:22:14 4 C-1 Blade Runner Michael Shlens 13:04:33:54 9:19:24:55 5 C-2 GU Reese Lane/ 13:05:23:00 9:21:29:08 7 C-3 Randall Greenfield Travieso Ron Kuntz 13:06:45:52 10:02:45:23 12 C-4 Azahara Colin McRae 13:06:48:19 10:03:02:15 13 C-5 Uin Na Mara Jim Barnhart 13:12:50:33 10:05:23:36 17 C-6 Libalia Flash Arthur/Libbie Kamasugi 13:06:42:37 10:08:50:54 24 C-7 Swift Strike Thomas C. Blake 13:16:01:43 10:10:28:35 27 C-8 Notorious Scott D. Pine 13:01:13:36 10:10:29:36 28 C-9 Tomahawk John E. Arens 13:04:54:49 10:11:56:45 30 C-10 Blast Furnace Michael J. Campbell 13:07:08:31* 10:13:43:35 35 C-11 (Charter) Arriba Michael Gayner (Charter) 13:11:29:09 10:14:58:45 38 C-12 Lois Lane B.J. Erkelens 13:13:16:03 10:16:14:38 42 C-13 Sir Isaac F. Rodney Holt 13:07:40:31 10:17:45:19 46 C-14 Droits de Marvyn Carton 15:00:40:10 11:21:51:35 61 C-15 L’Homme Ariel Richard F. Rosic 15:19:01:45 12:11:4:52 62 C-16

Class D

Montgomery Street James M. Denning 13:06:31:19 9:14:00:40 1 D-1 Sweet Okole Dean Treadway 13:09:28:24 9:15:23:59 2 D-2 Encore Richard C. Knoth 13:11:05:51 9:17:20:06 3 D-3 Cursor Jeff Farwell 13:07:07:33 9:20:10:24 6 D-4 Super Sunbird Tatsumitsu Yamasaki 13:13:33:50 9:22:11:35 8 D-5 Apollo V Hugh Bennett 13:12:28:51 9:23:14:51 9 D-6 Prism Jeanne/Michael Light 13:12:24:15 10:00:08:58 10 D-7 Medicine Man Robert M. Lane 13:15:03:19 10:00:30:16 11 D-8 Rampage Phillip Friedman 14:02:27:12 10:07:03:57 22 D-9 Wild Women Walter Strycker/ 13:18:51:29 10:07:37:43 23 D-10

Gary Gebhard

S.B.O.C. Bruce Wallerstein 14:10:18:09 10:12:07:02 31 D-11 Defiance*** Michael R. Wathen 17:00:02:54 13:07:38:27 63 D-12 Conquest Arthur M. Moreno/ D.N.F. Ruptured water tank and electrical

Robert E. Perrin problems July 9. Returned to Long Beach.

*Includes 10 minute penalty for no position report.
**Includes 30 minute penalty for no position report.
***Dismasted, but finished last half of passage jury-rigged under sail.

 

THE STORY OF THE 1987 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE Transpac ’87 had all the classic elements: an extremely competitive 55-boat fleet, hard sailing the first few days, incredible mid-Pacific surfing, several new records set, a dramatic rescue, and close finishes. The only thing lacking was wind in the final days of the race.

After sorting out from an aggressive light-air start July 2, the fleet got around Catalina’s west end in a building westerly that increased all night. By the first morning’s roll call the boats were setting a blistering rail-down pace that increased over the next five days.

Major interest was on the Class A fleet which comprised of eleven ultra-light maxi sleds. Gunning for MERLIN’s 1977 record, the 70-raters had an incredible race. They were soon ahead of MERLIN’s 1977 track and, as the tradewinds increased into the 25-30 knot range halfway through the race, it seemed all of them would break the record. During this two days of heavy tradewind sailing, the maxis surfed at speeds up to 23 knots. They all shattered MERLIN’s 1977 day’s run record of 304 miles. Pat Farrah’s BLONDIE created a new Transpac record by scoring three consecutive 300 mile days. The Santa Cruz 70 posted runs of 306, 323 and 300 miles. During this period of hard sailing, none of the boats suffered serious damage.

By the sixth day out, the Pacific High expanded and the strong trades gradually diminished. The maxis sailed the last 600 miles to Honolulu in 14-18 knot winds. And a few days later, the rest of the fleet struggled with less than 10 knots of breeze.

The first-to-finish race remained very close as the Class A fleet came within 400 miles of Diamond Head. Eight of the eleven maxi boats were still in contention for line honors, but as the wind made a persistent shift to the east, Donn Campion’s MERLIN worked north for a perfect angle to Honolulu. A definite dark horse against 10 newer maxis, MERLIN worked some magic when she flew past Diamond Head first, just after 10 p.m. HST, July 10. The 10-year-old boat missed her own record by just 64 minutes and became the third boat in Transpac history to score three elapsed time victories.

Don Ayres’ Nelson/Marek 68 DRUMBEAT was second to finish, an hour behind MERLIN, correcting out on the Bill Lee boat and winning Class A overall. The margin was close however. PANDEMONIUM, a Nelson/Marek 66 sailed by Bill Packer and Dennis Durgan, was third across the line 33 minutes behind DRUMBEAT. Since DRUMBEAT owed PANDEMONIUM 27 minutes on corrected time, Durgan and his crew missed winning Class A by just six minutes.

The rest of the Class A fleet finished within six hours. Three days later, when the last of the Class D boats failed to save their time on DRUMBEAT, Ayres was declared the overall winner of Transpac ’87. Class A boats swept the first eight places overall. PANDEMONIUM missed first overall to DRUMBEAT by that same six-minute margin making for the closest overall win margin in Transpac history. Light winds at the finish and a shortened handicap distance allowed the Class A boats to win for the first time since the ’75 race.

Class B was won by Charles Jacobson’s Santa Cruz 50 ALLURE, which broke the previous Santa Cruz 50 race record by more than nine hours. Bill Twist’s 47-foot IOR boat BLADE RUNNER won Class C despite an incredible mid-Pacific round-down that blew out three sails at once. Top boat in Class D was Rod Park’s one tonner JAZZ. For a few days a serious contender for the overall prize, JAZZ’s crew was let down by the wind 200 miles from the finish and ended up 10th overall behind the Class A boats and ALLURE.

Transpac ’87 proved that MERLIN’s 10-year-old record of 08:11:04:45 can easily be broken if conditions are right. And the race also reaffirmed what Transpac veterans never forget: when the tradewinds blow, the race to Honolulu is sailing’s best.

— Brad Avery

Note: MERLIN’s first-to-finish run was briefly threatened a day out of Honolulu when a crew member fell off the stern as the boat was surfing at 12 knots. After immediately rounding up and dropping the spinnaker, the man was recovered. MERLIN was squared away and back up to racing speed in 18 minutes. For their well-executed effort, MERLIN’s crew was awarded the Steve Newmark Seamanship Trophy.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1987 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Ocean Racing of IOR as modified by TPYC. Start: July 2, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Drumbeat Don Ayres 8:13:10:15 8:00:56:41 1 A-1 Pandemonium William Packer, Jr. 8:13:43:38 8:01:02:50 2 A-2 Merlin Donn Campion 8:12:00:40 8:02:18:03 3 A-3 Pyewacket Roy Disney 8:13:59:06 8:02:49:29 4 A-4 Prima68 Rod Muir 8:15:49:04 8:03:04:52 5 A-5 Blondie Robert McNulty 8:13:51:18 8:03:04:54 6 A-6 Hotel California John Wintersteen 8:13:53:30 8:03:23:06 7 A-7 Citius Pacific Marine (SYN) 8:15:16:36 8:05:09:29 9 A-8 Cheetah Richard Pennington 8:17:48:34 8:05:49:13 13 A-9 Ragtime Patrick Farrah 8:17:57:16 8:07:55:20 18 A-10 Swiftsure III* Douglas Simonson 8:21:00:32 8:07:55:21 19 A-11

Class B

Allure Charles Jacobson 9:06:23:39 8:04:16:52 8 B-1 Mongoose Paul Simonsen 9:13:27:39 8:08:34:38 20 B-2 Zamazaan Jack Ford 10:08:42:20 8:08:41:35 21 B-3 Hana Ho Rolfe Croker 9:13:39:10 8:09:02:15 22 B-4 Marishiten Katsuhiko Takeda 9:19:05:36 8:09:40:50 23 B-5 Elusive 50 Reuben Vollmer 9:14:53:38 8:09:54:12 24 B-6 Tigris J. P. Warmington 10:02:01:24 8:11:20:50 30 B-7 Chasch Mer Randy Parker 9:19:43:26 8:17:46:54 36 B-8 Upbeat Bill Boyd 9:20:22:18 8:18:34:18 37 B-9 The Shadow Runstad/Kline 10:17:05:20 8:18:43:06 39 B-10 Swiftsure** Simon Kleinman 10:16:25:00 8:18:43:07 40 B-11 Racy II Lucian Taylor 10:00:26:41 8:18:48:44 41 B-12 Strider Sherwood Tella 10:02:19:37 8:19:24:52 42 B-13 Gitana Matt Lerner 10:20:28:48 8:20:16:40 44 B-14

Class C

Blade Runner 47 Bill Twist 10:20:53:41 8:05:26:40 11 C-1 Notorious Scott Pine 10:15:55:13 8:05:41:4 12 C-2 Tomahawk John Arens 10:17:45:44 8:06:03:51 15 C-3 Jano Kahn/Campbell 11:08:37:53 8:06:54:35 16 C-4 Outrageous Rick Linkmeyer 10:19:31:19 8:10:21:09 25 C-5 Eclipse Crouch/Bannasch 11:13:43:24 8:11:57:32 31 C-6 Rocinante Shinji Ohguchi 11:13:48:20 8:16:25:20 34 C-7 Black Sheep Alastair Shanks 11:05:31:16 8:17:04:08 35 C-8 High Roler John Fairbank 11:19:56:22 8:18:40:57 38 C-9 Travieso Ron Kuntz 11:17:56:51 8:20:04:30 43 C-10 Prima 40 Fred Kirschner 11:07:03:40 8:20:52:03 45 C-11 Mystery Fred Hibberd 11:20:21:29 8:21:04:36 46 C-12 Uin Na Mara Richard Page 12:00:21:19 8:22:40:48 47 C-13 Sangvind Joe Mello 11:16:50:27 9:05:29:18 49 C-14 Elusive 48 Gerald Bertram 12:00:04:23 9:06:47:11 50 C-15

Class D

Jazz Roderick Park 11:16:30:32 8:05:18:12 10 D-1 Frequent Flyer Ted Hall 11:11:02:14 8:05:53:59 14 D-2 White Knight Phillip Friedman 11:19:00:23 8:07:26:24 17 D-3 Blade Runner 37 Mick Shlens 11:15:17:12 8:10:54:08 26 D-4 Morning Star Lawrence Doane 11:15:33:50 8:11:03:25 27 D-5 One-Eyed Jack James Svetich 11:16:32:22 8:11:06:54 28 D-6 Sweet Okole Dean Treadway 11:22:46:53 8:11:16:08 29 D-7 Free Enterprise Richard Ettinger 11:18:49:53 8:13:18:04 32 D-8 Montgomery Street James Denning 12:00:12:54 8:15:27:51 33 D-9 Illusion David Fell 12:06:15:28 9:02:06:54 48 D-10 Brenda John R. Pulskamp 12:17:45:16 9:07:00:03 51 D-11 Wings John Miller 12:16:57:24 9:07:09:21 52 D-12 Bandit Lawrence Carr 12:20:52:19 9:12:32:14 53 D-13 Primo Ron Carlson 13:11:05:17 10:05:21:44 54 D-14

*Includes Elapsed Time penalty of 41 min. 53 sec. for starting infraction. **Includes Elapsed Time penalty of 3 hrs. 41 min. 10 sec. for starting infraction.

THE STORY OF THE 1989 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE Much of the finishing excitement occurred during the night-time hours, in the glare of the Diamond Head searchlight instead of under the warm Hawaiian sun. The first excitement was four “maxis” charging down the channel in their final sprint for firstto-finish, crossing the line within a span of less than thirty-seven minutes! The elapsed time intervals between yachts were: 17 minutes (between 1st and 2nd), 7 minutes (between 2nd and 3rd), and 13 minutes (between 3rd and 4th). The finishing order of those four was SILVER BULLET, BLONDIE, TAXI DANCER and MONGOOSE. Before dawn another four maxis were ready to party at Ala Wai. They were: CHANCE, DRUMBEAT, RAGTIME and EVOLUTION. This may make it sound like a maxi-dominated race; however, as has happened many times before in modern Transpac history, one of the smaller IOR classes saved her time and won the canoe. She was also a night time finisher, NOTORIOUS.

The third night time event off Diamond Head was a tragic one: Only a few hundred yards before the finish line, MEDICINE MAN, a Class C yacht which appeared to be in contention for 1st or 2nd overall on corrected time, went on the reef off Diamond Head. All six persons aboard were rescued, but did not escape injury. The next morning a tug was able to pull MEDICINE MAN off the reef and tow her to the repair yard at Ala Wai Yacht Basin.

A post-race event which made headlines was the loss of PANDEMONIUM’s keel on the way back to San Francisco and the fortunate rescue of her delivery crew. About a year later her hull was sighted, drifting upside down toward Hawaii, but it has not so far been recovered.

Commodore Frank L. Mallory

HONOLULU RACE OF 1989

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Class A D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Taxi Dancer Mitchell Rouse 8:13:14:17 8:02:57:45 2 A-1 Silver Bullet John DeLaura 8:12:50:35 8:03:30:31 3 A-2 Blondie Pat Farrah 8:13:07:15 8:03:31:52 4 A-3 Mongoose Paul Simonsen 8:13:27:21 8:03:53:49 5 A-4 Chance Robert McNulty 8:14:46:18 8:05:11:50 6 A-5 Drumbeat Don Ayres 8:16:37:11 8:07:04:25 9 A-6 Ragtime Farrah/Elias 8:17:54:37 8:07:56:18 11 A-7 Evolution Robert Doughty 8:18:34:00 8:09:09:23 14 A-8 Cheetah Pennington/Wallerstein 8:21:32:49 8:09:35:42 15 A-9 Maverick Les Crouch 8:20:39:08 8:09:42:32 17 A-10 Pyewacket Roy Disney 8:20:46:50 8:10:08:01 18 A-11 Pandemonium Donahue Wildman 8:22:00:50 8:10:16:12 19 A-12 Cheval Harold Ward 9:00:13:12 8:11:27:17 21 A-13 Swiftsure III George Folgner 9:00:39:14 8:12:21:30 23 A-14 Rocinante Shinji Oguchi 9:03:48:36 8:12:29:01 24 A-15 Marishiten Katsuhiko Takeda 9:01:17:50 8:14:31:26 28 A-16 Merlin Stewart Kett 8:23:51:35 8:18:42:02 32 A-17 Grand Illusion Ed McDowell D.N.F. Broken boom. Citius Curtis Spencer D.N.S.

Class B

Allure Charles Jacobson 9:09:39:07 8:05:26:16 7 B-1 M-1 Darryl lohnston *9:13:30:32 8:07:41:52 10 B-2 Ralphie Davis Pillsbury 9:14:32:46 8:08:38:03 13 B-3 Deception Dave Maginnity 9:14:33:13 8:09:41:53 16 B-4 Strider Bill Boyd 9:19:27:08 8:12:18:49 22 B-5 Hana Ho Rolfe Croker 9:19:34:14 8:13:22:16 26 B-6 Octavia Darrel Louis 9:19:37:24 8:13:48:33 27 B-7 Whistlewind Walter Johnson 9:22:55:05 8:16:29:18 29 B-8 Climax Mike Campbell 10:00:26:08 8:18:26:32 30 B-9 Acey Deucy Richard Leute 10:01:14:25 8:21:39:41 33 B-10 Bombay Blaster** Blaster Syndicate 11:07:05:07 10:01:01:08 35 B-11 Lear Jet Samuel Pallin D.N.F. Electrical problems.

Class C

Notorious Pine/Shaw 10:15:12:16 8:02:54:08 1 C-1 Flash Libbie Kamisugi 10:23:30:13 8:05:26:55 8 C-2 Gerontius Bill Alexander 11:05:58:13 8:08:31:16 12 C-3 Wave Runner Lon Price 10:16:55:33 8:11:06:33 20 C-4 Charisma Steve Popovich 11:04:38:41 8:13:10:31 25 C-5 Montgomery Street James Denning 12:10:42:38 8:18:28:30 31 C-6 Ariel Hugh Mclntyre 12:07:26:42 9:03:23:30 34 C-7 Illusion David Fell D.N.F. Electrical problems. Medicine Man Bob Lane D.N.F. Hit reef off Diamond Head.

IMS Class

Swans Island Gib Black 11:17:40:39 9:20:06:51 1 Outta Bounds Charles Cook 10:04:35:21 10:04:35:21 2 Delphis Mike Michel 12:09:35:40 10:07:09:25 3 Dandy Stef Clarke 12:02:27:49 10:08:32:18 4 Novia John Webb 12:09:02:17 10:08:39:36 5 World Robert L. Brown 11:20:56:04 10:15:07:44 6

Headquarters Jamboree Richard Elliott 11:11:44:30 10:16:51:55 7 Lianda Anthony Gerber 11:18:27:48*** 11:03:08:18 8 Magic Callahan/Keenan 13:00:34:02 11:12:14:37 9

*2 hour penalty for failure to have certificate aboard.
**Finished with broken mast.
***20 minute penalty for failure to report.

 

THE STORY OF THE 1991 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE Transpac ’91 had 42 yachts departing this year for the islands in the form of two separate starts on two different days. Eleven yachts started the race on June 27th in very light air and 31 yachts started the race of June 29th with a stiff westerly blowing at about 15 knots!

The reason behind the double start was to try and have all of the participants finish a

 

little closer together in Hawaii.
There were 12 IMS Class Yachts and 28 IOR Class Yachts in total. As in the past cou
ple of years, the larger and faster sleds in the form of both 50’s and 70’s created the
larger classes. In all, there were 20 large sleds, and 11 fifty footers.

 

The weather for Transpac ’91 was relatively light air, overcast with lots of rain the
entire race. The average wind velocity was 10 to 15 knots with calm seas. Many of the
competitors reported no wind for hours on end.

 

The Santa Cruz 70 CHANCE, owned by Robert McNulty, led the race in the IOR
Division wire to wire. They started first, sailed to the West End of Catalina in two
hours and one minute and finished first, 9 days, 21 hours, 59 minutes and 35 seconds
after starting. The next boat to finish was SILVER BULLET, some two and a half
hours later.

 

MERLIN, the Bill Lee designed 67 foot record holder for the race, was remeasured
under the IMS rule for this year’s race and was first-to-finish in their division with an
elapsed time of 10 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes, and 8 seconds. RAGTIME was second
to finish in the IMS division about an hour behind MERLIN.

 

WAVE RUNNER, the custom 48, ended up winning on corrected time to be first in
IMS-A and first in IMS fleet.

 

KOTUKU was first in IMS-B and second in fleet.
Recapping the race, basically the boats that sailed the shortest course (closest to the
rhumb line) would have more wind, sail less miles and should win the race! That is in
essence what all of the class and overall winners did.

 

For CHANCE it was a great victory as they were able to hoist the broom to the mast
head signifying a clean sweep (first-to-finish, first-in-class A, first overall) which has
only been done twice before in Transpac history! Once in 1936 by DORADE and
once in 1971 by WINDWARD PASSAGE.

 

The Don Vaughn Memorial Trophy for the best crew member on the first-to-finish

 

yacht went to Marshall “Duffy” Duffield.
In closing, a good time was had by all and most competitors are looking forward to
Transpac 1993!

 

Dennis Durgan

HONOLULU RACE OF 1991

Class A, IOR (continued)

Holua Davis T. Pillsbury 255:36:28 245:19:07 12 7 Kathmandu F. Kirschner/J. Jaconi 256:43:53 246:11:51 13 8 Blondie Peter Tong 256:56:57 246:34:50 14 9 Evolution Brack Duker 258:59:14 248:32:06 16 10 Grand Illusion Ed McDowell 261:52:41 251:25:31 18 11 Hokulele Richard Taubman 263:59:58 251:59:58 19 12 Cheval Hal Ward 265:01:49 253:31:43 20 13 Taxi Dancer Mitchell Rouse 265:37:12 254:06:33 21 14 Cheetah D. Baker/D. Pennington 269:26:06 259:14:17 23 15 Olé Antonio Elias D.N.F. Starship I Mike Halleran D.N.F.

Class B, IOR

Deception Dave Meginnity 272:54:19 242:34:33 5 1 Heart of Gold Sue Corenman 289:18:33 243:00:03 6 2 Medicine Man Bob Lane 265:28:13 244:23:59 7 3 Ralphie Lambert C. Thom 274:23:56 244:29:13 9 4 Harmony Barbara Colville 276:50:52 245:12:43 11 5 Samurai Warren Rosendale 274:35:43 248:01:28 15 6 Allure Charles E. Jacobson 278:32:58 250:20:07 17 7 Strider Peter Bennett 287:39:40 254:56:21 22 8

Class C, IOR

Solution Fred Hibberd, Jr. 319:03:19 260:32:58 24 1 Jano Robert M. Kahn 342:46:35 269:09:28 25 2 Montgomery Street James Denning 382:27:43 294:09:00 26 3

Class A, IMS

Wave Runner Kent Greenough 287:16:42 175:01:10 1 1 Climax Michael Campbell 281:07:42 185:19:29 3 2 Merlin Skip Stevely 256:18:08 186:47:19 5 3 Rocinante Shinji Ouguchi 297:47:29 187:41:20 6 4 Joss Richard/Camille Daniels 259:23:24 189:27:20 7 5 Ragtime Mike Farrah 257:22:53 193:16:41 9 6

Class B, IMS

Kotuku David Thomson 329:43:50 182:53:04 2 1 Windsurfer Kevin Miller 311:06:07 186:20:57 4 2 Cygnet Louis A. Freeman, M.D. 347:23:10 190:34:14 8 3 Ariel Richard F. Rosic 341:07:28 194:39:12 10 4 Perestroika Gib Black 346:34:36 200:12:12 11 5 Power Play Peter B. Richards 329:03:01 201:18:52 12 6 Tak Takashi Takamura 331:58:36 206:06:15 13 7 Out ’N About Gordon Finlay 362:41:55 206:51:29 14 8

THE STORY OF THE 1993 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The 37th running of the Transpacific Yacht Race was actually four races in one. Due to the large disparity of boat speeds within the fleet of 42, it was decided to stagger the start over a four day period to try to equalize the finishing dates. The results were mixed due to mother nature and the Pacific High playing a fickle hand with most entrants. Kenwood Corporation, again, sponsored the event.

The fleet had been opened up to a wide variety of yachts by including PHRF as well as IOR and IMS ratings. Ultimate results IOR 17 (13-70' sleds), PHRF 16 (including 9 sleds) and IMS 9.

The fleet included MORNING GLORY, an Ultra-Hi-Tech Reichel-Pugh 50 designed to IMS; a traditional Cal-40, ANTARA with an all-woman crew; and RAGE, a cold molded Wylie 70 of a radical rake.

The first start on June 30th at Point Fermin had light winds that pointed out the vast differences in yacht design. PATRIOT, an IOR 40' one-tonner, took a fast start with J-35s close on her heels while HMS ORIOLE, a 72 year old Canadian Naval vessel of 102' overall, could not start for nearly an hour. Once all entrants were on the course, the Pacific High remained to the far north resulting in rhumb line being the favored course. The faster vessels, led by SILVER BULLET, quickly overtook the slower boats with a good race for first-to-finish with MORNING GLORY, which had a 24 hour head start. Uncharacteristic of previous Transpacs, many vessels found the favored course a close reach under head sail. Even though light conditions prevailed, three vessels experienced breakdowns requiring withdrawal near the California Coast. The thirteen 70' sleds had an excellent race. SILVER BULLET won on first-to-finish at 9 days, 9 hours, 11 minutes, 17 seconds and corrected over ORIENT EXPRESS and VICTORIA. MORNING GLORY had an excellent boat-for-boat race with PERSUASION for IMS A and sweep of corrected times; but ended up finishing 1 hour 35 minutes after SILVER BULLET. RAGE corrected out over MERLIN for PHRF A while ORIOLE came back to first in PHRF C. Bob Lane with a new MEDICINE MAN captured IOR B, and JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH took PHRF B over eight 50 footers, while “Tail-end Charlie” was VENDETTA of Wellington, New Zealand.

An emphasis on professional yachtspersons on major boats was in keeping with present trends, including Chris Dickson (VICTORIA), Dee Smith (MORNING GLORY), John Jourdane and Mark Rudiger (SILVER BULLET). Jeff Madrigali (SILVER BULLET) was the winner of the Don Vaughn Trophy.

HONOLULU RACE OF 1993 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: IMS-Performance Line Scoring/IOR-Standard IOR Rule/PHRF-Modified PHRS. Start: June 30, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time July 1, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time July 2, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time July 3, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time

Class A, IOR (continued)

Alchemy Richard/Mary Compton 9:20:40:48 9:09:17:20 6 6 Mirage Jim Ryley 9:19:53:46 9:10:04:33 7 7 Taxi Dancer Bruce Chandler 10:00:26:19 9:12:52:06 8 8 Kathmandu Fred Kirschner 10:00:08:56 9:13:55:52 9 9 Holua Blake Quinn 10:00:24:11 9:14:04:17 10 10 Grand Illusion Ed McDowell 10:05:58:08 9:19:35:55 11 11 Gekko VIII Eitaro Shimizu 11:04:57:11 10:17:06:08 13 12 Starship I David Delo D.N.F.

Class B, IOR

Medicine Man Bob Lane 10:22:00:51 10:01:07:23 12 1 Tomahawk Dick Applegate 13:16:06:35 11:03:06:47 15 2

Class C, IOR

Patriot Jerome Montgomery 14:07:55:05 10:20:04:58 14 1 Rodeo Leonard King 14:18:27:56 11:03:58:17 16 2

Class A, IMS

Morning Glory Hasso Plattner 10:10:47:01 6:22:18:53 1 1 Persuasion Neil Barth 10:10:40:49 7:02:15:56 2 2

Class B, IMS

Warspite Kevin Meechan 12:12:18:31 7:17:47:09 3 1 Flyer II Ellian J. Perch 12:16:20:36 7:23:03:50 4 2 Perestroika Gib Black 14:11:14:34 8:20:03:32 9 3

Class C, IMS

Urban Renewal Les Vasconcellos, Jr. 14:12:44:50 8:12:19:22 5 1 Ariel Richard Rosie 14:09:26:20 8:14:32:01 6 2 Antara Bonnie Gibson 15:21:02:55 8:16:24:51 7 3 Vendetta Bill Reid 16:07:01:42 8:18:47:09 8 4

Class A, PHRF

Rage Steven Rander 10:00:44:59 8:17:20:34 2 1 Merlin Donn Campion 10:09:31:41 8:17:57:33 3 2 Joss Dick/Camille Daniels 12:01:54:32 10:00:50:45 10 3

Class B, PHRF

Jumpin’ Jack Flash Bruce Tabor 11:10:59:45 8:14:35:20 1 1 M-1 Bill Boyd 11:01:08:41 8:18:14:49 4 2 Gone with the Wind Bill LeRoy 11:09:25:46 8:18:30:19 5 3 Oaxaca Gene Twiner 11:09:26:07 8:18:57:44 6 4 Bombay Blaster Dan Nowlan 11:11:37:06 8:19:12:55 7 5 Bay Wolf Kirk/Jocelyn Wilson 11:10:38:31 8:20:20:41 8 6 Kingfish John Kerslake D.N.F. Harlequin Barbara Colville D.N.F.

Class C, PHRF

HMCS Oriole LCdr. M. Cooper 14:08:19:12 9:14:36:39 9 1 Destiny H. James Schafer 15:13:58:44 10:08:43:19 11 2

(Charter) Koinonia Doug Ament 14:15:43:19 10:10:22:52 12 3 Ecstasy John Donahue 15:18:10:14 10:19:12:56 13 4 Air Stripper Ralph Schmitt 15:23:34:10 11:18:13:43 14 5

THE STORY OF THE 1994 TAHITI RACE

 

The 1994 Tahiti Race may well go down in the record books as the World’s Longest Match Race. While a dozen boats expressed early interest in the race, only SORCERY and KATHMANDU crossed the starting line in Los Angeles Harbor at 1310 on June 24, 1994. SORCERY, a Mull 82, was skippered by Jake Wood, a veteran of five Tahiti Races. KATHMANDU, a Santa Cruz 70, was skippered by Fred Kirschner, an avid ULDB-70 racer. The boats were closely matched in terms of official ratings but quite different in design, with SORCERY displacing about three times as much as KATHMANDU. Both skippers were highly motivated to beat the course record (17d.07h.57m.55s.) set by TICONDEROGA in 1964.

For the first few days SORCERY was about a mile ahead, each boat reeling off 260 mile days. On the second night out, SORCERY jibed South, while KATHMANDU stayed on starboard tack heading West. The boats separated by as much as 300 miles. There was better wind farther West, and KATHMANDU opened up a lead it never relinquished. For KATHMANDU, the race was mostly a headsail reach with #2 and #3 genoa, and the chute was used for only 72 hours. KATHMANDU blew out her mainsail three days before the finish and sailed without it for 24 hours while being repaired. KATHMANDU crossed the finish line off Pointe Venus on July 9 after 14d.21h.15m.26s. (time allowance was based on a formula developed by Tom Wilder and Olin Stephens), averaging 10 knots, and SORCERY on July 10 after 16d.0h.49m.12s., but not in time to save her time allowance of 14.1178. Although both boats beat “Big Ti’s” record, KATHMANDU established a new course record taking 2d.l0h. off Ti’s record.

TAHITI RACE OF 1994 Course: Los Angeles to Papeete, Tahiti, 3571 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: Wilder/Stephens. Start: June 24, 1994, 1300 hours, Pacific Daylight Time.

THE STORY OF THE 1995 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The 1995 Transpac, as in the past, was sponsored by Kenwood Corporation. Hawaiian Airlines was the official airline. It was a traditional race to Honolulu with four innovative changes to respond to the yachting world. These included: deriving a Transpac Rating System from IMS data for all entrants; setting the upper limit equal to the new ILC-70 configuration; inviting certain monohull and multihull vessels as “Guests”; starting a double handed class; and allowing Category B commercially sponsored entrants. The resulting mix included the ILC-70 of Larry Ellison, SAYONARA; a Whitbread 60, Neil Barth’s AMERICA’s CHALLENGE; two “Turbo-sleds”; and two “multihulls” in the fleet of 38. Twenty-one yachts exceeded 60 feet in length.

The starts were again staggered over 6 days, including the multihulls. Winds were moderate along the coast, but there was a large area of 0-5 knot winds 300 miles out. Early starters hit this wall, and ended up recording very slow going (MOUNTAIN OYSTER 43 km, ANTARA 51 km). The Pacific High seemed nearly fixed, due north of Hawaii. The effect was to preserve MERLIN’s elapsed time record, dictate light air sailing for most entrants, and to create rationing of water and supplies for some.

SOLUTION, a SC-40, elected to withdraw after 8 days. Once past the hole, the trades filled and grew to 20 knots, causing HATSU to lose her rig and withdraw. The Race coverage (now on internet) quickly focused on the first-tofinish battle with the Turbo-sleds of Hal Ward, CHEVAL, and Roy Disney, PYEWACKET, jousting with SAYONARA, and guest WINDQUEST of the DeVos family. Over eight days of close racing CHEVAL built a 70 mile lead, and her 24 hour run of 322 miles just missed BLONDIE’s 1987 record of 323 miles. On the last jibe, 35 miles from the finish, a backstay broke and the mast followed into the sea. Avoiding the coast of Molokai (3/4 of a mile) the crew built a jury rig within 45 minutes and sailed the remaining distance at over 8 knots to finish in 9 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes to beat WINDQUEST by 1 hour, 22 minutes. MERLIN, in her 10th race, under charter to Dan Sinclair of Vancouver, B.C., became the first “International” yacht to correct out First Overall.

Nine standard 70' sleds had an extremely close covering contest. The first four, MIRAGE, EVOLUTION, ORIENT EXPRESS and MONGOOSE, finished within 53 minutes of each other. MIRAGE took the win.

Veteran JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH took Division 3 over a fleet of ten 50' entries, while DADDABOAT took First in the reduced Division 4. AIR STRIPPER, a J-35, took First in Division 5 in 14 days, 6 hours, 46 minutes over ANTARA, a CAL-40, Ms.“Tail-end Charlie”.

Mike Howard was awarded the Don Vaughn Trophy, and Mark Rudiger repeated as the Best Navigator. Crews included numerous internationally known sailors such as Paul Cayard, John Kolius, Ross MacDonald, Geoff Stagg, John Bertrand, Dave Scully, and Kimo Worthington.

Steve Fossett’s LAKOTA, a 60' Trimaran, set a new record of 6 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes for invited guest multihulls, beating Bob Hanel’s DOUBLE BULLET and showing the potential for future races.

Craig Brown, Historian

HONOLULU RACE OF 1995 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: IMS Rule as modified by TPYC. Start: June 28, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time June 29, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time June 30, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time July 1, 1300, 1315 Pacific Daylight Time July 2, 1300, 1315 Pacific Daylight Time July 4, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

Division 2A

Mirage Jim Ryley 10:08:50:46 9:14:21:02 6 1 Evolution Brack Duker 10:09:09:04 9:14:35:36 7 2 Mongoose Joe Case 10:09:43:55 9:14:59:11 8 3 Orient Express Peter Tong 10:09:39:20 9:15:13:22 9 4 Swiftsure Douglas Mongeon 10:13:57:46 9:19:13:02 11 5 Kathmandu Fred Kirschner 10:15:45:14 9:20:45:30 12 6 Grand Illusion James McDowell 10:16:51:39 9:22:06:55 13 7 Cheval ’88 Stephen J. Popovich 10:19:52:35 10:00:52:51 14 8 Chance Joseph Jaconi 11:01:01:39 10:06:24:25 17 9

Division 2B

Exile J.Warwick Miller 10:11:57:48 9:16:32:24 10 1 Elliott Marine Greg Elliott/Brian Peterson 10:15:22:47 10:01:45:11 15 2 Black Jack John Townsend/Carl Nelson 11:17:51:12 11:01:24:16 25 3 Hatsu Masanori Kusaka Retired

Division 3

Jumpin’ Jack Flash Bruce Tabor 12:06:19:41 10:05:57:21 16 1 Final Approach D.J. Johnson 12:17:04:48 10:06:52:05 18 2 Morning Glory Hasso Plattner 11:18:58:27 10:09:35:40 19 3 Climax Alec Oberschmidt/ 12:11:52:17 10:11:38:33 20 4

Jerry Montgomery Pressure Cooker Jeff Chandler 12:05:18:30 10:14:38:41 21 5 Bay Wolf Kirk Wilson 12:15:50:13 10:15:52:38 22 6 Persuasion John Garrison 12:11:19:40 10:20:48:47 23 7 Stealth Chicken R. Carlton Seaver 12:14:13:33 10:23:59:48 24 8 Opua Li’i Andrew Nickles 13:21:28:10 11:03:37:33 26 9 Mach I Richard Mulvania 13:22:57:56 11:05:07:19 27 10

Division 4

Daddaboat George Bailey/Susan Piper 15:14:08:22 12:10:22:01 30 1 Mountain Oyster Frank Elliott 17:18:00:00 14:09:28:38 32 2 Solution Fred Hibberd Retired

Division 5

Air Stripper Ralph Schmitt 15:17:46:20 11:09:26:01 28 1 Irrational Mark Brewer 15:19:18:34 11:11:15:44 29 2 Antara Bonnie Gibson 17:18:09:45 12:11:39:22 31 3

Invited Guests – Monohulls

Windquest Richard De Vos 9:02:39:40 9:02:39:40 1 1 America’s Challenge Neil M. Barth 10:04:34:03 10:04:34:03 2 2

Invited Guests – Multihulls

Lakota Steve Fossett 6:16:07:16 6:16:07:16 1 1 Double Bullet Robert D. Hanel 7:06:27:29 7:06:27:29 2 2

THE STORY OF THE 1997 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE The 39th Transpacific Yacht Race will forever be known as one of the Outstanding Races in Transpac history. The Race was again sponsored by the Kenwood Corporation, and attracted new, exciting entries, mirroring the latest develpments of yachting technology including: ZEPHYRUS, a Reichel/Pugh 75'; MAGNITUDE, an Andrews 70' Turbo, and VICKI, an Andrews 70' Turbo. As it turned out the Race would ultimately be won, however, by repeating Transpac veterans, outstanding sailing, and excellent wind conditions.

Veteran record holder, MERLIN (sporting a canting keel), and refurbished RAGTIME were also part of the 38 entries for this race. Other noteworthy entries included: all woman crews on BAY WOLF and PEGASUS XIV; and SURVIVOR, an all-HIV positive crew, willing to challenge the sea. The Race was started over a 9 day, 4 start, span to accommodate the vast differences in vessel speeds. The monohull Starts were: June 28th Cruising Class from 35' to 52'; July 2nd, smaller Racing entries from 30' to 60'; July 5th, larger Racing entries from 60' to 75'. On July 7th, the multihull racers started and EXPLORER, having sailed directly from France without an engine, barely made it on time.

Early contestants started in light wind at Point Fermin, but the wind quickly built to a strong, steady 20 knots. This would be a good year – if it held. The early leader in the Cruising Class was Fred Frye’s SALSIPUEDES, a Tayana 52. By the Second Start, all the entries were praying for the winds to hold and the Pacific High to stay north. Immediately, Bob Lane’s MEDICINE MAN, a highly modified Andrews 56, started setting a record pace. SEA DANCER, SEAZ THE MOMENT, and 2 GUYS ON THE EDGE were forced to retire with varying problems. The third start, although slow, almost immediately followed with excellent winds. Unfortunately, three new Division I yachts, ZEPHYRUS, MAGNITUDE, and VICKI, all retired with mast failures within 48 hours. With a 3 day head start on the bigger monohulls, MEDICINE MAN, on record pace, would give the big  boys a true greyhound to chase, turning in a 305 mile day.

Early leaders in the larger Division I class were  the Turbos, Hal Ward’s CHEVAL (1995 Barn Door Defender), VICTORIA, and PYEWACKET, and MIRAGE, TAXI DANCER, plus venerable KATHMANDU in the S/C 70, Division II. By the time the multihulls started two days later, it was apparent this would be a record breaker due in part to a tropical storm off Mexico. The multihulls led by Bruno Peyrone’s EXPLORER, a huge 86' catamaran and Steve Fossett’s LAKOTA, a Jeaneau 60', the defending Champion, began an epic battle to catch the fleet, while DOUBLE BULLET retired shortly when she lost the top portion of her mast.

In fact, SALSIPUEDES, the cruiser, and MEDICINE MAN, with their respective head starts, were also racing for “first place at the dock.” On July 10th, MEDICINE MAN passed SALSIPUEDES less than 10 miles from the finish at Diamond Head and began the string of record-breaking finishes by bettering Merlin’s 20-year old record of 8 days, 11 hours, 01 minutes, 46 seconds, by 4 1/2 hours. SALSIPUEDES would finish under 28 minutes later, winning the new Overton Perpetual Trophy for best Cruising Class Corrected Time Yacht.

However, everyone was still watching the record pace of the Turbos, led by VICTORIA’s 337 mile record 24 hour run, LUNA BARBA at 319, MERLIN at 327, CHEVAL at 331, and PYEWACKET at 336. EXPLORER and LAKOTA each sailed the first half of the 2,225 mile distance in less than 3 days.

Indeed, the big cat, EXPLORER, would overhaul and pass the record-setting monohulls to finish in 5 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes and 26 seconds, in record time winning the new Rudy Choy Trophy for best multihull elapsed time by averaging 17.2 knots, followed closely by LAKOTA.

No one waited more impatiently than Roy E. Disney, veteran of 11 consecutive Transpac Races, confined to a dock-side seat due to an auto collision injury, as his PYEWACKET, skippered by his son, Roy Pat, and navigated by Stan Honey, slid into the lead of the Turbo class. Ultimately, the new two day old monohull elapsed time record would be shattered by five more boats: MERLIN 8 days, 3 hours; LUNA BARBA 8 days, 1 hour; VICTORIA 7 days, 21 hours; CHEVAL 7 days, 20 hours; and best of all, averaging 12 knots, by Barn Door Trophy Winner PYEWACKET with a new Transpac Record of 7 days, 15 hours, 24 minutes, 40 seconds.

KATHMANDU, chartered by Jaconi, Hitchcock & Thompson, both arrived and corrected out 17 minutes ahead of MIRAGE in Division II. With all the records being set, another veteran, Jerry Montgomery, would have the final laugh. He chartered the ancient S/C 50, RALPHIE, and along with owner John Latiolait, won the King Kalakua Trophy, presented by the Governor of Hawaii with a 9 day, 5 hour run, correcting out (7 days, 00 hours, 15 minutes, 51 seconds) on the entire fleet as well as over MEDICINE MAN and STEALTH CHICKEN in Division III. PEGASUS XIV recorded the first placing in the final standings by an all-woman crew, taking second to ACEY DEUCY, in Division IV. Veteran RAGTIME, a Barn Door Trophy winner in 1973 finished her 11th Transpac with her best time ever. It should be noted in addition to Disney (in almost every way a participant) Avery, Durgin, Haines, Honey, Jourdane, Sinclair and Tretter, seven Directors of the Transpacific Yacht Club, were on board various racers and the three flag officers, Jones, Edgcomb and Martin were at all the starts and finishes.

In all, it was a magnificent race that set high new standards for the future.

H. Gilbert Jones, Commodore

HONOLULU RACE OF 1997 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: IMS Rule as modified by TPYC. Start: June 28, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time July 2, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time July 5, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time July 7, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

*New elapsed time record

Division 2

Kathmandu Joe Jaconi/Dave 8:15:27:40 7:20:29:01 9 1

Hitchcock/Ed Thompson Mirage Jim Ryley 8:15:44:44 7:20:46:05 10 2 Grand Illusion James McDowell 8:16:24:20 7:21:25:41 13 3 Taxi Dancer Don Hughes/Bob Richards 8:16:44:51 7:21:46:12 14 4 Cheval ’88 Steve Popovich 8:17:21:54 7:21:49:33 15 5 Ragtime Scott Zimmer 8:17:46:54 7:22:15:22 16 6 Orient Express Peter Tong 8:18:35:01 7:23:36:22 17 7

Division 3

Ralphie Jerry Montgomery/ 9:05:00:26 7:00:15:51 1 1

John Latiolait Medicine Man Bob Lane 8:06:31:00 7:01:46:11 2 2 Stealth Chicken Liz Hjorth 9:02:57:51 7:07:36:47 3 3 Persuasion Steve Travis 9:02:35:17 7:11:13:36 4 4 Bay Wolf Betty Sue Sherman 9:19:18:03 7:17:42:47 7 5 Survivor Rob Hudson 10:06:27:01 8:03:16:51 19 6 Seven Seas III Karl Schopp 11:22:53:15 10:13:18:33 23 7

Division 4

Acey Deucy Richard K. Leute 10:18:43:28 7:15:35:10 6 1 Pegasus XIV Linda Newland 11:17:46:33 7:21:07:19 11 2 Silver Girl Christpher Stump 14:19:38:10 10:12:48:28 22 3 Two Guys Dan Doyle Retired

on the Edge

Cruising Class

Salsipuedes Fred Frye 12:06:57:57 9:14:04:12 1 1 Surprise Richard Sherlock 14:06:57:53 10:10:15:23 2 2 Inquisitor John Black 14:07:29:21 10:16:20:36 3 3 La Ula Lani George Killam 14:10:28:47 10:23:02:32 4 4 Endeavor III Eleanor Clitheroe 15:06:36:52 12:02:35:37 5 5 Sea Dancer Al Wheatman Retired Seaz The Moment Edward J. Soellner Retired

Multihull

Explorer Bruno Peyron 5:09:18:26* 5:20:39:59 1 1 Lakota Steve Fossett 6:00:30:46 6:11:46:06 2 2 Alguita Charles Moore 13:20:14:40 13:08:30:05 3 3 Double Bullet Robert D. Hanel Retired

*New elapsed time record

THE STORY OF THE 1999 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE With the Dow Jones Average hovering around 10,400 and with the memory of the record shattering ’97 race fresh in peoples memory, one would have expected a great turnout for Transpac ’99, but the sale of most of the sled fleet to the Great Lakes and the growing interest in one design inshore boats kept the fleet size down to 33 starters.

Using staggered starts, as has been the case since 1991, eight boats in the Cruising Division and two Double-Handed boats started on June 29, and eight 40 footers started on July 2. On July 3, Divisions I, II and III got underway in a light south-easterly that carried the fleet out on port tack to well beyond Catalina Island before the wind clocked and the fleet tacked to starboard with the majority of the July 3 starters leaving Santa Barbara Island and San Nicolas to port.

The July 4 roll call found most of the fleet sailing in 18-20 knots of wind with some of the July 3 starters reporting wind in the 25 knot range. At about 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, M PROJECT, a Division III entry, withdrew with rudder problems and headed back to the coast.

The only multihull in the race, DOUBLE BULLET, started on July 5 and for the second time in as many races failed to make it beyond the first day as she flipped over and was towed back to the mainland with her crew being rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter.

When the fleet clustered near the midway point, most of the boats were experiencing winds in the 20-25 knot range and reeling off big 24 hour runs. On July 7 the Division I Turbos reported day runs of from 325 to 330 miles, the 50 footers were in the 270-285 mile day range, the 40 footers made about 200 to 225 miles, and the cruising boats were moving well in the 160 to 190 mile range. Even the 30 foot double-handed entry, TWO GUYS ON THE EDGE, had a 200 plus mile day.

July 8 found a lightening of the wind, and PYEWACKET, who had trailed ZEPHYRUS IV up to this point in the race, moved ahead of the other turbos by taking a bite south, while ZEPHYRUS worked above the rhumb line. Among Division II sleds, GRAND ILLUSION, who had moved into first place overall on corrected time the previous day, continued to dominate. The Division III leader was GONE WITH THE WIND, a highly modified SC 50 from the Bay Area. Among the 40 footers, the battle was between GREAT SCOT and TOWER. The Cruising Division leader was HURRICANE with ESPRIT second in class.

The next couple of days saw good winds combined with squalls and very dark nights. There were great opportunities for gains by playing the favored gybe, and the boats that worked to the south seemed to fare better.

On the night of July 10 at 9:41:27 p.m. Hawaiian time, PYEWACKET crossed the finish line off Diamond Head Light for a new elapsed time record of 7 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes and 27 seconds, shaving 3 3/4 hours off the record she set in 1997. MAGNITUDE finished a little less than 2 hours later, also breaking the old record and ZEPHYRUS finished another 3 hours later. Along the way, MAGNITUDE broke the 24 hour run record with a new record of 353 nautical miles.

The winner of the Governor of Hawaii Trophy and the King Kalakaua Trophy for fastest overall corrected time was the Division II winner, the 13 year old Santa Cruz 70, GRAND ILLUSION, that finished shortly before 1:00 p.m. on July 11. GRAND ILLUSION sailed the last 150 miles with a large horizontal rip in the mainsail with the sail being held together only by the leech cord.

Among the other class winners were GONE WITH THE WIND (Division III), GREAT SCOT (Division IV), HURRICANE in the Cruising Class and TWO GUYS ON THE EDGE in the Double-Handled division. The last boat to finish, VAPOR, finished in 18 days, 8 hours after having been out of radio contact for virtually the whole race.

Written by Jerry Montgomery, J/C Commodore

HONOLULU RACE OF 1999 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: IMS Rule as modified by TPYC. Start: June 29, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

July 2, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

July 3, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

July 6, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place Division 1 M:H:M:S M:H:M:S Fleet Class Pyewacket Roy E. Disney 7:11:41:27 7:11:39:58 2 1 Magnitude Doug Baker 7:13:37:07 7:13:36:07 3 2 Zephyrus IV R. McNeil/J. Parrish 7:16:34:43 7:16:33:59 5 3 Front Runner L. Grasso/C. Lyons 7:19:51:45 7:19:51:43 8 4 Pegasus Philippe Kahn 7:20:51:20 7:20:50:20 11 5

Division 2

Grand Illusion James McDowell 8:02:52:27 7:08:40:10 1 1 Cheval Steve Popovich 8:13:47:14 7:20:44:46 10 2 Velos K. & B. Hestehave 9:13:31:03 7:22:55:12 13 3 Mongoose Robert Saielli 8:16:58:37 7:23:09:01 15 4 Medicine Man Robert M. Lane 8:15:24:12 8:00:29:07 16 5

Division 3

Gone With The Wind B. Leroy, J. Caseino 9:11:41:04 7:14:45:18 4 1 Stealth Chicken Alamitos Bay Syndicate 9:08:46:14 7:19:06:20 7 2 Warpath Fred Howe 9:11:37:40 7:19:56:46 9 3 M-Project Manouch Moshayedi Retired

Division 4

Great Scot Tom Garnier 12:03:22:51 7:18:36:58 6 1 Tower Don Clothier 10:16:48:47 7:22:55:15 14 2 Glama! Seth Radow 11:04:45:55 8:07:29:10 17 3 Prime Time Borkowski, Sherlock 11:12:21:57 8:11:43:31 18 4 Bolt Craig Reynolds 12:20:28:13 8:19:29:37 19 5 Sweet Caroline William Rawson 12:17:40:26 9:04:20:16 20 6 Uproarious Robert Bussard 12:08:43:14 9:08:04:48 21 7 Apollo V Ned Knight 13:08:09:37 9:16:00:54 22 8

Double-Handed

Two Guys on The Edge Dan Doyle 12:13:04:31 7:21:15:24 12 1 Vapor Bill Boyd 18:08:16:40 12:22:32:19 23 2

Cruising

Hurricane Kim Stebbens 13:07:42:09 9:22:07:09 1 1 Esprit Robert Pace 13:12:28:14 10:14:00:44 2 2 Willow Wind Wendy Siegal 13:16:23:04 10:17:55:34 3 3 Tango Howard Raphael 14:23:08:06 11:07:59:21 4 4 Pacifica Douglas Jones 14:10:39:09 11:08:29:09 5 5 Endeavor III R. Bell/E. Clitheroe 14:20:26:22 11:14:33:52 6 6 Goodnight Moon Carlton Vanderbeek 14:02:24:23 12:00:20:38 7 7 Derivative John Robt Misko 14:19:58:14 12:04:55:44 8 8

Multi-Hull

Double Bullet Bob Hanel Retired

THE STORY OF THE 2001 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE A battle of wits and wind found Philippe Kahn’s PEGASUS claiming line honors in the 41st Transpacific Yacht Race in a three-boat duel with Roy E. Disney’s record holder, PYEWACKET, and Bob McNulty’s new Reichel/Pugh 73, CHANCE.

Because of light winds early on, PEGASUS, an R/P 75, didn’t threaten PYEWACKET’s record of 7 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes, 27 seconds set in 1999, but its time of 8 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes, 3 seconds was the 10th fastest on record and earned Kahn the Barn Door on only his second try. PYEWACKET, R/P 74, finished 63 minutes later, about an hour and a half ahead of CHANCE.

Other notable prize winners included Seth Radow’s new Sydney 40, BULL, from Marina del Rey, first overall on corrected handicap time and first in Division IV; Wendy Siegal’s 36-year old Cal 40, WILLOW WIND, in the Aloha Division, and Howard Gordon’s Open 50, ÉTRANGER, San Luis Obispo, with a double-handed record of 10 days, 4 hours, 4 minutes, 1 second. PEGASUS, BULL, and ÉTRANGER were all built in Australia.

BULL, featuring an angry, smoke-snorting male bovine on the hull, was owed about 65 hours in handicap time by PEGASUS and beat the clock by 1 hour, 32 minutes, 8 seconds with a pre-dawn finish winning the King Kalakaua canoe trophy that recognizes the crew that theoretically sailed its boat nearest to its potential.

David Janes’ new Transpac/Andrews 52, J-BIRD III, Newport Beach, beat all the larger boats straight up in Division II, although James McDowell’s Santa Cruz 70 GRAND ILLUSION, Haiku, Hawaii, corrected out. Brent Vaughan’s chartered Andrews 53 CANTATA won in Division III.

Altogether 11 boats – a third of the fleet – finished the same day. Those included RAGTIME, the 1973 and 1975 Barn Door winner under charter to Maui resident Trisha Steele and Owen Minney of Newport Beach. The sleek black wooden boat was sixth among eight boats in Division II and still shared the record for most Transpacs at 12 with another two-time winner, MERLIN – now a colorfully rebuilt MERLIN’S REATA – and Steele was the third generation of her family to do the race. Only the top three maxi-sleds finished faster than MERLIN’S REATA.

The smallest boat was Dan Doyle’s Sonoma 30, sailing doublehanded with Bruce Burgess and making its third Transpac start but first finish with the owner aboard. TWO GUYS ON THE EDGE won the doublehanded division and the third overall in Division IV, which included one other doublehander, WATERCOLORS, and six fully crewed boats.

“It was too nice a trip,” said Burgess. They never saw wind stronger than 17.6 knots until they found 25 knots in the Molokai Channel Thursday night–a common story in the Transpac.

As the last boat to finish, Michael Abraham’s WATERCOLORS, a Sabre 402 sloop from Newport Beach, won the Tail End Charlie award, finishing the day after the awards dinner. Abraham sailed doublehanded with former college chum Phil Rowe. Each was 64. They finished 3 minutes, 32 seconds shy of 14 days.

The contest among PEGASUS, PYEWACKET and CHANCE was a classic. “We were

within sight of each other for seven consecutive days,” Disney said. The most important thing PEGASUS’ crew learned was that their boat was just enough faster than the older PYEWACKET so that the smart strategy was to say in the same breeze with their rivals. “Everywhere we went, they went too,” said Robbie Haines, PYEWACKET’s sailing manager.

One factor was the addition of a second daily roll call at dusk. Compared to 1999 when PYEWACKET slipped away from ZEPHYRUS during the 24-hour gap, there was less opportunity for stealth. The critical time came on the next-to-last day when the three boats sailed into a squall. PEGASUS and PYEWACKET went one way, CHANCE the other. CHANCE sailed into a wind hole from which it never recovered. PEGASUS and PYEWACKET jibed five times to stay in the pocket of breeze, but PEGASUS caught the key puff and was gone for good. PEGASUS’ Zan Drejes received the Don Vaughn award for the second consecutive race as the most valuable crew member on the fastest boat. His former employer was Disney. The crew also included Samuel Kahn, a.k.a. Shark, Kahn’s 11-year-old son.

Written by Rich Roberts

HONOLULU RACE OF 2001 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: IMS Rule as modified by TPYC. Starts: June 25, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

June 30, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

July 1, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

Yacht Owner/Skipper Elapsed Corrected Place

Division 1 D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Pegasus Philippe Kahn 8:02:34:03 8:02:33:16 2 1 Pyewacket Roy E. Disney 8:03:36:58 8:03:36:29 3 2 Chance Robert McNulty 8:05:08:24 8:05:08:06 4 3 Merlin’s Reata Al Micallef 8:17:45:35 8:17:31:18 13 4

Division 2

Grand Illusion James McDowell 9:02:34:24 8:11:41:33 8 1 J-Bird III David Janes 8:23:36:10 8:13:12:48 9 2 Taxi Dancer Brian Mock 9:04:17:13 8:13:59:13 11 3 Yassou J. & N. Demetriades 9:05:50:42 8:19:24:20 15 4 Medicine Man Robert M. Lane 9:02:47:43 8:20:11:02 16 5 Ragtime T. Steele/O. Minney 9:17:20:25 8:22:57:33 18 6 Mongoose Robert Saielli 9:16:18:32 9:00:29:57 19 7 Etranger H. Gordon/J. Crum 10:04:04:49 9:20:13:14 23 8

Division 3

Cantata Brent Vaughan 10:07:44:54 8:11:40:25 7 1 Firebird Greg Sands 10:08:16:10 8:13:18:50 10 2 Bengal II Yoshihiko Murase 9:16:20:56 8:16:08:12 12 3 Baronesa V Shuichi Ogasawara 10:00:49:34 9:06:33:43 20 4 Rocket Science Nguyen Le 10:01:26:49 9:06:50:19 21 5

Division 4

Bull Seth Radow 10:17:49:19 8:01:01:08 1 1 Sensation Mike Thomas 11:01:07:05 8:05:40:13 5 2 Two Guys on The EdgeDan Doyle 12:18:46:19 8:11:07:27 6 3 Ouch! Ted Mayes 11:14:35:47 8:18:50:22 14 4 Uproarious Robert Bussard 11:22:07:58 8:21:05:32 17 5 Mystere Jorge Morales 13:22:33:02 9:20:36:06 24 6 Watercolors Michael Abraham 13:23:56:28 10:01:45:31 26 7 Lawndart Bill Allen Retired

THE STORY OF THE 2003 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE Despite 57 boats–the most starters since 1985–Transpac 2003 was less a race for records than milestones. Software entrepreneur Philippe Kahn, sailing a turbocharged PEGASUS 77, collected his second consecutive Barn Door in a two-boat battle with Roy Disney’s PYEWACKET, but again didn’t have enough wind to threaten Disney’s elapsed time record for a monohull set in 1999 (7 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes, 27 seconds). PEGASUS 77’s ET was 7 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, 17 seconds.

That left room in the spotlight for other ocean adventurers that made the 42nd Transpac a tale of diversity, nostalgia, perseverance and victories of the human spirit. The fleet included an all-time high of nine foreign entries, a clear sign of Transpac’s global expansion in the 21st century and, along the way, PEGASUS 77, one of four entries listing Hawaiian home ports, did log a race record 24-hour run of 356 nautical miles, topping MAGNITUDE's 1999 record by three miles.

But there also were 10 Cal 40s–Transpac’s first class ever for a single type of boat–celebrating their 40th anniversary, harking back to the 60s when they dominated three Transpacs on corrected handicap time. And, for media punch, no arrival at Waikiki rivaled the prime time finish of Challenged America’s entry, the Tripp 40 B’QUEST, which had won the hearts of race followers. The first crew of disabled sailors in the race’s 97-year history was met not only by reporters but by four local TV crews, just in time for the early evening news. One did a live remote telecast–a possible first for Transpac.

Urban Miyares, a blind Vietnam veteran who co-founded Challenged America in San Diego 12 years ago with Transpac as the ultimate goal, was a watch captain on B’QUEST. The crew also included paraplegics and a one-armed veteran. The only able-bodied crew member was skipper Joshua Ross.

Bill Turpin and his ALTA VITA crew from Santa Cruz, California, received the King Kalakaua Trophy for first overall, clocking the fourth fastest corrected handicap time ever, 7 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes, 29 seconds. Another Transpac 52, Karl Kwok’s BEAU GESTE from Hong Kong, finished 48 minutes earlier but owed ALTA VITA time for a stronger downwind configuration favorable to Transpac. ALTA VITA’s elapsed time for the 2,225 nautical miles was 8 days, 17 hours, 1 minute, 25 seconds. Key to ALTA VITA’s success was Jay Crum, the navigator, sailing his 12th Transpac.

BEAU GESTE, second overall with Gavin Brady and other world-class New Zealanders among the crew, corrected only 66 minutes better than ILLUSION, the fastest of the Cal 40s. That class was organized by Wendy Siegal, owner of the 2001 Aloha winner WILLOW WIND. ILLUSION’s owner and co-skippers, Stan and Sally Honey, and their veteran crew of Skip Allan and Jon Andron, received  the first of several standing ovations at the awards dinner.

Honey was navigator for PYEWACKET’s record runs in 1997 and 1999. “It’s much
more work than sailing on PYEWACKET,” he said. “But I hope the message that gets
communicated to the sailing community is that you can take a good old boat with a
good old crew and be competitive in the race.”

 

ILLUSION led the race on handicap time until the last two days when stronger winds

 

favored the larger ultralight boats.
Roger Kuske’s 62-foot cutter LADY BLEU II, an Aloha class boat from San Diego,
was the first boat to finish because of its five-day head start, but Ross Pearlman’s
BETWEEN THE SHEETS, a Sun Odyssey 52.2 from California, was the overall and
Aloha A winner on corrected time, with BARKING SPIDER winning Aloha B.

 

As a result of the staggered starts, the first boats to cross the finish line were the
Division V and Aloha A boats. The first four finishers all blew up spinnakers coming
down the Molokai Channel to the finish. The finish conditions for this group were a
far cry from the light start when a southerly current and light breeze resulted in some
boats taking 20 minutes to clear the start line.

 

The outcome of the PEGASUS 77–PYEWACKET contest was determined early on,
not by boat speed but by strategic differences of opinion keyed to PEGASUS 77’s navigator, Mark Rudiger. The PYEWACKET crew was stunned by the second day’s morn
ing roll call and position report that showed PEGASUS 77 100 miles south of them.
Then, when the shift they were expecting failed to produce a lively breeze,
PYEWACKET had to eat its error and give up many miles to find better wind south.
That’s when PEGASUS 77 came slightly north to slide into a controlling position
directly in front.

 

PEGASUS 77’s Mike Mottl was chosen by his mates for the Don Vaughn Memorial

 

Trophy as the most valuable crew member on the boat with the fastest elapsed time.
Other winners included Hawaii’s own Dan Doyle and Bruce Burgess, TWO GUYS
ON THE EDGE, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Gary Jobson Perpetual Trophy
for first doublehanded on corrected time; Anthony Barran’s ILC 40, TERA’S XL,
Northridge, California, Fast 40s; Division III winner Tom Garnier’s J/125, REIN
RAG2, Portland, Oregon, J/Boats (not including J/160s); Division IV winner Chris
Busch’s 1D35, WILD THING, San Diego, Pocket Rockets Award, and John
MacLaurin’s PENDRAGON 4, Marina del Rey, Fast 50s. In Division V, WIND
DANCER, a Catalina 42 from Ventura, California, won its division and MAITRI
won the three-boat J/160 class.

 

REINRAG2 recovered from mid-ocean repairs of a leaking rudder bearing to win

 

Division III by three hours over Peter Johnson’s J/160, MAITRI, of San Diego.
John Davis’ PIPE DREAM, a Choate/Feo 37 in Aloha B from Seal Beach, California,
received the Tailend Charlie Trophy as the last boat to finish.

 

Kim and Lou Ickler, who managed the race headquarters, were awarded the Claire
Lang Memorial Trophy for volunteer service.

 

Written by Rich Roberts

HONOLULU RACE OF 2003 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2225 nautical miles. Handicap Rule: IMS Rule as modified by TPYC. Start: July 1, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

July 4, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

July 6, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Division 1 H:M:S H:M:S Fleet Class

Pegasus 77 Philippe Kahn 184:31:17 184:31:17 4 1 Pyewacket Roy E. Disney 188:48:55 188:48:55 7 2

Division 2

Alta Vita Bill Turpin 209:01:25 180:20:29 1 1 Beau Geste Karl C. Kwok 208:13:49 183:56:42 2 2 Pendragon 4 John McLauren 224:26:10 187:42:05 5 3 Grand Illusion E. McDowell, Sr./ 220:07:43 191:02:48 9 4

J. McDowell Icon R. Robbins/J. Roser 219:58:43 197:34:40 15 5 Medicine Man Bob Lane 207:42:47 198:13:00 17 6 Bengal II Y. Murasey/Y. Ito 239:51:27 206:11:51* 32 7 Vicki Al/Vicki Schultz 224:56:37 211:03:15 40 8 Helsal II W. Rawson/N. Hay 249:21:09 212:32:21 41 9 Renegade Dan Sinclair D.N.F.

Division 3

Reinrag U of RI/Tom Garnier 246:28:38 188:48:34 6 1 Maitri Peter Johnson 251:37:08 191:46:39 10 2 Innocent Merriment Myron C. Lyon 256:00:52 197:01:05 14 3 Jeito Francisco Guzman 252:09:47 198:15:34 18 4 Pipe Dream IX Scott Piper 269:32:35 206:36:57 35 5 Horizon Jack Taylor 266:21:48 208:13:58 38 6 On Point Nick Martin 276:44:43 220:49:38 49 7 Lucky Dog Peter Putnam D.N.F. The Cone of Silence James/Jenny Neil D.N.F.

Division 4

Wild Thing Chris/Kara Busch 270:23:14 190:01:35* 8 1 Tabasco John D. Wylie 276:16:43 195:54:33* 11 2 Terra’s XL Antony/Dan Barran 270:16:01 197:59:34 16 3 Paddy Wagon R./J. Mainland 274:31:00 198:50:18 19 4 Krakatoa Rod Skellet 292:59:42 200:06:47 20 5 Hot Tamale Doug/Tom Jorgensen 285:57:34 200:13:06* 21 6 Swept Away Louis Bianco 288:56:22 200:37:47 22 7 Cool Man Cool 2 Harrell Jones 289:11:34 201:33:42 24 8 Two Guys on the Edge Dan Doyle 282:25:10 201:51:37* 25 9 Bolt Craig Reynolds 292:04:08 206:15:09* 33 10 Lawndart Bill Allan 292:02:45 206:16:11 34 11

Division 5

Wind Dancer Dr. Paul K. Edwards 313:34:12 200:45:49 23 1 There and Back AgainRice/Ureno/Rossbach 301:01:20 204:06:22 28 2 Masquerade Tim Coker 318:19:31 209:34:42 39 3 BQuest Challenged America 317:12:19 217:37:29 45 4

Cal 40

Illusion Stan/Sally Honey 312:21:05 184:02:04 3 1 Ranger Wilson Partridge 325:51:21 196:17:41 12 2 Seafire John T. Harrison 325:39:49 196:19:30 13 3 Ralphie J/T and E/D Pillsbury 327:01:10 202:15:34 26 4 Flying Cloud D./S. Wilson 328:09:57 203:24:27* 27 5 California Girl Don/Betty Lessley 328:28:36 205:15:07 29 6 Celebrity Gerald Finnegan 334:03:33 205:27:59 30 7 John B Greg Boyer 333:11:34 206:04:34 31 8 Willow Wind Wendy Siegal 333:46:55 208:05:28 37 9 Redhead Andrew Opple 346:09:56 219:06:54 48 10

Aloha A

Between the Sheets Ross Pearlman 296:10:15 207:07:10 36 1 Echanted Lady Andy Sibert 314:24:59 213:56:32 43 2 Incredible Rick Gorman 302:29:40 214:00:16 44 3 Beautiful Day William Boyd 303:00:28 218:40:16* 46 4 Axapac Barry Ruff 316:18:33 218:56:51 47 5 Marla R Jon Richards 307:41:25 222:35:25 50 6 Lady Bleu II Roger/Brenda Kuske 289:54:15 228:13:40 51 7 Beach Music K. Coryell/N. Weinberg 333:10:47 237:14:22* 53 8

Aloha B

Barking Spider David Kory 342:57:58 213:24:03* 42 1 Sea Dancer Al Wheatman 375:03:30 236:54:45 52 2 Pipe Dream John Davis 377:32:39 259:31:26 54 3

THE STORY OF THE 2005 CENTENNIAL
TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE

 

It was an impressive fleet of 75 boats that lined up for the start of the Centennial Transpac Race, the second largest fleet in the history of the race. The fleet ranged from all three existing MaxZ86’s in the world and the 90-footer GENUINE RISK at the big boat end, down to the 31 foot THE CONE OF SILENCE and the Hobie 33 SOAP OPERA at the small end. In between was a very competitive fleet that included three TP52’s, 14 Cal 40’s and MERLIN and RAGTIME; both competing in their 13th Transpac race. A strong contingent of eight foreign boats were entered along with seven double-handed teams. Of these 75 entries, only two boats failed to make it to Hawaii – PENDRAGON 4 and CALIFORNIA GIRL both encountered problems early in the race and made quick and uneventful returns to the mainland. Of the 73 boats that completed the course, they established new records for both the fastest and slowest passages. The MaxZ86 MORNING GLORY broke PYEWACKET’s old record by over 19 hours with a new record of 6 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes, 11 seconds, which works out to an average speed of 13.9 knots over the course. Four other boats, PYEWACKET, GENUINE RISK, MAGNITUDE 80 and WINDQUEST also bettered the old record. At the other end of the speed spectrum, CAMILLE, being double-handed by Jim and

Ann Reid, took 22 days to finish the course, missing the awards dinner by 4 days.
Some of the boats that elicited human interest attention were the team of disabled

 

sailors racing B’QUEST and the crew of the Cal 40 BUBULA that was composed of
guys ranging from 66 to 72 years of age.
The first of the three staggered starts was for Division V, the Aloha Class boats, and the Cal 40’s.

 

Four to five knots of breeze greeted the starters and at 1:00 p.m. on July 11, 33 boats crossed the
start line. The wind did not improve significantly over the afternoon and evening and by roll call
next morning, the July 11 starters had made only 30-40 miles on the course. July 13’s roll call
found the boats having logged between 100 and 130 miles for the previous day, but by the July 14
roll call, the July 11 starters were into the breeze with some of the larger Aloha boats logging 200
plus mile days.

 

July 15 found the Division III and IV boats again being greeted by light winds at the
start, but by roll call next morning, most of them had checked in with distances made
good of 100 to 130 miles for their first 19 hours of racing, and by roll call of July 17
were well and truly on their way.

 

July 17 was the last of the staggered starts with 20 boats hitting the start line in 10
knots of breeze. It was a spectacular sight with those Division I and II boats hitting
the line together accompanied by a large and enthusiastic spectator fleet. By July 19,
the Cal 40 RALPHIE, who had worked to the south the previous two days, reported
her position to be 50 miles closer to Hawaii than the next boat in the Cal 40 class,
RADIANT, and she was to retain her lead over the rest of her class all the way to
Diamond Head, finishing 10 hours ahead of the next two Cal 40’s, PSYCHE and
ILLUSION. While the smaller boats continued to battle it out, MORNING GLORY
and PYEWACKET were changing places north and then south, but by day four of
their race, MORNING GLORY had worked out to a 70 mile lead on PYEWACKET,
and although PYEWACKET whittled that lead down over the rest of the course,
MORNING GLORY held on to set a new record and to finish some two hours and
28 minutes ahead of PYEWACKET.

 

In the other Divisions there was also some great racing taking place. Of the four TP52’s, they took
1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall, with ROSEBUD besting PEGASUS on corrected time although finish
ing 3 hours, 11 minutes behind PEGASUS. ROSEBUD’s win marked a significant and rare dou
ble. Having also won the Bermuda race she became the first boat to win both the Bermuda Race
and the Transpac since DORADE accomplished this double victory in 1936. TRADER corrected
to third overall. It was also a good race for the 70 sleds, with CORUBA at 4th overall, and with
SKYLARK 6th behind RALPHIE, that corrected out to 5th overall. In Divisions III and IV it was
REINRAG2 again winning Division III, as she did in 2003, and TABASCO correcting out over
the second place boat in its division, Division IV, by 16 hours.

 

In Division V and the Double-handed class, the Hobie 33 SOAP OPERA sailed by
two first timers from Texas, won handily, and in Aloha A, BETWEEN THE SHEETS
repeated her win from 2003 by beating the 68 year old yawl, ODYSSEY, by 8 min
utes. In Aloha B, SO FAR, a Swan 48 from Chicago, comfortably corrected out over
her competitor.

 

All and all, it was a pretty mild weather race, with several spotty areas of light winds.
Everyone, however, was treated to some white knuckle sailing down the Molokai
Channel to the finish, with several boats experiencing handling difficulties as they
approached the finish line.

 

Just as this race marked the end of Transpac’s first century of racing, it also marked the
retirement of Roy Disney, who after 15 consecutive races, announced that he is retir
ing from racing. It also marked the retirement of Grant Baldwin as the voice of
Transpac, having been aboard the communications vessel for every race since 1979.

 

Written by J/S Commodore Jerry Montgomery

HONOLULU RACE OF 2005 Course: San Pedro to Diamond Head Light, 2300 nautical miles Handicap Rules: TPYC Rating Starts: July 11, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

July 15, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

July 17, 1300 Pacific Daylight Time

Yacht Owner Elapsed Corrected Place

Division 1 D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Morning Glory Hasso Plattner 6:16:04:11 6:16:04:11 8 1 Magnitude 80 Doug Baker 7:03:02:57 6:17:17:59 10 2 Pyewacket Roy E. Disney 6:18:32:25 6:18:32:25 12 3 Scout Spirit Bill Turpin 8:05:29:53 6:21:08:18 15 4 Genuine Risk Randall Pittman 6:22:02:35 6:22:02:12 16 5 Windquest Doug DeVos 7:05:58:03 6:23:06:56 17 6 Beecom Isao Mita 8:07:15:12 7:00:59:05 18 7

Division 2

Rosebud Roger Sturgeon 8:16:25:04 6:08:45:05 1 1 Pegasus 52 Philippe Kahn 8:13:14:13 6:09:24:44 2 2 Trader Fred Detwiler 8:18:07:25 6:13:48:46 3 3 Coruba Rob Fleming 9:00:23:25 6:14:30:48 4 4 Skylark Douglas Ayres 8:20:02:07 6:15:43:14 6 5 Medicine Man Robert M. Lane 8:13:49:45 6:15:49:47 7 6 Mongoose Brad Thorson 9:02:36:13 6:16:57:36 9 7 Ragtime Peterson/Richards/ 9:16:10:58 6:19:02:21 13 8

Welsh Bravehart Charles Burnett 9:03:00:21 6:19:36:28 14 9 Merlin Patricia Steele 8:23:26:33 7:05:32:30 27 10 Bengal 2 Yoshihiko Murase 10:08:54:39 7:16:47:24 49 11 Renegade Dan Sinclair 9:09:45:26 7:17:41:40 50 12 Pendragon 4 John MacLaurin Retired

Division 3

Reinrag2 Tom Garnier 10:22:36:40 7:04:21:31 24 1 The Cone of Silence James Neill 10:19:10:30 7:07:33:51 32 2 Cipango Bob Barton/Rob Barton 10:23:44:53 7:11:36:32 38 3 Bolt Craig L. Reynolds 11:06:12:59 7:11:56:24 39 4 Artemis Louis Bianco 11:07:52:00 7:12:53:31 40 5 Stealth Chicken Timothy A. Beatty 10:23:10:44 7:14:18:32 42 6 Chasch Mer Gib Black 11:14:07:51 7:14:36:31 43 7 Jeito Francisco Guzman 11:11:15:53 7:21:05:11 55 8 Innocent Merriment Myron C. Lyon 11:18:12:40 7:23:01:46 57 9 Blue Kenneth Sears 11:21:14:42 8:00:11:25 59 10 Serena David Kuettel 12:02:55:17 8:14:23:01 63 11 Barking Spider David Kory 11:22:30:00 8:19:51:15 64 12 Dasher Roger Groh 14:04:15:07 10:10:36:43 70 13

Yacht Owner/Skipper Elapsed Corrected Place

Division 4 D:H:M:S D:H:M:S Fleet Class

Tabasco Alamitos Bay Syndicate 11:14:01:31 6:18:30:26 11 1 Two Guys on the Edge Dan Doyle 12:05:08:17 7:10:13:44 35 2 Kahoots Kerry Deaver/ 12:14:38:11 7:15:13:43 44 3

Bob Williamson Wild Impulse Larry Barels 12:17:32:58 7:15:13:54 45 4 Sensation Gary Fanger 12:10:46:00 7:15:34:32 46 5 Pursuit Norman Dawley 12:17:02:10 7:15:38:06 47 6 Uproarious Robert W. Bussard/

Mike Skillicorn 13:04:22:40 8:00:40:55 60 7

Division 5

Soap Opera Scott Self 13:01:10:45 7:03:14:02 22 1 Brown Sugar Steve Brown 13:08:39:23 7:11:08:24 36 2 Super Gnat Cliff Thompson 13:03:58:12 7:15:42:08 48 3 B’Quest Challenged America 13:13:31:50 7:20:50:32 54 4 Showdown Luna/Meade/McDonald 13:15:35:32 7:23:32:48 58 5 Diablo Reed Bernhard 14:10:37:34 8:04:12:40 61 6 Iataia Marcos Rodriquez 14:01:48:04 8:11:48:50 62 7 Jacare’ R. Blackman/J. Young 15:06:02:07 9:01:16:03 66 8

CAL 40

Ralphie Davis Pillsbury 13:12:59:05 6:15:21:51 5 1 Illusion  Sally Lindsay Honey 14:00:13:20 7:01:05:43 19 2 Psyche Steve Calhoun 13:23:22:27 7:01:17:10 20 3 Seafire John Harrison 14:03:03:11 7:02:49:36 21 4 Far Far Don Grind 14:00:27:35 7:03:34:08 23 5 Shaman Steve Waterloo 14:02:58:57 7:04:45:07 25 6 Callisto James A. Eddy 14:02:28:58 7:05:44:11 28 7 Radiant Fin Beven 14:03:19:25 7:07:10:05 31 8 Dancing Bear Mark Schrader 14:06:00:35 7:08:58:40 33 9 Azure 40 Rodney Pimentel 14:09:13:09 7:11:22:49 37 10 Willow Wind Wendy Siegal 14:11:57:10 7:13:28:39 41 11 Spectre Leland Rogge 14:16:37:40 7:19:24:12 53 12 Bubala Lloyd Sellinger 15:20:57:31 8:20:05:54 65 13 California Girl Don Lessley Retired

Aloha-A

Between The Sheets Ross Pearlman 12:12:22:08 7:06:08:51 29 1 Odyssey Audrey Steele Burnand/ 12:15:10:48 7:06:17:01 30 2

Cecil Rossi Plan B David Johnson 12:18:52:51 7:09:45:32 34 3 Shanakee II Jim Warmington 11:06:05:17 7:18:38:52 52 4 Madrina Dick Simon 13:02:15:09 7:21:23:05 56 5 Charmed Life Patricia Garfield 14:20:56:48 9:09:02:28 67 6 Incredible Rick Gorman 13:08:36:11 9:09:21:47* 68 7 Enchilado Cesar de Saracho 14:09:02:21 9:16:39:31 69 8

* NOTE: Corrected Time includes penalty(s) for failure to comply with one or more Sailing Instructions.

2005 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

The Transpac Notice of Race and the Notice of Race Amendments are integral parts of these Sailing Instructions. To avoid confusion, the numbering of the paragraphs in the Sailing Instructions continues from the Notice of Race.

                   25.0 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS

                   25.1. Notices to competitors published prior to May 27, 2005 will be mailed to all owners whose entries have been accepted. Notices to competitors published after May 27, 2005, will be posted on the official Notice Board located in the lower-floor hallway at the Long Beach Yacht Club, at the Los Angeles Yacht Club, and at the Race Committee headquarters in Honolulu. Notices will also be posted on the web site at www.transpacificyc.org.

                   26.0 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

                   26.1. Any change to the Sailing Instructions will be posted by 2000 hours (PDT) on the day before it will take effect.

2                     SCHEDULE OF RACE STARTS Date Class Warning Signal

Tue, July 11 Aloha Classes, Division 5, & Cal 40’s 1255 Fri, July 15 Division 3 & 4 1255 Sun, July 17 Transpac Classics Ceremonial Start 1155

Division 1 & 2                                                    1255

Transpac Classics (Fun Race) 1425

28.0 CLASS FLAGS

28.1 Class Flags will be:

Class Flag

Aloha Class A Numeral Pennant 8 Aloha Class B Numeral Pennant 7 Cal 40 Class Numeral Pennant 6 Division 5 Numeral Pennant 5 Division 4 Numeral Pennant 4 Division 3 Numeral Pennant 3 Division 2 Numeral Pennant 2 Division 1 Numeral Pennant 1

29.0 THE COURSE

29.1. The course will be from the starting line near Point Fermin, California to the finish line off Diamond Head, Hawaii, leaving the West End of Catalina Island to port.

                   30.0 THE START

                   30.1. The starting line will be located near Point Fermin at 33º 42.8’N, 118º 20.3’W.

                   30.2. The race will be started in accordance with RRS 26. (the warning signal will be given 5 minutes before the starting signal)

                   30.3. The starting line will be between a staff supporting a orange flag on the Race Committee boat on the starboard end of the line and the course side of an orange buoy on the port end. There may be limiting buoy to protect the Race Committee boat. No yacht shall sail between this limiting buoy and the Race Committee boat if so set.

                   30.4. The Race Committee boat will be on station from 1100 hours. Each boat shall pass close by the Race Committee boat and be visually identified prior to the warning signal. Boats may not check in by radio.

                   30.5. Upon entering the starting area each yacht shall guard VHF Channel 71 for transmissions from the Race Committee to the competitors and shall continue to do so until 10 minutes after starting.

                   30.6. Each yacht shall display both the Transpac pennant (contained in the skipper’s package and issued at the skipper’s meeting) and their class flag from the backstay during the start period and for at least 30 minutes after the boat’s start and again at least 30 minutes prior to the boat’s finish.

                   30.7. Should a special class as a group, elect to display a special class flag it in addition to the Transpac pennant and the class flag fly it may provided it has received prior approval from Transpac as to size and design. This special class flag shall fly during the times stated in 30.6

                   30.8. While racing, any boat that is on the course side at her starting signal and which does not return to the pre-start side of the line to properly start, shall be penalized four (4) hours of elapsed time.

                   30.9. Special Transpac Centennial Festivities for July 17th Start: One hour prior to the start, a ceremonial start for vintage Transpac yachts will be conducted South of the Transpac start area. These yachts will participate in a “fun race” starting 2 hours after the Transpac start.

                   31.0 POSTPONEMENT

                   31.1. Postponements will be signaled in accordance with RRS 27.3. The Race Committee will also attempt to notify boats on VHF Channel 71.

                   32.0 RECALLS

                   32.1. Recalls will be signaled in accordance with RRS 29. The Race Committee will also attempt to notify recalled boats on VHF Channel 71. Failure of the Race Committee to make the attempt to notify, failure of the competitor to hear the notification, or delay in notification or the sequence of such notification shall not constitute grounds for redress.

2                      DAILY ROLL CALLS

33.1. Mandatory roll call for boats that have started will be taken twice each day by the Communications Vessel ‘Alaska Eagle’ beginning July 11 on one of the following frequencies:

Primary 4146.0 kHz (4A)

Secondary 8294.0 kHz (8A) Assume primary frequency will be used unless otherwise directed. All yachts are requested to monitor VHF Channel 71 during roll call for relay of any positions or other information unable to be heard on SSB.

33.2. Morning roll call will commence at 0830 PDT. Give your 0800 PDT position. The Communications Vessel will be standing by for early checkins at 0800 PDT.

33.3. Evening bed check roll call will commence at 1730 PDT on 4A. This check-in is also mandatory, but position reports are not required. Position reports may be given at the discretion of the skipper. The Communications Vessel will be standing by for early check-ins at 1715 PDT. At 1750, the Communications Vessel will shift to 8A and attempt to reach the yachts that did not respond on 4A.

Any communications on the bed-check frequency, within the hour following the conclusion of bed-check, are considered to be fleet-wide public communications that is available to all competitors. Such communications are not considered to be “outside assistance” under the RRS and are not restricted by paragraphs 20.0 or 39 of the NOR and these Sailing Instructions. Furthermore, any weather, performance, position, or other informal communications in the hour after the conclusion of formal bed-check on the bedcheck frequency, are not subject to 17.4 of the NOR. The intention of this clarification is to encourage Transpac’s traditional informal intra-fleet communications after bed-check. As always, please observe proper radio procedures.

33.4. Roll calls will be taken from the fleet roster in descending order. Each yacht will be called by name in order as listed on the roll call sheets in the packet. When called:

1                     Reply with yacht name and call sign, i.e. “UNSINKABLE WYR 5248”.

2                     For morning roll call give 0800 PDT position in degrees and minutes: 4 digits for latitude, i.e., “TWO FOUR (pause) ONE FIVE.” 5 digits for longitude, i.e., “ONE THREE ZERO (pause) FOUR ONE.”

3                     If you have official traffic, add: “HAVE TRAFFIC”

4                     The Communications Vessel will acknowledge by repeating back: “UNSINKABLE TWO FOUR (pause) ONE FIVE, ONE THREE ZERO (pause) FOUR ONE.”

33.5. During morning roll call, the Communications Vessel may request weather from several yachts in each class. Every yacht shall be prepared at each morning roll call to report sea and sky conditions, wind direction (magnetic) and velocity (knots), and barometric pressure.

33.6. Any yacht failing to report or failing to report her position each day at each morning roll call or failing to report to evening bed check will be penalized thirty minutes of elapsed time for each infraction; however a yacht may not be penalized more than thirty minutes for any single day under this Section. This thirty minutes per day limitation does not apply to the additional penalties provided for in Section 35.7.

33.7. The Communications Vessel will broadcast fleet handicap standings back to the fleet as soon as possible after morning roll call on the roll call frequency. This should be about 15 minutes after completion of roll call, but may be adjusted to facilitate weather broadcasts.

                        34.0 NAVIGATION

                        34.1. Each navigator shall keep a clear legible plot and log of the yacht’s track during the race. In addition, the navigator shall take a minimum of four celestial sights and plot four lines of position and present corresponding worksheets to the post race inspector immediately after finishing. The sights and lines of position can triangulate one position. Not more than two of the sights and plots may be local noon sights. The foregoing shall be attested to on the compliance affidavit by the skipper and navigator.

2                     THE FINISH

35.1. The finish line is the seaward projection of a line bearing 203º magnetic from Diamond Head Lighthouse to the approximate area of a red flashing buoy R “2”, three quarters of a mile offshore. The line must be crossed within one hundred (100) yards of the buoy, leaving it to starboard. The finish line may be illuminated by a searchlight at night.

35.2. When finishing between dusk and daylight, the mainsail number shall be illuminated before finishing and long enough afterward to aid in positive identification.

35.3. Mandatory 100 Mile Report: When 100 miles from the finish line, contact TRANSPAC DIAMOND HEAD on 4146.0 (4A) SSB and identify yourself. Transpac Diamond Head will take your position report and ETA at the finish line. (Use Hawaiian Standard Time). If unable to contact TRANSPAC DIAMOND HEAD, contact Communications Vessel Alaska Eagle on 4146.0.

35.4. Mandatory 25 Mile Report: When 25 miles from the finish line call TRANSPAC DIAMOND HEAD on 4146.0 SSB and update your ETA at the finish line. (Use Hawaiian Standard Time.) Any required assistance (tow, etc.) is to be reported at this time. After completing your 25 mile report, monitor marine VHF Channel 71 until instructed to shift to VHF Channel 68 after finishing.

35.5. Mandatory Makapuu Point Report: When Makapuu Light bears 345 Degrees Magnetic, call Transpac Diamond Head on VHF Channel 71 and report your updated ETA at the finish. Monitor Channel 71 through the finish line.

35.6. Any yacht failing to report at 100 miles, 25 miles, and Makapuu Point will be penalized thirty minutes of elapsed time for each infraction.

35.7. Finish at Diamond Head Buoy: Upon crossing the finish line (35.1) each yacht will record their finish time in the yacht’s log and on the Race Affidavit. The Light House Committee will call you on Channel 71 to verify your order of finish and finish time.

35.8. After Your Finish: Switch to VHF Channel 68 after clearing with the Lighthouse. The Transpac Committee boat assigned to escort you to Ala Wai Harbor will contact you on Channel 68. Should you need any special assistance (need a tow) please notify the committee boat at this time.

35.9. Boats finishing after 1300 hours, Hawaiian Standard Time, July 31, 2005, shall take her own time and report it to the Race Committee.

                   36.0 PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS

                   36.1. Protests for infringement of the Racing Rules or Sailing Instructions shall be reported by radio to the Race Committee aboard the Communications Vessel, indicating the name and sail number of the yacht protested and if the protested yacht has been notified of said protest. Upon acknowledgment of the protest report by the Race Committee, the protesting yacht may strike her protest flag until one hour before finishing. At the next morning roll call after receiving the protest report from the protesting yacht, the Communications Vessel shall advise the protested yacht of the pending protest. Such notification by the Communications Vessel shall not relieve the protesting yacht of its obligation under RRS 61.1(a) to inform the protested yacht at the first reasonable opportunity. One hour before finishing, the protesting yacht shall again display her protest flag conspicuously in the rigging and keep it flying until acknowledged by the Race Committee. This changes rule 61.1(a).

                   36.2. Protest forms are available from the Race Committee and Transpac Race headquarters in Honolulu. Protests shall be delivered there within eight

                   (8) hours of the protesting yacht’s finish.

                   36.3. Notices will be posted at the window of the Transpac Race headquarters to inform competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named as witnesses. Hearings will be held at Transpac Race headquarters. The time will be posted.

                   37.0 SAFETY REGULATIONS

                   37.1. All competitors are urged to carefully review the US Sailing prescriptions to the ORC Special Regulations regarding offshore safety, including the use of Personal Equipment. Your attention is specifically drawn to the newly amended US Sailing prescription that now provides as follows: “US SAILING prescribes that the safety harness may be integrated with an inflatable personal floatation device (see 5.01) and recommends that such devices be employed whenever conditions warrant, and always in rough weather, on cold water, or at night, or under conditions of reduced visibility or when sailing short-handed. US SAILING prescribes that safety harnesses and PFD’s shall be worn on Category 0 and 1 races from sundown to sun up while on deck.” (Emphasis added.) Skippers, navigators and watch captains will be required to certify compliance with this provision as a part of the skipper’s certificate of compliance.

                   37.2. A boat that retires from the race shall notify the Race Committee as soon as possible, report such act by radio to the Communications Vessel or to the Coast Guard, requesting that notification of such retirement be relayed to the Transpac Race Headquarters in Honolulu. The owner or skipper shall notify the race committee as soon as possible upon arriving at their destination following retirement. The owner or skipper then must report the circumstances in writing to the Race Committee chairman no later than July 31, 2005.

                   38.0 EQUIPMENT AND MEASUREMENT CHECKS

                   38.1. A boat or equipment may be inspected at any time for compliance with the class rules, the Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions.

                   38.2. Arrival inspection procedures will be covered in the skipper’s packet.

2                     COMMUNICATION RESTRICTION

39.1. Competitors may only utilize weather information that is routinely available to the general public without charge, and whose availability is publicly indexed. For example: Competitors may NOT arrange for routers or meteorologists to provide them with advice, custom data, or compilations of public data during the race, no matter how that information is communicated. Competitors may receive regularly scheduled weather broadcasts or weather fax transmissions (e.g. from NOAA, USCG, WWV, NMC, KVM70, or from the Transpac Comms Vessel). Competitors may receive imagery from satellites (e.g. NOAA, APT satellites). Competitors may use any means to retrieve data from the Internet (e.g. from the web, from ftp sites, from email responders), provided that those data are intended for public use without charge, are routinely available throughout the year, and are publicly indexed (e.g. can be found via Google). Prior to their preparatory signal, there is no limitation on private services or any other source of data or consulting, except that a competitor that has started may not provide weather information to another competitor that has started, or to a competitor that has not yet started except through the information provided to or from the Transpac Communication Vessel. This amends RRS 41.

40.0   DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

40.1. The Transpacific Yacht Club bears no responsibility for accidents, damage or injuries to yachts or their personnel arising from any cause during the race.

FIRST AMENDMENT
TO THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS DATED
MAY 12, 2005

 

Sections 33.1 is hereby amended to include a tertiary frequency for roll call purposes as follows:

33.1   Mandatory roll call for boats that have started will be taken twice each day by the Communications Vessel ‘Alaska Eagle’ beginning July 11 on one of the following frequencies:

Primary 4146.0 kHz (4A)
Secondary 8294.0 kHz (8A)
Tertiary 12353.0 kHz (12A)

 

Assume primary frequency will be used unless otherwise directed. All yachts are requested to monitor VHF Channel 71 during roll call for relay of any positions or other information unable to be heard on SSB.

June 9, 2005

APPENDIX A1

Point of Sail (%) 8 Knots 10 Knots 12 Knots 14 Knots 16 Knots 20 Knots Beat 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

52 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 6022 2222 7555 5555 9099 9999 11015 15 15 15 15 15 13526 20 18 14 10 10 15014 20 22 24 28 28 Optimum Run 28 28 28 30 30 30 Wind Weighting 5 10 13 25 32 15