Transpac 2007
44th
Transpacific Yacht Race
Los
Angeles to Honolulu
Starts July 9, 12 and 15,
2007
2,225 nautical miles
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The
two
youngest teams ever to sail Transpac
The 15
Morning Light sailors were selected from 538 applicants with a
deliberate accent on youth and diversity and the ultimate goal of
creating a documentary film scheduled for theater release next year.
They'll be introduced Wednesday night at a dinner in Club Transpac
benefiting Partners of Parks and the Long Beach Yacht Club Sailing
Foundation. Tickets may still be available at (562) 495-2472. Club
Transpac is a tented compound adjacent to
Although spanning the ages of 18 to 23, Morning Light won't be the
youngest team ever to sail Transpac. After this race that distinction
will probably belong to five young men from
The
skipper will be Sean Doyle, 19, Dan's eldest son, with his other son
Justin as navigator. Roscoe Fowler, 20, of
"All five of us
applied for the Disney thing," Sean Doyle said, "but I was planning on
doing the race before that, maybe chartering my dad's old boat from the
guy who bought it."
Instead, Dan Doyle
turned the boat over to the kids to serve on the
"It was like, I'm
not gonna go sail the race with a bunch of 30-year-olds when these are
all my friends. I know a couple of the people on the [Morning Light]
boat and Cameron knows a couple, too. We're not trying to beat them—or
maybe we are," he added with a smile and a shrug.
So how does a
teenager feel leading such a young team on one of the world's great
ocean races? Well, he and his brother did last year's Pacific Cup from
"Not at all. People
think it’s a big deal, but I've been sailing in gnarly winds all my
life. It's way more fun for me. I hope it blows 50 knots."
Sean Doyle thinks
their effort may set an inspiring example for other young sailors, as
the Morning Light project already has.
Last month the
Morning Light team spent time with 200 youth sailors from the
"One
of the kids who spent the day with the crew has been a bit of a problem.
His really amazing epiphany occurred when he was on the way home with
his parents. They told me he was unusually quiet and introspective until
he said, 'Dad and Mom, I learned something today. I want to be like
these guys. I know I've been a hard kid to raise and that I've caused
you a lot of trouble. But I'm going to change. These guys really had to
go through a lot to get where they are with sailing. I want to be like
them and I'm going to shape up, starting right now. I want to apologize
for all the misery I've caused and I promise from here on out, you'll
see a different kid. I love you, Mom and Dad.' "
Jones
said, "Reportedly, he's never said anything like that before. I've been
around him for the past 10 days, and it's true, he has actually changed.
And changed for the best. Two of the Morning Light crew promised him
they'd be there to answer his e-mails and to help him deal with some of
the things that seem to eat him up. They told him to get in touch when
he needs to talk to somebody. If you've saved even one kid, you've
changed the world."
Meanwhile, out to sea, the early starters were showing tactical
separation in light winds of 8 to 10 knots, some diving south, led by
Frank Easterbrook's Ariadne, a Ladd 73 that is the fastest rated boat in
the group, and others bearing west with Steve Brown's Brown Sugar, an
Express 37, leading Steen Moller and Robert MacDonald's doublehanded
X-Dream and
Alyson and Cecil Rossi's Ho'okolohe, a Farr 58, by only a mile.
Michael Lawler's Traveler, an Aloha B competitor, returned to port a few
hours after Monday's start when crew member Scott
The
Transpacific Yacht Club has joined with Casio Computer Co., Ltd., in a
sponsorship agreement to make the company's Oceanus watch the official
timekeeper of the 44th biennial race. The Oceanus is a solar-powered
chronograph watch with
a time signal-calibration function developed by making full use of
Casio's advanced electronic technologies.
News and product information:
http://world.casio.com/
Transpac supporters also include the Long Beach Sea Festival 2007,
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Transpac 2007 entries
(Standings by corrected handicap time. ORR rating allowances in
parentheses in days:hours:minutes:seconds based on handicap distance of
2,300 n.m.; subtract time allowance from actual elapsed time to
determine corrected handicap time)
Division 1 (Starts July 15)
Pyewacket (Reichel/Pugh
90),
Magnitude 80 (Andrews
80), Doug Baker,
Rosebud (STP 65),
Roger Sturgeon,
Peligroso (Kernan
70), Mike
Medicine Man (Andrews
63),
Division 2 (Starts
July 15)
Hugo Boss (Volvo 60),
Andy Tourell,
DH-Pegasus 101 (Open
50),
Lucky (Transpac 52),
Bryon Ehrhart, Chicago (2:05:26:28)
Morning Light
(Transpac 52), Jeremy Wilmot,
Skylark (
Holua (
Trader (Transpac 52),
Fred Detwiler,
Division 3 (Starts
July 15)
Denali (Nelson/Marek
70), William McKinley,
It's OK (Andrews 50),
Tres Gordo Sailing,
Cheetah (ULDB 70),
Chris Slagerman,
Pendragon IV
(Davidson 52), John MacLaurin,
Yumehyotan (Nelson/Marek
68), Yasuo Sano,
Ragtime (Spencer 65),
Chris Welsh,
Bengal 7 (Ohashi 46),
Yoshihiko Murase,
Locomotion (Andrews
45), Ed Feo,
Division 4
(Starts July 12)
Verizon Wireless
(ex-Stealth Chicken; Perry 56), Timothy Beatty, Rancho
Cipango (Andrews 56),
Bob & Rob Barton,
Delicate Balance
(Andrews 56), DBB Transpac LLC,
Lucky Dog (J/125),
Colin Shanner,
The Secret (MacGregor
65), Cheryle Rayson/Garry Golding,
Reinrag2 (J/125), Tom
Garnier,
Raincloud (J/48),
Lorenzo Berho
Ruahatú (Concordia
47), Ricardo Brockmann,
Bolt (Nelson/Marek
55), Craig Reynolds,
Division 50/52
(Starts July 12)
Kokopelli 2 (
Relentless (
Hula Girl (
Tachyon III (
Adrenalin (
Passion (
Horizon (
Stags' Leap
Winery (ex-Chasch Mer;
Division 5 (Starts
July 12)
Rancho Deluxe (Swan
45), Mike Diepenbrock,
Tower (Lidgard 45),
Doug Grant,
Paddy Wagon (Ross
40), Richard Mainland,
DH-Tango (J/133),
Michael Abraham,
DH-Narrow Escape
(Fast 40), Allen Lehman Jr.,
Uncontrollable Urge (
On the Edge of
Destiny (1D35), Sean Doyle,
Recidivist
(Schumacher 39), Ken Olcott,
Division 6 (Started
July 9)
Brown Sugar (Express
37), Steve Brown,
DH-X Dream (X-119),
Steen Moller,
Shanti (Olson 911S),
Jon Eberly,
Inspired Environments
(Beneteau First 40.7), Timothy Ballard,
Far Far (
Peregrine (Hobie 33),
Simon Garland,
DH-Brilliant (J/100),
Tim Fuller,
Psyche (Cal 40),
Steve Calhoun, Palos Verdes Estates,
Aloha A
(Started July 9)
Ho'okolohe (Farr 58),
Alyson and Cecil Rossi,
Between the Sheets (Jeanneau
52), Ross Pearlman, Marina del Rey (5:12:56:15), 2,161.
Ariadne (Ladd 73),
Frank Easterbrook,
Windswept (Sean 57),
Maxwell Phelps,
French Kiss (Beneteau
50), Bryan Daniels,
Enchilado (Jeanneau
54), Cesar de Saracho,
Anna Katarina (First
47.7), John Otterson,
Alsumar (S&S 70),
Bill and Ted Davis,
Aloha B (Started July
9)
Mysteré (Swan 42),
Jorge Morales,
Ginny (Calkins 50),
Chris Calkins/Norm Reynolds,
Cirrus (Standfast
40), William D. Myers,
Gaviota (Cal 2-46),
Jim Partridge,
Traveler (North Wind
47), Michael Lawler,
Lady Liberty
(Catalina 36), John Wallner,
DH-Doublehanded.
Multihull
LoeReal (Jeanneau 60
trimaran), H.L. Enloe,
Minnow (Catana 52
catamaran), Bob Webster,
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Transpac's youngest crew: Justin Doyle (top), Roscoe Fowler (c.) and
(l-r) Cameron Biehl, Ted White, skipper Sean Doyle
Morning
Light makes impression
Morning
Light lines up
with
Pyewacket
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timekeeper of Transpac 2007
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lead mainland host
Transpac schedule of events
Wed.,
July 11
6 p.m.---"
Thurs.,
July 12
10 a.m.---Second
start sendoff ceremonies,
1 p.m.---Div. 4, 5
and 50/52 start, Point Fermin, San Pedro
Friday,
July 13
"The Race to
Honolulu/Transpac Yacht Presentation, Media and Children's Day"
12 noon---Media sail
on Ragtime
2 p.m.---Transpac
boats "dressed" to receive visitors
2:30 p.m.---Young
people from Southern California Chapter of Special
Olympics visit boats and crews
4
p.m.---Introduction of Transpac skippers and crews, Club Transpac
4:30
p.m.---Introduction of visiting VIPs
Sunday,
July 15
10 a.m.---Final
start ceremonies,
1 p.m.---Divisions
1, 2, 3 start, Point Fermin, San Pedro
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