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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2nd
Transpac starters face grim wind prospects
So
read the grim e-mail report from Psyche, Steve Calhoun's Cal 40 from
Jorge
Morales Mysteré, a Swan 42 from Dana Point, Calif., was farthest along
the 2,225-nautical mile track with 2,082 miles to go, while Michael
Lawler's North Wind 47, Traveler, had logged only 64 miles after a
six-hour re-start because of a crew injury.
One
boat grew impatient, dropped its sails and turned on its engine.
According to the Flagship satellite tracking system, Jim Partridge's
"They just want to
get to
Such
was the prospect facing 27 boats in the Divisions 4 and 5, plus nine
Santa Cruz 50s and 52s due to start Thursday at 1 p.m. off Point Fermin
in San Pedro. Public sendoff ceremonies at
The
last 23 boats will start Sunday on the same time schedule.
Thursday's starters will include not only Transpac's youngest crew
ever---five sailors aboard On the Edge of Destiny averaging 19.8 years,
as noted earlier---but the race's oldest crew ever, if doublehanded
crews count. Michael Abraham, skipper of the J/133 Tango, is 70, and
navigator Philip Rowe's 70th birthday is Thursday. The
Now
Abraham says, "I'd like to tell people of AARP age that once you go on
Medicare you gotta keep going on with your life. Our wives think we're
crazy. I think mine called our agent to see if my life insurance was
still good. We'll be okay. We're loading four gallons of Geritol."
The
youngest sailor in this year's race? It could be Justin Diepenbrock, 15,
the son of Mike Diepenbrock, skipper of Rancho Deluxe, a Swan 45 from
"Transpac
is something we always wanted to do together," Mike said, "so after a
few years of raising our kids we figured we'd better get on with it."
Another Thursday starter will be
Randy
Parker sailed it in its first Transpac in 1979 and it has done five more
since. Black bought it when Parker died two years ago. The boat is a
perfect fit for Transpac's following trade winds.
"This
is the boat I was in love with," Black recalled. "I was a surfer as a
kid, and this is just a big surfboard."
For
those already at sea, it was hardly surfing conditions.
Calhoun messaged from Psyche, "Night fell, and so did the wind, teasing
us with 6-knot 'gusts,' and then dropping to nil.
Our first goose eggs on the knot meter occurred about midnight.
This is the second most discouraging event, consequent to the
wind dropping. The first
most discouraging, yet to occur this year, is the '360,' which refers to
what happens to a sailboat when the wind is
so absolutely zero that the
boat is no longer moving forward. At all.
"But
life could be worse. We are
presently sipping wine and watching the sun go down with [another Cal
40] Far Far on the horizon."
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,
Editors: If you are publishing excerpts of this release, you may link to
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Archived press releases:
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More
information:
www.transpacificyc.org
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)
1. DH-X Dream
(X-119), Steen Moller,
2. Far Far (
3. Brown Sugar
(Express 37), Steve Brown,
4. Inspired
Environments (Beneteau First 40.7), Timothy Ballard,
5. DH-Brilliant
(J/100), Tim Fuller,
6.
7. Psyche (
8. Shanti (Olson
911S), Jon Eberly,
9. Peregrine (Hobie
33), Simon Garland,
Aloha A
(Started July 9)
1. Ho'okolohe (Farr
58), Alyson and Cecil Rossi,
2. Windswept (Sean
57), Maxwell Phelps,
3. Between the Sheets
(Jeanneau 52), Ross Pearlman, Marina del Rey (5:12:56:15), 2,114.
4. Enchilado (Jeanneau
54), Cesar de Saracho,
5. Alsumar (S&S 70),
Bill and Ted Davis,
6. Ariadne (Ladd 73),
Frank Easterbrook,
7. French Kiss (Beneteau
50), Bryan Daniels,
8. Anna Katarina
(First 47.7), John Otterson,
Aloha B (Started July
9)
1. Mysteré (Swan 42),
Jorge Morales, Dana Point,
2. Ginny (Calkins
50), Chris Calkins/Norm Reynolds,
3. Cirrus (Standfast
40), William D. Myers,
4. Traveler (North
Wind 47), Michael Lawler,
5. Lady Liberty
(Catalina 36), John Wallner,
WITHDREW---Gaviota
(Cal 2-46), Jim Partridge,
.
DH-Doublehanded.
Multihull
LoeReal (Jeanneau 60
trimaran), H.L. Enloe,
Minnow (Catana 52
catamaran), Bob Webster,
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Psyche,
shown at start, later was suffering at sea with the early fleet
Rancho
Deluxe, with the race's youngest sailor (15), checks its spinnaker at
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Transpac schedule of events
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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