Starting in San Francisco, the 2120 nm course carries the fleet to the finish. We believe that this will be a significant upgrade to the quality and variety of apparel Transpacific Yacht Club can offer its members, boat owners and crews.. Finishing in a squall that night was the smallest boat in the fleet, Falk Meissners Olson 25 Shark on Bluegrass. In 1977, the yacht Merlin, designed by Bill Lee, set an elapsed time record of 8 days, 11 hours, 1 minute. Ninety-five years ago, on March 1, 1928 the Transpacific Yacht Club was born of an idea hatched by thesame man who had sparked the 1906 inaugural race to Honolulu. . Singlehanded Transpac 2016 - San Francisco to Hanalei - The 20th Edition An Error Occurred Parking is currently unavailable. The warm trade winds in the West Indies were calling; time to go sailing. Like this year you will have the option to donate (ie, dont want a t-shirt) which saves us the money to buy and print you a t-shirt and we will add that savings to our fund to support local youth sailing programs. If you are registering as DH, you will be asked if you want a t-shirt for your crew. The next two days she broke her own best-day record by sailing 420 nautical miles (480mi; 780km)[10] and 431 nautical miles (496mi; 798km). The Singlehanded Transpac record is held by Steve Fossett in '98 in an ORMA 60. In either case, if you race DH and want a t-shirt for your crew, it will be an extra $20 each race.This is how it will work in Jibeset: You sign up for season membership at $170, either during your registration for 3BF or later. 2023 Scuttlebutt Sailing News. The Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) is a biennial offshore yacht race held in odd-numbered years starting off the Pt. Every time I think Ive seen it all, my people outdo themselves and serve up the unexpected. They pioneered use of an iPhone, with Fullpower-MotionX GPS technology.[13]. I was shocked, as this recently rebuilt section should have been the most reliable part of the whole boat. We are not grand because we are the superior species or because we can change the environment whose unyielding powers will one day outlast us. 2013 Results. If you are not planning to race and would like to volunteer, please contact. In these pages quite a bit of emphasis is placed on new technologies and designs, and the influence they have. Multihulls are usually quite scarce in the the SHTP as there are few to compete against. It depends on the boat types. We often wonder: what motivates someone to take on the challenge of not just sailing but racing 2225 miles from Los Angeles to Honolulu? 2009 Results. Therefore, Kyle Vanderspeks Hobie 33 Aloha claimed elapsed, class, and overall honors. I was about to quit the race and detour to another port for repair, but I changed my mind because of the support from everyone. The Forum is a free service, and much like the "free" content on Public Radio, we hope you will support WoodenBoat by subscribing to this fabulous magazine. After sailing over 2,000 miles and with less than 200 miles to go, I jibed. Sailing solo can be as euphoric as it is taxing. However, true to our roots as a SINGLEhanded organization, going forward t-shirts will be free to skippers (SH or DH) only. Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt provides sailing news with a North American focus. That morning he had sent the message, 70 miles to go. Starting in San Francisco, the 2120 nm course carries the fleet to the finish line located near Puu Poa Point at Hanalei Bay on the island of Kauai. Annual membership will continue at $170/year and single race entry (SH or DH) will be $50/race. Cliff Shaw on the Crowther 10M Rainbow came in midday on Monday. 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race Forum Race Archive 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. Many people hesitate to change their circumstances because they fear a departure from the status quo, or because theyre used to a life of conformity and security. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. Kyle is missing all the social activities, as he has to be back in SoCal ASAP. At one point yesterday, he was considering bypassing the finish and going directly to Nawiliwili on the other side of Kauai, where theres a shipping port and therefore marine services. Headed by Dona Bertarelli, the Spindrift team has been on a mission to set a read more, In some stunning footage from onboard reporter Antoine Auriol, Boris Herrmann and his team aboard Malizia decided to cut their Code 0 free after it came loose and got tangled in the keel last night. I expect the first arrival to be about June 30 in Hanalei Bay. Ground tackle is a complete system, including the anchor itself, the rode (chain, rope, or some combination thereof, read more, French builder Dufour Yachts has rolled out another new design bringing their line to eight models from 32 to 61 feet. In 1969, French sailing legend Eric Tabarly shadowed the race with his Pen Duick IV, one of the world's first trimarans competitive in all wind conditions. If you register as a single race entrant, the same rules will apply. I think the first couple races to Hawaii were done like that. (Without satellite tracking in 1978.) This year has been a challenge to break even financially. Be the uncommon of the uncommon. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Going into the Singlehanded TransPac, my primary goals were to finish and to learn from the experience so that I could design my next boat for shorthanded circumnavigation. As we approach the end of 2022, weve been working on our financial plans for 2023. Guess he likes that trip! This is acutely the case for members who race doublehanded two t-shirts times eight races quickly exceeds the $170 annual membership fee. They did so at all hours, with a variety of sail configurations and a range of equipment problems. Stewart Jr. 12:15:51:18, 1949 Morning Star Richard S. Rheem 10:10:13:09 *, 1951 Morning Star Richard S. Rheem 10:16:44:33, 1955 Morning Star Richard S. Rheem 9:15:05:10 *, 1957 Barlovento Frank Hooykaas 11:13:02:44, 1961 Sirius II Howard F. Ahmanson 10:10:38:35, 1965 Ticonderoga Robert Johnson 9:13:51:02 *, 1967 Stormvogel Cornelius Bruynzeel 11:14:10:56, 1969 Blackfin Kenneth DeMeuse 9:10:21:00 *, 1971 Windward Passage Mark Johnson 9:09:06:48 *, 1973 Ragtime Ragtime Syndicate 10:14:00:40, 1983 Charley Nolan K. Bushnell 9:01:53:48, 1985 Swiftsure III Nick/Robert Frazee 10:19:21:47, 1989 Silver Bullet John DeLaura 8:12:50:35, 1993 Silver Bullet John DeLaura 9:09:11:17, 1997 Pyewacket Roy Pat Disney (son of Roy E. Disney) 7:15:24:40 *, 1999 Pyewacket Roy E. Disney 7:11:41:27 *, 2005 Morning Glory Hasso Plattner 6:16:04:11*, 2009 Alfa Romeo Neville Crichton 5:14:36:20*, 2015 Rio 100 Manouch Moshayedi 7:05:34:07, 2017 Rio 100 Manouch Moshayedi 6:17:09:09, This page was last edited on 20 August 2022, at 18:50. With the liferaft and abandon ship bags prepared, Sea Wisdom and I had to limp across the finished line. The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club. As always, the 2023 Transpac fleet will feature races within the race. That man was Clarence MacFarlane,still engaged with his brainchild but entrusting the leg work to an old friend known for getting thingsdone. In the 1975 movie Jaws, the character Matt Hooper, played by Richard Dreyfuss, claims that he has "crewed three Transpacs" as a means of establishing his seamanship credentials with Quint. The record fell once again in 2005, with Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory, a maxZ86 from Germany. The Prada Americas Cup World Series Auckland and the Prada Christmas Race run from December 17 to December 20, meaning the racing starts this evening at 9 p.m. on the West Coast of the US. If Fiasco was too long for you to finish, or if you want to follow up a great Fiasco, this is your race! I have a request, wrote John in a message to the race committee. I think that this is one of the big sticking points we had last time, which was we just felt it wasnt feasible to do the race because of the impact it had on the non-racers as well as the racers. Please enter your username or email address. That exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 are directed to stay home and not participate in any activity that may risk the exposure of others. General Procedures and Practices for Race Participants. Your options will be no t-shirt ($0) or select a style/size for $20. All entries are required to have a 2023 PHRF certificate from YRA or BAMA (NOR 4.3) Be sure to register with the actual name(s) of the person(s) who will be aboard (NOR 6.1/6.2). Special fist bump to Jim Quanci and Green Buffalo. The wind died down a bit, and the sea was not as rough. It was also a qualifier for the 2021 Singlehanded TransPac. But the Singlehanded Sailing Society had to postpone it until 2021, mostly due to quarantine requirements on the Hawaii side. I believe the catamaran is a Crowther not a Gemini. Theyre currently under a 14-day quarantine restriction for anybody arriving from out of the area, which is pretty strict. This desire to roam inspired me to enter the 2021 Singlehanded TransPac (SHTP) aboard Sea Wisdom, my 1987 Hinckley Souwester 42 Competition Sloop. Despite his troubles (What didnt break? he quipped), hell be declared the overall (monohull) winner of the 22nd edition of this race from San Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay. Mission Bay Yacht Club is super proud of Kyle Vanderspek. In the meantime, were looking forward to the first race of the 2021 SSS season, the Three Bridge Fiasco on January 30. Thirty-one singlehanders, who hailed from Seattle to Los Angeles, started that first SSS TransPac. You are using an out of date browser. 2009 Results. In total back to the $70 for DH single race entry as was the case in 2022 if you get a t-shirt for skipper and crew.We are hoping this approach will stabilize our finances a bit and cut down on waste as often t-shirts get printed only never to be claimed. !Register and get the race documents HERE.The anchorage at Hanalei Bay. https://www.jibeset.net/entrylist.pbcba1b542bc1e034440bd44b&T=1671595900&SORT=br, https://www.sfbaysss.org/forum/attachment.php?s=d387ff0ccf94a14b592e1096ee3c2aab&attachmentid=7209&d=1644978248, https://www.sfbaysss.org/main/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SHTP-Results-1978-2021C.pdf. I hope everyone has a fun party, Aloha. See overall results here: https://www.jibeset.net/show.php?RR=JACKY_T007588480&DOC=r201&TYP=html. Under a hot sun, I doused myself with a gallon of freshwater to rinse off the mess from my tears. As we approach the end of 2022, weve been working on our financial plans for 2023. Ending Merlin's record, in the 1997 race a new monohull elapsed time record of 7 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes, and 27 seconds was set by Roy E. Disney's Pyewacket, a Santa Cruz 70 ultralight also designed by Bill Lee. 1981 Results. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Receive emails when 'Lectronic Latitude is updated. Posted February 28, 2023 | Kimball Livingston, Transpac Media, Posted February 24, 2023 | Dobbs Davis, Transpac Media, Posted February 14, 2023 | Dobbs Davis, Transpac Media |, Posted December 29, 2022 | Dobbs Davis, Transpac Media, Posted December 20, 2022 | Dobbs Davis, Transpac Media. Thats when I learned of the outpouring of support coming from Hanalei Bay. All 11 skipper in the 2021 Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race which started June 19 from California have arrived in Hawaii. What prompted the change from even years to odd years in 21? Discussion, questions (and hopefully some answers) for the 2021 race to Hanalei. This loss ends up being subsidized by members racing singlehanded and single race entrants. Surprise! I would simply change my destination to Nawiliwili Marina, still complete my goal of sailing solo, but avoid this particularly distressing tack. https://jibeset.net/JACKY000.php?RG=T00134165, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvceqhrTorG9D44EQZFGVEPI2YVQQykksT, https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/hanalei-bay-resort. I notice a lot of people help each other that last day. The San Francisco SSS offers events where singlehanded and short-handed sailors can share knowledge, gain experience, and find a structured environment to expand their horizons. Surprise! 1999 Results. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the highlights distributed in the, 2021 Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race, Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race Collecting the Bling. The LongPac would shift as well. The Great Pacific Longitude Race is a 400-mile qualifier that runs on opposite years from the SHTP. To all the kids in all corners of the world: dream big. Robert Cleveland and Jan Passion are correct that Rainbow is a Crowther not a Gemini. The Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Association, based in Marina del Rey, had planned to run their Shaka Challenge simultaneously with the SHTP, finishing in the same place around the same time, and sharing the awards ceremony in Nawiliwili. And they enforce it. Should maintain a safe distance of at least 6 feet from anyone outside of their household or social bubble* before, during, and after any SSS event. However, true to our roots as a SINGLEhanded organization, going forward t-shirts will be free to skippers (SH or DH) only. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the highlights distributed in the, Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race Collecting the Bling. [5][6] The crew was rescued by another racing boat. This edition also saw the greatest number of skippers dropping out of the race. We have opened registrations for the Feb 25 2023 Corinthian Race, which will start at Golden Gate YC using a normal start sequence, and have a roughly 13 NM course. The first, the 2019 Great Pacific Longitudinal Race (LongPac), was a 400-mile singlehanded race to longitude 126 degrees 40 minutes and back. 1989 Results. Results. Ive used it a few times. While Nozomi had a relatively trouble-free race, Green Buffalo arrived with a long section of mainsail slugs pulled out of the track, among other gear problems. But thats only good to about a 10-minute window. 1/10/23Hello, SSS Racers!We have opened registrations for the Feb 25 2023 Corinthian Race, which will start at Golden Gate YC using a normal start sequence, and have a roughly 13 NM course. Please join us for the full season. Every. Details, Tags: Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race. However, there are equally brilliant minds at work enhancing what has already been created to improve performance, safety and (usually) comfort too. David is Chair of the 2023 SHTP, has been Commodore of the Singlehanded Sailing Society and is a two-time veteran of the SHTP himself! Sailors Help Improve Data Collection on Floating Marine Debris, Spaulding Marine Center Invites You to Help Launch Boatworks 101, Prada Americas Cup World Series Starts Today. 2005 Results. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the highlights distributed in the e-Newsletter. See bigger map Boat positions on tracker map update every 4 hours, and update every 20 minutes within 25 nm of the finish. If we have to delay again, well have to have a discussion about whether we do races two years in a row to hold the odd year planning. Moving the SHTP from even years to odd years seems like a good idea. Kyle Vanderspek is a star. 2007 Results. Shouldn't a Transpac race go from North America to Asia? [1], The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds.[2]. Coming in after dark on the 4th and within several minutes of each other were Brendan Huffman on the Santa Cruz 33 Siren and John Wilkerson on the Express 37 Perplexity. Learn more about the outstanding companies that sponsor Transpac The very next day, Kyle departed Hanalei with orange storm jib hoisted, bound for Oahu, where he would put the Hobie onto a ship. The Skipper is the person in-charge of a boat during an event. If you are registering as DH, you will be asked if you want a t-shirt for your crew. Mariner L.A. Norris 11:14:46, 1928 (Balboa) Talayha L. Lippman 13:04:58:30, 1930 Enchantress Morgan Adams 12:13:22:52, 1932 (S.Barb.) MBYC young sailors rule. It was originally called the "First to Finish" Trophy. It was this mistakefailing to untie the read more, After four long months poised to spring into action at the first sign of the right weather window, Spindrift has announced that its record-breaking circumnavigation attempt wont be possible this year. Great race everyone! 2011 Results. 1997 Results. By Christine Weaver | July 7, 2021 | Hanalei, HI | 14 Between the time we last posted on 'Lectronic Latitude on Friday, July 3, and this morning, all 11 boats finished the 2021 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race. So you won't follow the SHTP because it doesn't have multihulls, got it. I think the award should go to the people who supported me along the way and after the race. There are a variety of reasons, but one of the big ones is the cost of supplying t-shirts to all race participants. Change could bring a new set of possibilities and problems. To check out a webinar William recently hosted in which he talks about both the race and dreaming big in ever greater detail, click here. Dorade James Flood 13:07:20:04, 1939 (S.Fran.) I immediately noticed some clicking at the upper rudder bearing. They persevered. Theres nothing better. I cried because of all the love I got from this trip. Transpacific Yacht Club (TPYC) is proud to announce a new partnership with LW Regatta Gear for all Transpac related apparel and merchandise.