Jul 06 2007
Transpac 07 Sailing Race Departs Long Beach Next Week
There are 74 entries for the third largest fleet ever, in this year’s edition of the Transpacific Yacht Race from Long Beach to Honolulu. The race begins with starts on July 9, 12 and 15 with slowest rated boats first. On the day of each start there will be much fanfare and cannons, etc at the Queen Mary with starts just off Point Fermin Park. This years race is of particular interest because of the documentary being produced about young sailors participating as crew on Morning Light owned by Roy Disney.
Of special note, Lady Liberty, a Catalina 36, owned by John Wallner of Oxnard is rated as the slowest boat of the fleet. The fastest rated boat, Disney’s “other boat, the 94ft Pyewacket has to give nearly six minutes per mile to Wallner’s boat. That’s 9.4 days over the 2,300-mile course. No doubt, John and crew, hailing from the Fairwinds Yacht Club will depart on July 9, while Pyewacket and the rest of the rockets will depart 6 days later. Judging from the current record of a little more than 6 1/2 days, John is going to have to sail a hell of a race. Go John, Go !
Here is the official alphabetical list of Transpac 07 Entries:
Bolt / Nelson/Marek 55 / Craig L. Reynolds / Newport Beach
Brilliant / J100 / Tim Fuller / Dana Point
Brown Sugar / Express 37 / Steve Brown / Long Beach
California Girl / Cal 40 #94 / Don & Betty Lessley / Point Richmond
Cheetah / Petersen 68 / Chris Slagerman / Marina Del Rey
Cipango / Andrews 56 / Bob/Rob Barton / San Francisco
Cirrus / Standfast 40 / William D Myers / Kaneohe, HI
Delicate Balance / Custon 56 / DBB TRANSPAC LLC / Monterey
Denali / N/M 70 / William F. McKinley / Grosse Pointe, MI
Enchilado / Jeanneau 54 DS / Cesar de Saracho / La Jolla
Far Far / Cal 40 / Don Grind / San Francisco
Fortaleza / Santa Cruz 50 / Jim Morgan / Los Angeles
French Kiss / Beneteau 50 / Bryan Daniels / San Francisco
Gaviota / Cal 2-46 / Jim Partridge / Los Angeles
Ginny / Calkins 50 / Chris Calkins/Norm Reynolds / San Diego
Ho’okolohe / racer/cruiser / Alyson & Cecil Rossi / San Francisco
Holua / Sled / Brack Duker / Chicago, IL
Horizon / Santa Cruz 50 / Jack Taylor / Dana Point,
Hugo Boss II / Volvo 60 / Alex Thomson Racing / UK
Hula Girl / Santa Cruz 50T / Beau Gayner / Newport Beach
Inspired Environments / First 40.7, / Timothy J. Ballard / Sausalito
It’s OK / Andrews 50 / Tres Gordo Sailing, LLC / Balboa
Kokopelli 2 / SC 52 / Chip Megeath / Tiburon
Lady Liberty / Catalina 36 / John Wallner / Oxnard
Locomotion / Andrews 45 / Ed Feo / Long Beach
Lucky / TP 52 / Bryon Ehrhart / Chicago, IL
Lucky Dog / J125 / Colin & Bob Shanner / Point Loma
Magnitude 80 / Turbo Sled / Doug Baker / Long Beach
Medicine Man / Andrews 63 / Robert M. Lane / Long Beach
Morning Light / TP 52 / Pacific High Productions / Honolulu, HI
Mystere / Swan 42 / Jorge Morales / Dana Point
Narrow Escape / Cape Bay/Fast 40 / Allen Lehman, Jr. / Payson, AZ
On the Edge of Destiny / 1D35 / Sean Doyle / Honolulu, HI
Paddy Wagon / Ross 40 / Richard Mainland / Los Angeles
Passion / Santa Cruz 50 / Steve Hastings / Corpus Christi, TX
Pegasus OP-50 / Open 50 / Philippe Kahn / Honolulu, HI
Peligroso / ULDB 70 / Mike Campbell & Dale Williams / Long Beach
Pendragon IV / Davidson 52 / John MacLaurin / Los Angeles
Peregrine / Hobie33 / Simon G Garland / San Diego
Psyche / Cal 40 / Steve Calhoun / Los Angeles
Pyewacket / Custom / Roy E. Disney / Newport Beach
Ragtime / Spencer 65 / Chris Welsh / Honolulu, HI
Raincloud / J 48 / Lorenzo Berho Corona / Nuevo Varrata, Mexico
Rancho Deluxe / Swan 45 / Michael E. Diepenbrock / Newport, RI
Recidivist / Schumacher 39 / Ken Olcott / Palo Alto
Reinrag2 / J125 / T. Garnier / Portland, OR
Relentless / Santa Cruz 52 / Brizendine/Durant / Long Beach
Rosebud / STP65 / Roger Sturgeon / Hyannis, MA
Ruahatú / Concordia 47 / Ricardo Brockmann / Acapulco, Mexico
Samba Pa Ti / Transpac 52 / John Kilroy, Jr. / Dover, DE (StFYC)
Shanti / Olson 911S / Jon Eberly / San Francisco
Skylark / SCZ-70 / Douglas R. Ayres / Newport Beach
Chasch Mer / Santa Cruz 50 / Gib Black / Honolulu, HI
Tabasco / 1D35 / Gary Fanger / Honolulu, HI
Tachyon III / SC52 / Kazumasa Nishioka / San Diego
Tango / J133 / Michael A. Abraham / Newport Beach
The Secret / Macgregor 65 / Rayson/Golding / Bundaberg, Australia
Tower / Lidgard 45 / Doug Grant / Los Angeles
Trader / TP 52 / Fred Detwiler / Ft.Lauderdale, FL
Traveler / Cruiser / Michael Lawler / Newport Beach
Uncontrollable Urge / Columbia 30SY / J/C Gilmore / San Diego
Verizon Wireless / Perry 56 / Timothy Beatty / San Diego
Westerly / Santa Cruz 70 / Mongoose Holdings, LLC / Newport Harbor
Windswept / Swan 57 / Pam & Max Phelps / San Diego
X-Dream / X-119 / Steen Moller / San Francisco
Yumehyotan / N/M68 / Yasuo Sano / Wakayama, Japan
LoeReal / Trimaran / H L Enloe / El Paso, TX
Minnow / Catamaran / ViaPlanes, Ltd. / Pryor, OK
I find it interesting that there is not a Hunter boat among the lot. I also see that ‘Uncontrollable Urge’, a Columbia 30, is among the group. Surely John won’t let ‘Lady Liberty’ be beat by an old boat like that.
Hunter’s aren’t in it because it is a down wind sled ride and their rig prevents them from being great downwind boats is my best assumption Larry. it is hard to believe the Columbia 30 is rated faster than a Catalina 36. You can follow the progress of the race as it unfolds on the web site. Very slow going for the the first fleet.