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A 90hp RIB came alongside, and two race committee members boarded Sea Wisdom. 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. I do understand the effort and cost involved. Theres also a bus that runs wonderfully around the island; it gets you over there in about an hour and a half. Smoked the competition and finished a day plus all others. If you are registering as DH, you will be asked if you want a t-shirt for your crew. 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. Race chair Brian Boschma shared news of the races future during a Zoom meeting for SSS sailors on December 3. As skipper you can select donate or a style/size t-shirt, and we either add to our youth sailing fund or the t-shirt is free, respectively. All Skippers of doublehanded boats not able to find crew that meet these criteria are encouraged to race singlehanded. After two years of preparation, I thought I knew how challenging this race would be, but I underestimated how mentally difficult it would be to complete the passage in solitude and to cross an imaginary finish line at the Hanalei Bay anchorage. Surprise! Every. Looks like the 2023 SHTP race will start on Sunday, June 25. 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. The new Dufour 37 slots in just above the 32-foot baby of the family, and it replaces the previous Dufour 360 from three years ago. The start of the 22nd Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race from California to Hawaii on June 19, 2021. Can't remember when there has been more than one in a race, rare. [11] This represents a new race record for monohulls; the multihull record of 5 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes, set by Bruno Peyron in the 1997 race, remains. General Procedures and Practices for Race Participants. The Singlehanded Transpac record is held by Steve Fossett in '98 in an ORMA 60. So impressed as always at how much good sportsmanship and camaraderie a bunch of solo sailors display! 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. 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. If Fiasco was too long for you to finish, or if you want to follow up a great Fiasco, this is your race! But Marissa and Chris Neely on Avocet saw a weather window and jumped, making their first big offshore passage the wrong way from Santa Barbara to San Francisco and loving itmostly. They dont want you to leave your hotel or home. At one point, I had to go overboard to work on a repair while staring into the blue abyss. My heart swelled. William Lee Receives Perseverance Award in Singlehanded Transpac And then of course, we could delay the race to another season.. 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.) 1999 Results. It can also all happen to you. The major gear failure on Rainbow was the loss of both weatherfax computers. Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt provides sailing news with a North American focus. I think it would make for a spectacular arrival. I would simply change my destination to Nawiliwili Marina, still complete my goal of sailing solo, but avoid this particularly distressing tack.