It was an ultimate test of mental toughness and seamanship, and more than once I was reminded of David Goggins Calloused Mind, in which he writes: You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Great race everyone! We often wonder: what motivates someone to take on the challenge of not just sailing but racing 2225 miles from Los Angeles to Honolulu? The Ocean Race 2023 leg 3: Capetown to Itaja, Brazil. If you are registering as DH, you will be asked if you want a t-shirt for your crew. The SSS encompasses everyone from a first-time, double-handed sailor to veterans of the Singlehanded TransPacific (SHTP) yacht race. The first starts of the 2023 Transpac are just around the corner, and our 55 entries prove that there is no one right boat for Transpac. To all the kids in all corners of the world: dream big. Change could bring a new set of possibilities and problems. The list of Los Angeles to Honolulu Record Holders is: The Barn Door Trophy is awarded each race for the Fastest Monohull Elapsed Time in the race. Nipping at Alohas heels (on corrected time) was Robb Walkers Cal 40 Nozomi. Please enter your username or email address. Surprise! If you are not planning to race and would like to volunteer, please contact [email protected] for more information.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).Register now at https://jibeset.net/JACKY000.php?RG=T00134165Thank you for racing with the SSS, and we look forward to seeing you on the water.Richard, 2023 SSS Race Co-Chair, 12/21/22Racers;I announced this at Saturdays annual awards meeting and posted it on the forum yesterday, but want to make sure that it reaches all members. What prompted the change from even years to odd years in 21? 2007 Results. See bigger map Boat positions on tracker map update every 4 hours, and update every 20 minutes within 25 nm of the finish. Tags: Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race. There are a variety of reasons, but one of the big ones is the cost of supplying t-shirts to all race participants. Annual membership will continue at $170/year and single race entry (SH or DH) will be $50/race. Eleven entrants made the journey, ranging from an Olson 25 to a J/109. I sat on the deck pondering this thought for some time, with my perspective as wide as the horizon. That exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 are directed to stay home and not participate in any activity that may risk the exposure of others. I awoke with less than 200 miles to go and considered giving up. But the Singlehanded Sailing Society had to postpone it until 2021, mostly due to quarantine requirements on the Hawaii side. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Start getting ready for 2023!! Every. 1989 Results. Kauai is under stricter restrictions than the rest of the islands. 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. To all the children Ive met while sailing in remote locations: you can do the same. Shouldn't a Transpac race go from North America to Asia? Thanks for your ongoing support of the SSS. However, true to our roots as a SINGLEhanded organization, going forward t-shirts will be free to skippers (SH or DH) only. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. 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. All entrants complete solo Transpac Race Published on July 7th, 2021 All 11 skipper in the 2021 Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race which started June 19 from California have arrived in Hawaii. Merhan finished the 2,120-mile course in an elapsed time of 8 days, 12 hours and . Get it wrong, and your boat could wind up on the beach in a bad blow. Tears started again as I thought about the whole experience and everyone who had supported me. General Procedures and Practices for Race Participants. One took over the tiller on my jury-rigged rudder. 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. Can't remember when there has been more than one in a race, rare. A singlehanded (edit:Transpacific)race to Japan has been done. Having started with all other participants, Tabarly and his crew set an unofficial record of 8 days and 13 hours,[3] almost a day ahead of official winner and record-setter Blackfin. In even-numbered years the Pacific Cup race starts out of San Francisco and is run by the Pacific Cup Yacht Club. Every time I think Ive seen it all, my people outdo themselves and serve up the unexpected. And I think they would be a missing part of the race if we cant do it., Brian spoke with the authorities in Kauai. https://jibeset.net/JACKY000.php?RG=T00134165, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvceqhrTorG9D44EQZFGVEPI2YVQQykksT, https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/hanalei-bay-resort. The next two days she broke her own best-day record by sailing 420 nautical miles (480 mi; 780 km) [10] and 431 nautical miles (496 mi; 798 km). Well done!! 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. [4], The 2019 edition of the race, its fiftieth, saw the sinking of a yacht for the first time in its history, when the 68 foot mono-hulled sailboat Santa Cruz 70 OEX suffered rudder damage and an uncontrollable water intrusion. 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. Copyright 2023. Yet the reality is that despite the apparent simplicity of a course that has just one turning mark 26 miles from the start before a 2,200 mile leg that follows winning this race is never straight forward. Alumnus Will Lees sailing experience has taken him all over the world, and he recently sailed 2,200 milesby himself. 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. They persevered. Desperation, euphoria and fear competed for equal time throughout the voyage. As always, the 2023 Transpac fleet will feature races within the race. A few hours later I discovered the rudder had dropped an inch. Ive had some snafus out there to be sure, and they loom large when theyre read more, When One Wrong Makes a Right Everybody knows youre not supposed to sail up the Pacific Coast! All of us get excited when brilliant minds go to work on creating new ideas and even new spaces for the sport to grow into. The Singlehanded Transpac record is held by Steve Fossett in '98 in an ORMA 60. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Jul 10, 2012. If as skipper you want a t-shirt, you select a style/size and there is no cost to you. But not just any kind of sailing. The 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race Is completed. Due to ongoing COVID restrictions on large gatherings, were not yet sure where thats going to be. On June 19, the 22nd Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race sailed a 2120 nm course from San Francisco to Pu'u Poa Point on Hanalei Bay, Kauai. 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. If they cant have group meetings and such, I dont think theyre going to want us in there with our boats. He provided the following account of his journey: After 18 days at the ocean alone, I grew as a human being with newfound gratitude. He originally intended to enter the race but was unaware that multihulls were not invited. . Long gone are the days of $5 t-shirts providing free t-shirts to skippers, and their crew for doublehanders, has put a real strain on our finances. 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race, SHTP 2021 VIDEOS: got one? Fourteen smaller boats - 22 to 30 feet - departed with reefed sails at 1300, June 15. 2009 Results. The final rules and communications plan will be available near the end of December., Regarding the pandemic, Brian said, On the San Francisco side, we could possibly not have access to the yacht harbor at CYC other than the startline. Instead, I tried to stabilize the situation by minimizing any rudder movement. This loss ends up being subsidized by members racing singlehanded and single race entrants. 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. The Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) is a biennial offshore yacht race held in odd-numbered years starting off the Pt. I hope everyone has a fun party, Aloha. Eleven boats and he was number ONE. 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. My passage was plagued by light winds and assorted equipment failures. Long gone are the days of $5 t-shirts providing free t-shirts to skippers, and their crew for doublehanders, has put a real strain on our finances. Robert Cleveland and Jan Passion are correct that Rainbow is a Crowther not a Gemini. It may not display this or other websites correctly. In the solitude of the vast ocean, there was an exultant thought that peeled back the veneer of my delusions. We will be coveringRigging/Sails/Repairs at SeaYou can register here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvceqhrTorG9D44EQZFGVEPI2YVQQykksTThis registration will be good for this seminar and all following seminars in the series.Full seminar calendar:Dec 14th Power Requirements/Electricity Budgeting/CommunicationsJan 11th Rigging/Sails/Repairs at SeaFeb 8th Returning the boat (By sail or freighter)March 8th Provisioning/Food, Water & MedicineApril 12th Anchoring & Satellite ComsApril 15th Emergency Sea Trails Cruise InMay 10th Weather & Race Strategy. Fireworks bigtime in Hanalei Bay on the 4th welcoming solo Transpac! Next year will see the 52nd edition of a race that is famous for delivering a downwind sleigh ride across the Pacific. Fortunately, weve had good single race entrant turnout in the first three big races each year (Three Bridge Fiasco, Corinthians, and Round the Rocks) which, while it has allowed us to squeak by financially, has masked this inequity.Race t-shirts have been a long-standing tradition at the SSS and we dont want to eliminate that. William Lee Receives Perseverance Award in Singlehanded Transpac . James Wyllys beautiful Sabre 426 Northern Star arrived in the late afternoon with a very similar wrap, though this one was already doing no good as a sail. Easy to deploy with little chance of wrapping!! Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. Thats when I learned of the outpouring of support coming from Hanalei Bay. The MOD70s are doing the crewed Transpac, different boat. Just a reminder-- the single-handed transpac continues and it's worth reading the competitor's reports just to hear about their perseverence and how they deal with breakages: 2008 SHTP - Log Reports Black Feathers, the Cal 20, and her captain continue to do well, but he did manage to break his solar panel and split his fiberglass rudder in half. Preliminary 2022 Season StandingsHereCongratulations Chris Jordan and The Pork Chop Express, Singlehanded MonohullDavid Scott and O Mar, Doublehanded MonohullEvan McDonald and Greyhound, Singlehanded Multi-hullDavid Schumann and Bottle Rocket, Doublehanded Multi-hull, SSS COVID-19 Regatta Participation Guidelines. The SSS encompasses everyone from a first-time, double-handed sailor to veterans of the Singlehanded TransPacific (SHTP) yacht race. 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. Be sure to check out the latest installment of Latitude 38s Good Jibes with special guest David Herrigel to chat all things Singlehanded Transpacific Race. Note: when sorting by date, 'descending order' will show the newest results first. So, thats a wrap all thats left are a few more Tree Times, culminating in the awards ceremony this Saturday. You must log in or register to reply here. 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. Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. Spaulding Marine Centers Boatworks 101 is an innovative new apprenticeship program for young apprentices who will spend nine months training at Spaulding Marine Center and six months rotating through partner-employer boatyards throughout the Bay Area. We'll be right back. [1], The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds.[2]. In 1977, the yacht Merlin, designed by Bill Lee, set an elapsed time record of 8 days, 11 hours, 1 minute. During registration you will be asked as skipper if you want a t-shirt. !Register and get the race documents HERE.The anchorage at Hanalei Bay. You are using an out of date browser. Back row L-R, Falk Meissner, John Wilkerson, Jamey Wylly, Brendan Huffman Front L-R, Will Lee, Robb Walker, Bill Stange, Cliff Shaw, Jim Quanci Not pictured, Kyle Vanderspek, Reed Bernhard LATEST NEWS 6/13/2021 You sign up at $50 for the race. One. 2009 Results. Morning Glory was the scratch boat when it led a five-boat assault on the record for monohulls. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the highlights distributed in the e-Newsletter. So you won't follow the SHTP because it doesn't have multihulls, got it. [5], Ragtime finished first in 1973 and again in 1975.[7]. 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. Traditionally, thats been at the Corinthian Yacht Club. 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. [8] 2017 saw Howard Enloe and his boat the Mighty Merloe smash the record by over 25 hours making the trip in just over 4 days.[9]. Jamie had sailed with it that way with no headsail for 700 miles. Suggestion on spinnaker wraps (2 sailboats): use snuffing socks and avert the damn wraps! 1981 Results. I immediately noticed some clicking at the upper rudder bearing. Pen Duick V was the precursor to every modern (edit:Monohull) shorthanded race boat. Singlehanded Transpacific Race That's a Wrap! Ed Note: For more on the biennial Singlehanded Transpac, organized by San Francisco Bays Singlehanded Sailing Society, go to sfbaysss.org. We are grand because we are undeterred by our ephemeral presence, because we are bold enough to exercise our will. July 8th, large gathering restrictions will be lifted. Fermin buoy in San Pedro, California and ending off Diamond Head in Hawaii, a distance of around 2,225 nautical miles (2,560mi; 4,121km). I reduced sail, locked the rudder on centerline and let the Hydrovane do the steering. Dame Ellen MacArthur retired from professional sailing in 2010 and went on to create the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to promote the circular economy. Messano and co-skipper Bill Durant are excited to put the improved Deception through her paces this summer, particularly because the crew consists largely of the Messano and Durant families. Would it be too much trouble to ask the people of Kauai to celebrate my accomplishment with fireworks? 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. San Francisco to Hanalei Bay that starts on Sunday June 25th, 2023!There are currently 15 boats registered to race! 2013 Results. 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.) However, for me, there is no greater joy than an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to wake up to a different sunrise. Congrats to all! Moving the SHTP from even years to odd years seems like a good idea. This year has been a challenge to break even financially. Your options will be no t-shirt ($0) or select a style/size for $20. 1987 Results. I'm planning to sail from Haleiwa on Oahu over to Hanalei Bay on ~July 14th to hang out for a bit before heading down the Napali Coast and eventually back to Haleiwa. Thank you for racing with the SSS, and we look forward to seeing you on the water. See overall results here: https://www.jibeset.net/show.php?RR=JACKY_T007588480&DOC=r201&TYP=html. [5][6] The crew was rescued by another racing boat. Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted. 1987 Results. I was no longer alone! Year Boat Owner/Skipper Time, Transpac Honolulu Race Elapsed Time Record Trophy, "Transpac Race: Casualties in the Pacific >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News", http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/603027/Transpacific-Race%7C, "1936 Transpac victor Dorade wins again in 2013", "First ship sinks in Transpacific Yacht Race", "Trans-Pacific yacht race crew safely rescued by competitor after boat sinks", "Twice a Winner, Restored Ragtime Races in Transpac: A Legend Is Still Fit Enough to Sail Away", "Mighty Merloe and Comanche on race record pace in 2017 TRANSPAC", "URI students appear in Disney's 'Morning Light', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transpacific_Yacht_Race&oldid=1105544445, 1949 Morning Star Richard S. Rheem 10:10:13:09, 1955 Morning Star Richard S. Rheem 9:15:05:10, 1971 Windward Passage Mark Johnson 9:09:06:48, 2005 Morning Glory Hasso Plattner 6:16:04:11, 2009 Alfa Romeo Neville Crichton 5:14:36:20, 1923 (S.Barb.) Charley, the 1983 Transpac Winner On July 7, 2009, Alfa Romeo II beat the Morning Glory record for best day's run set in the 2005 race, by sailing 399 nautical miles (459 mi; 739 km) in 24 hours. Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt provides sailing news with a North American focus. He and his wife Darlene spent the rest of the day cutting the spinnaker away. Eric Taberly won it in 1969 on Pen Duick V. SF to Japan he finished 11 days ahead of the next competitor . Theres also a bus that runs wonderfully around the island; it gets you over there in about an hour and a half. 1995 Results. 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. Dorade James Flood 13:07:20:04, 1939 (S.Fran.) 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.. I would simply change my destination to Nawiliwili Marina, still complete my goal of sailing solo, but avoid this particularly distressing tack. First to finish the 2009 Transpac, Alfa Romeo II set a Transpac race elapsed-time record of 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes, 20 seconds.