Video Highlights: Starting the 2015 Transpac Race
Published on July 18th, 2015
Phaedo Transpac 2015 start from Ocean Images on Vimeo.
First organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club in 1906, the Transpacific Yacht Race or Transpac is an offshore sailing race from Point Fermin in Los Angeles to Diamond Head, just east of Honolulu, a distance of 2225 miles. This is among the world’s great ocean races, and biennially attracts some of the world’s fastest sailing yachts, some of its most talented offshore racing sailors, and a wide variety of offshore sailing adventurers.
Here are video highlights from the starts of the 48th biennial LA-Honolulu Transpac:
Monday, July 13: First Transpac Start: Divisions 7 & 8
Thursday, July 16: Second Transpac Start: Divisions 4, 5 & 6
Friday, July 18: Third Transpac Start: Multihulls, Divisions 1, 2 & 3