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TRANSPAC: Leaders on approach

July 18th, 2013

(July 18, 2013) – The good news is that with its 6-hour delay, the Transpac Race tracker offers little advantage to the race competitors. The 2225 mile route between Los Angeles to Honolulu is a navigational challenge, and minimizing the tracker’s value keeps the race true to its roots. The bad news is the tracker’s


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The Mai Tais will taste good either way

July 17th, 2013

(July 17, 2013) – The 2225-mile Transpac race attracts the sleek sleds designed to surf the tradewinds on the biennial race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Despite being ground zero for “Have a Hobie Day”, this west coast classic does not attract offshore multihulls. But this year it attracted two. One multihull is fueled by


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TRANSPAC: Halfway To Hawaii

July 17th, 2013

(July 17, 2013) – In the last 48 hours most of the 58 entries in the 47th LA-Honolulu Transpac are now at the halfway point or beyond on this 2225-mile race that started in three waves last week. Of the first wave of starters that left LA in fast conditions on Monday afternoon, July 8th,


Transpac: From the Course

July 14th, 2013

(July 14, 2013) – Navigator Peter Shumar reports from the Santa Cruz 50 Deception that their position south of the



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