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	Transpacific Yacht Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Transpacific Yacht Race is an offshore yacht race starting off Point Fermin near Los Angeles and ending off Diamond Head in Honolulu, a distance of around 2,225 nautical miles (4121 km).
		The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds.
		The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transpacific_Yacht_Race (197 words)

	Yacht racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Single-handed ocean yacht racing begain with the race across the Atlantic Ocean by William Albert Andrews and Josiah W. Lawlor in 1891; however, the first regular single-handed ocean race was the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, first held in 1960.
		One such is the Three peaks yacht race in the UK which is a team competition involving sailing, cycling and running.
		For most forms of yacht racing, one of two solutions to this problem are used; either all boats are required to be identical (a one-design class), or a handicapping system is used.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yacht_racing (1010 words)

	TransPacific Yacht Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Saratogans battle elements, finish second in yacht race
		It was Elizabeth's second TransPac race with her father.
		The TransPac, as it's known to the racing community, began in 1906 and is the oldest yacht race in existence.
	www.svcn.com /archives/saratoganews/08.06.97/TransPacificYachtRace.html (438 words)

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		Transpacific Yacht Race - The Transpacific Yacht Race is an offshore yacht race starting off Point Fermin near Los Angeles and ending off Diamond Head in Honolulu, a distance of around 2,225 nautical miles (4121 km).
	pb100.com /brokerageyacht.html (594 words)

	ISAF - Transpacific Yacht Race 2005
		The Transpacific Yacht Race is that one race every serious offshore racing sailor, and many others, want to do at least once, yet few actually do.
		Traditionally having strong 25-35 knot tradewinds and 10 to 14 foot cresting seas, the Transpac is one of the longest, non-stop ocean races between ports in the world, other than an around-the-world race.
		The top racing sailors in the world, racing on the largest and fastest of ocean-racing yachts are attracted to the Transpac.
	www.sailing.org /?ID=j1fFhyj7D&format=popup (456 words)

	yacht race
		Race organizers, the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, desire to be as inclusive...
		THE race between the rival yachts Fleetwing and Henrietta began on the 11th instant...
		Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, the Transpacific Yacht Race, the Fastnet race, the Volvo Ocean Race (formerly called the...
	www.boat-info.com /7/yacht-race.html (421 words)

	Transpac: Counting Down to 4th of July Weekend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 2, 2003)- With three months still remaining until race time, the 60 current entries in the 42nd Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii are already maneuvering in their minds for position on crowded starting lines.
		The race to Diamond Head looks to be a match between Philippe Kahn's defending Barn Door champion, Pegasus 77, and Roy E. Disney's record holder, Pyewacket, but first they'll have to shake off up to a dozen other of the largest boats who will offer them no special privileges on the starting line.
		Transpacific Yacht Club Commodore Brad Avery wrote to US SAILING's Safety at Sea Committee: "The proposal is a logical step toward greater safety offshore.
	www.ussailing.org /news/2003/Transpac.htm (767 words)

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		Pegasus is a state-of the-art 70 foot ultra-light displacement racing yacht.
		Call it a "dirt boat" or "land yacht", Pegasus is the biggest of it's kind...
	www.boat-info.com /12/pegasus-yacht.html (446 words)

	Chasing a dream
		It’s the Transpacific Yacht Race from L.A. to Honolulu.
		For Patricia Garfield, the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii has the allure of a homecoming.“I have a photograph of my dad holding me when I was about a year old,” says Garfield.
		Yacht racing’s top boats are indeed here, including Pyewacket, a sleek, stripped-down, ultra-high-tech vessel owned by Roy Disney, nephew of Walt.
	www.sunset.com /sunset/travel/hawaii/article/0,20633,1066549,00.html (1134 words)

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	Aussie Yacht Out of TransPacific Race
		The 31-foot Australian yacht, The Cone of Silence, the smallest competitor in the TransPacific Yacht Race, has been forced to retire from 2,225 nautical mile ocean classic only three days out of Los Angeles.
		James Neill advised race officials by marine radio that he was withdrawing because of "structural damage" but did not require assistance to return to Los Angeles.
		At last report Krakatoa, a Young 32 skippered by Rod Skellet from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, had 1912 nautical miles to sail and was third in fleet in Division 3 and fifth on corrected time.
	www.bryc.yachting.org.au /?Page=5364 (237 words)

	Yacht Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 2005 Race was a huge success and closed with used Grande Finale Fireworks display in Macduff Harbour on the 29th June 2005
		I took several pictures of the yachts as the sky was a pleasant The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is one of the greatest yacht races in the world.
		You could be part of a competitive crew racing on a Sydney 38 One Design and taking on some of charter the most competitive Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race Race E mail: race@marionbermuda.com.
	www.piper2.com /yacht-race.htm (511 words)

	1965 Transpac Yacht Race Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Honolulu star-bulletin water ways Transpac records don’t fall very often i have been pleasantly the end of the schooner era was signaled in 1965, when the smallest yacht to race in transpac is this year's entry vapor, a 25-foot
		Cap'n crusty's sailing board: Newspapers and boating periodicals, or prowling the marinas, yacht race in the bay of fundy and to brier island, where he had been slocum records a delightful stay on the islands, which were owned
		Around the world of sailing: july 2005 archives Trimmed 19 hours off the transpacific yacht club¹s race records have been dropping wherever they have race - most notably the 2004 newport but varied in force during the entire race.
	www.yachtfast.com /1965_transpac_yacht_race_records.html (752 words)

	Sailing news as it happens - Yachts and Yachting Online
		So Transpac's big winners duplicated last year's Newport-Bermuda Race when Hasso Plattner's maxZ86 Morning Glory was first to finish in record time, as it won the Barn Door here, and Rosebud won overall---the latter a rare double in America's premier ocean races believed to be last achieved by Dorade in the 1930s.
		The Transpacific Yacht Club has set a tentative speed rating limit for the 44th race from Los Angeles to Honolulu in 2007 that seeks to continue the tradition of battles for the Barn Door.
		The oldest crew in 43 Transpacific Yacht Races over 100 years sailed past Diamond Head early Wednesday morning with smiles beaming through their grey beards to rival the Hawaiian sunrise.
	www.yachtsandyachting.com /news?article=18256 (695 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
		B'Quest, a sailboat in the 42nd Transpacific Yacht Race crewed by disabled sailors, arrived yesterday at the Honolulu Yacht Club dock after finishing the race.
		Although they were not the first to cross the finish line in the Transpacific Yacht Race, the 40-foot sailboat B'Quest's crew received a winner's welcome at the Ala Wai Boat Harbor yesterday.
		The crew was given no special concessions as one of the 61 yachts that left California on July 1.
	starbulletin.com /2003/07/15/news/story7.html (487 words)

	Disabled Sailors Compete in Transpacific Yacht Race \| October 2005 - The O&P EDGE - oandp.com
		However, this race, unlike most recreational sports, is able to level the playing field for small and large boats, amateur and professional sailors, and the disabled and able-bodied mariners alike.
		The race is the longer of the two oldest ocean races in the world, dating back to 1906 along with the Newport/Bermuda race.
		Three days into the race, he choked on a chocolate chip cookie that upset his stomach and tore his esophagus in the process.
	www.oandp.com /edge/issues/articles/2005-10_11.asp (1975 words)

	Yacht Race Information and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, the Transpacific Yacht Race, the Fastnet race, the Volvo Ocean Race (formerly called the Whitbread Round the World Race), the Vendee Globe and the...
		Race management personnel at all yacht clubs are encouraged to solicit the...
		"The 62nd running of the Swiftsure International Yacht Race is sure to capture the imagination of the...
	www.boatsmarineyachts.com /more/boatsmarine/yacht-race.html (415 words)

	Los Altan wins transpacific yacht race - single-handedly -- Los Altos Town Crier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Last month, sailing the Online Capital-sponsored yacht, Etosha, he won the 11th biennial Transpacific race from Tiburon to Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, with a time of 11 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes.
		Using a commercial tug to free his yacht, he had to use his engine to get to the starting line, where he found out everyone had left an hour and 21 minutes earlier.
		The longest Cranmer-Brown ever slept was a period of one hour and 15 minutes during the 12-day race.
	latc.com /1998/07/20/community/communit13.html (479 words)

	Yacht World: Information on Boat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) is the only nautical trade show in the world with a focus on boats of 20m and over and big was the name of the game.
		Until now this has been only feasible for high-tech yachts at long distance sailing races: The current geographical coordinates being broadcast from the sea and seconds later the boat's position can be seen on a digital sea chart on the internet by everyone.
		The yachts in this year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race aren't the only ones with improved technology.Tracking live race progress has become easier this year, with organisers utilising the technology of Google Earth, an internet-based world satellite imaging service, to track race progress.Users are updated with race positions and information online every ten minutes.
	www.boats-great.info /yacht-world (2011 words)

	TRANSPAC 99 - Press Release 04-21-99
		It's the Transpacific Yacht Race Course Record Trophy.
		Skippers looking for crew to race or do a return delivery are advised to check the web page http://holoholo.org/crewlist/index.html.
		Nowlan also may be contacted by phone or fax at (619) 224-0198 or by e-mail.
	holoholo.org /transpac/99news/tp990421.html (917 words)

	Philippe Kahn and Pegasus Racing, Racing Sailboats Worldwide : Transpac / Pacific Cup / Melges Worlds / Olympic Finn / ...
		With Philippe Kahn's Pegasus tucked safely in its slip at Ala Wai Yacht Harbor with honors secured for fastest elapsed time in the 41st Transpacific Yacht Race, several smaller boats were due to finish before the Hawaiian sun sets Tuesday.
		The tactical pas de trois among Pegasus, Pyewacket and Chance in the 41st Transpacific Yacht Race has taken off into a headlong sprint to the finish and a possible rare sweep for the winner.
		Some of the newest and fastest monohull sailboats in the world will start the 41st Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii Sunday, but for human drama they may not be able to match their smaller colleagues who started Saturday.
	www.pegasus.com /news.htm (1728 words)

	June 1906: Calif-Hawaii Yacht race; automobiles
		The local yachtsmen who said the Kanakas were slow in their movements changed their minds later in the day when they saw the brown men in action.
		Still, he was intent on conducting a yacht race to Honolulu, so he sailed on to Los Angeles.
		In the races at Readville, this car finished second in the five-mile race in a field of eleven.
	www.ulwaf.com /LA-1900s/06.06.html (1685 words)

	ISAF - Biennial Transpacific Yacht Race
		Captains of industry, as well as sailing ships, have tried for nearly a century to win the Transpacific Yacht Race, some successfully, many in vain.
		He competes in several difficult classes and pulls equal weight on the boat with his crew.
		The time didn't approach Pyewacket's record of 7:11:41:27 set in the windier previous race in 1999, but it was well under the legendary Merlin's former record of 8 ½ days that stood for 20 years.
	www.sailing.org /?id=j//Fx?B1&MenuID=&Tkn=19133424 (1301 words)

	Brown Sugar's Transpac Page
		This photo came from their "Daily Arrival" page on the website for the Transpacific Yacht Club.
		Seconds before the race began, Brown Sugar (left) slipped into position right next to the committee boat (center) while 32 other vessels fought their way to the starting line.
		Larry Boren and his rum-sodden crew led the race for several exhilarating minutes until someone quietly informed them that powerboats were not allowed to compete in Transpac.
	www.aircraftqualityservices.com /brownsugar.htm (607 words)

	Ocean Yacht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		July 1, 2005 -- For Patricia Garfield, the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii has the allure of a homecoming.
		Boat/US Magazine - Yacht heaven: we knew we were well on our way toward decompression shortly after landing at Beef Island Airport in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
		September 29, 2004 -- TWO British yachtsmen were rescued from their sloop as it sank in the Indian Ocean in an operation coordinated by Australian coastguards more than 2,000 miles away.
	www.luxuryluke.com /luxuryluke/category2/Ocean_Yacht.cfm (501 words)

	Mickey News °o° - Disney's Pyewacket leads field in Transpacific Yacht Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Seventy-five-year-old Roy Disney heads a field of 75 boats as he attempts to break his own world record in the Transpacific Yacht Race from California to Hawaii that begins Sunday morning.
		Disney is now a consultant for the Walt Disney Company after patching up a much-publicized two-year rift with the entertainment giant earlier this week.
		The race's other top contenders are Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory and Randall Pittman's Genuine Risk.
	www.mickeynews.com /News/PrintStory.asp_Q_id_E_7175Race_A_cat_E_OTR (189 words)

	ESPN.com - OLY - Transpacific Yacht Race standings
		LOS ANGELES -- Standings in the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu as of 5:30 a.m.
		Transpacific looking to be a close three-yacht race
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	espn.go.com /oly/news/2001/0708/1223856.html (419 words)

	Alan Andrews Yacht Design Race Results
		The outstanding record of results achieved by yachts designed by Alan Andrews cover the spectrum from club racing up to International Competition.
		They have been achieved in yachts ranging in size from 26' MORC boats to 80' Turbo sleds.
		Alan's designs include yachts racing under Whitbread 60, IOR, IRC, IMS, 70 Raters, MORC and PHRF rules.
	www.andrewsyacht.com /racrslt3.htm (1075 words)

	2001 TRANSPACIFIC YACHT RACE -- Sensation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We have been coming into the office late at night and on weekends to keep up on the tracking.
		Next time we are going to recommend that the check in's are 4 times a day so we can better follow the race.
		Mary Lynn was right---it was a small boat race.
	www.chem.hawaii.edu /transpac/01/arrivals/Sensation.html (399 words)

	sail-world.com -- Pegasus faster but Pyewacket leads 2003 Transpacific Yacht Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Pegasus 77 sailed farther and faster Tuesday but Pyewacket stretched its lead in the marquee match race of the 2003 Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii, a situation that has often been an anomaly of the race for the last half-century.
		Meanwhile, Renegade, an Andrews 70 sailed by Dan SINCLAIR of Vancouver, B.C., dropped out Monday afternoon with a problem described as ‘failure of the boat's steering sheaves.’ Renegade started in Division 2 a day earlier and was 260 miles offshore in Mexican waters.
		Tracking charts for selected boats or the entire fleet may be viewed by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page.
	www.sail-world.com /news.cfm?Nid=10310&RequestTimeOut=180 (949 words)

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