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The Transpacific Yacht Club is pleased to announce that the entry process is now open for the 2023 edition of the Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race.

Known at the Transpac, this will be the 52nd edition of this classic 2025-mile ocean race held biennially since 1906.

The Notice of Race (NOR) detailing the terms and conditions of the event is  now available online here . The race is open to entry for offshore-capable racing and cruising monohull yachts from 30 to 100 feet in length that also meet other criteria listed in the NOR.

Multihull entries must be at least 45 feet in length unless specific stability criteria are met, and there is no restriction on maximum length.

March 1, 2023 is the deadline for payment of the standard entry fees, and after this date up until May 26, 2023 late entry fees will apply.

The Transpac has three start dates to help compress the fleet on the race course and in arrival dates at the finish line at Diamond Head in Honolulu. All starts are 1 mile off Point Fermin in San Pedro, with the first wave leaving on Tuesday, June 27th, the second on Thursday, June 29th and the third on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Any fast multihull entries may start later, depending on their speed. All dates for pre- and post-race activities will be published on the event website.

The pre-start venue for participants will be located at Cabrillo Marina in San Pedro, where a race village is planned for sailors, their family and friends, sponsors and the public as well. At the finish most boats will be in the Ala Wai Harbor in Waikiki at Hawaii Yacht Club, Waikiki Yacht Club or in assigned slips in the marina. Deeper draft boats will be at other locations nearby.

During the race there will be tracking services and regular commentary to explain the features of the course and an analysis of the fleet’s progress during the race. Photo and video uploads along with stories from the teams will also be available on the race’s web and social media channels.

First to enter the 52nd Transpac is Newport Beach-based John Raymont with his Ker 51 Fast Exit II. Raymont’s excitement about this race goes back to his teenage years growing up in Huntington on Long Island, New York when in the 1960’s and ’70’s he followed magazine stories about legendary Transpac yachts like Windward Passage, Ragtime and later Merlin.

“My first overnight race was on an Ericson 39, a seaworthy boat for the typical East Coast sailing of upwind and reaching,” he said. “Later I got to sail longer offshore races like the race to Jamaica I did on La Forza del Destino, a 52-foot Gary Mull design from the early ’70’s. In this race we surged downwind in tradewinds and big waves past Cuba in the Windward Passage, but never got close to planing. So reading the accounts of boats like Passage and Merlin planing their way to Hawaii has always been a huge inspiration for me, I dreamed of doing this great race.”

Raymont raced his first two Transpacs in 2017 and 2019 on this Andrews 40 of the same name, then acquired his current Fast Exit for racing in last year’s 51st edition of the race.

“This boat is like an offshore TP52,” he said, “So we had plenty of high-speed rides in this last race. In fact I learned that even though we had a few times we needed to throttle back during the race our elapsed time was the 25th fastest in Transpac history. We hope to improve on this next year.”

“We’re excited about attracting more entries like John who have been inspired to do this iconic race to fulfill their dreams,” said TPYC Commodore Tom Trujillo. “And like John and many others, we find that doing the race just once is not enough, they keep coming back for more. So we are here to welcome them with the spirit of Aloha.”

For more on entry information for Transpac 2023, and for more on the history of this classic ocean race, visit  transpacyc.com

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The race kicks off in San Pedro, Calif. and ends at Diamond Head – a 2,200 mile trip from start to finish!

There are three waves of sailboats in all, with 58 entrant vessels in all participating including four boats from Hawaii among the field of competitors.

The Transpac Race is one of the oldest and longest sailing ocean races in the world. It first began in 1906!

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First wave of boats sets sail on 2,225 mile journey to Hawaii in biennial Transpac yacht race

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Over a dozen boats and their crews are currently racing from Los Angeles to Hawaii in the first wave of the biennial Transpac Yacht Race .

The first wave left Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon and will be racing to the finish line at the Diamond Head lookout this year.

However, as of Wednesday, two of the 16 boats dropped out of the race and were on their way back to Los Angeles. One of the two boats — Insoumise — is from Hawaii.

The Hawaii boat retired from the race due to rudder issues. Everyone on board is safe and returning to port in Los Angeles.

A total of 58 teams will compete in the race this year, with the two other waves of boats destined to set sail on June 29 and July 1, respectively.

The race is estimated to take between five to 10 days for crews to complete, with a distance of 2,225 miles .

Many yachts and offshore sailing racers from all over the world — including Australia, Canada, Italy and the U.S. — are competing in the race this year.

Out of the 58 teams racing the 2023 Transpac, four crews are from Hawaii — the most in more than a decade.

First created and organized in 1906 by the Transpacific Yacht Club, the Transpacific Yacht Race, more formerly known as Transpac, is an offshore sailing race, where crews will travel from Point Fermin in Los Angeles to Diamond Head in Honolulu — an epic journey. This year’s Transpac is the 52nd one.

Along with other teams racing this year, some crews are entering the world of Transpac for the very first time.

Traveling all the way from Australia, this will be Ian Edwards and his crew’s first time racing the Transpac. They began their journey yesterday as part of the race’s first wave.

“We normally race with 10 or even a 12 crew, but we will race with only eight on this race,” Edwards said.

Their boat, Wings , is no stranger to ocean racing and the crew says that they are intrigued by the unique aspect of Transpac’s course and conditions.

Other boats, however, are already veterans to the race.

Ed Sanford and his crew hail from San Diego and will be racing their boat, Creative . This will be Sanford’s fourth Transpac race, having competed in 2013, 2015 and 2017.

He looks forward to the race this year and him and his crew have been proactive in preparing and planning for the 2,225 mile trek to Hawaii.

“By taking the time to go through all the setup, equipment and systems, we have a much better understanding on how to troubleshoot if needed,” Sanford said.

As the first wave of boats continues on their journey with two more set to follow in the upcoming days, their race progress can be tracked here .

To learn more information about Transpac and their teams participating this year, click here .

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San Pedro, CA (July 13, 2021) – The Transpacific Yacht Club today unleashed the first of three waves of entries on their long westward journey to Honolulu in the 51st running of the Transpac. This biennial 2225-mile race from LA-Honolulu, first run in 1906, is an ocean racing classic.

Seven entries ranging from 37 to 57 feet in length were on the start line today, set one mile south of San Pedro’s Point Fermin lighthouse. Weather conditions early this morning were uncertain, with local thunderstorms in the area, but this stabilized by midday to provide an 11-knot thermal westerly breeze.

Even in this initial upwind leg towards the first of only two marks of the course – the West End of Catalina, 25 miles away – the fleet seemed to split with some opting to head north and others choosing to take the closer tack towards Catalina.

As explained at the virtual Skipper’s Briefing on July 10 by veteran NOAA weather forecaster Joe Sienkiewicz, the large scale position and shape of the North Pacific High seems to be setting up favorably for a good race. The split High is due to merge and strengthen the classic northeast tradewinds that are a typical feature of the middle portion of the race track, while the normal coastal northerlies also seem to be in place to propel all the teams away from the coast quickly.

Mark Ashmore’s Cal 40 Nalu V was among the first starters today, and is riding a wave of enthusiasm coming off their overall win in the SoCal 300. He’s upbeat about the race, his first to Hawaii, especially considering what happened in the previous 50th edition of the race in 2019.

“We had a mysterious leak, or several leaks, that we were never able to pinpoint the source,” he said. “It was serious enough to have us pumping out the bilge four times a day. The conditions were rough, and we launched off a few waves, so it was difficult to track the source. At one point I was able to get my head into the bilge to see some water seeping in.”

At about 200 miles out, the Nalu team decided it was better to head back to the coast than face this situation further out and with fewer option. There were among several entries to that year that had to drop out due to various problems.

This year Ashmore and his team of four are determined to finish what they started two years ago, cross the finish at Diamond Head, and have tons of fun on the way. “We may be one of the slowest boats on the course, but that means we just have more time to enjoy the race!” he said.

The Nalu V team is also sailing for a cause: a good friend and shipmate on the 2019 race, Mark Buttermann, had recently passed from ALS, and the team has dedicated their effort this year to his memory. They have set up a donation fund to fight ALS and within a few weeks have raised an impressive $14,000.

Today’s starters are the first of three waves, with the second group of 15 teams in three divisions starting at 1:00 PM PDT on July 16 at Point Fermin, while the final group of the fastest 19 boats in four divisions will start at the same time and place on July 17.

YB trackers are on board all entries but positions have been delayed by 4 hours, except when within 200 miles of the finish, where they revert to real-time tracking.

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Forty-one teams are competing in the 51st Transpac Race which takes the fleet on a 2225 nm course from Point Fermin in Los Angeles to the finish line off Diamond Head in Honolulu, Hawaii.

2021 Schedule July 13 start – Division 8 July 16 start – Division 5, 6, 7 July 17 start – Division 1, 2, 3, 4 July 30 – Honolulu Awards Ceremony

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In yacht racing, early retirement is not a good thing.

Yet, five boats had already dropped out of the Transpacific race to Hawaii as of deadline — and one never even started.

Larchmont Yacht Club’ s entry, Jason Carroll and his MOD 70 Argo, retired with engine issues. Malilia, a Hylas 63, retired because of a shroud issue. SAM returned home after Jerome Sam Marcelli was airlifted off the vessel because of a finger injury and Ben Kaliwoda returned the Carbon 32 singlehanded. Insoumise’s rudder housing broke, forcing that vessel to retire. And Glass Slipper out of Berkeley Yacht Club, never even made it to the starting line.

But then Steve George’s Shadowfax experienced a damaged masthead and started limping its way back to the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. That one really hit home.

I sat with the Shadowfax crew, wives and girlfriends during the June 24 sendoff party on the USS Iowa , in San Pedro. The crew features a great mix of experienced racers and those for whom Transpac was a bucket list item.

“They are all amazing. This crew was incredible.  They’re eating well,” Julie Green King, whose husband, John, was on board Shadowfax, texted me as the vessel made its way home. “After the initial sad shock of it all, they appear to have come to terms with it — everyone is resolved to go to Hawaii. All the gals have booked their guys a flight except bowman Zach Miller, who has to get back to work.”

During the send-off, Zach told me he had never been to Hawaii.

The airlines were helpful as the shore crew worked to get the Shadowfax team to Honolulu, Julie said. After flights were booked, the wives, girlfriends, adult children and sailing pals started planning a Long Beach greeting on the same level Shadowfax would have received in Hawaii. So as the boat entered Alamitos Bay early in the morning on Tuesday, July 4, when, mai tais were being mixed and the crew was welcomed to their dock at ABYC.

“They were poised to be on the podium, such a bummer,” Julie texted me “They will be in Hawaii to congratulate the victors.”

I watched the third and final start of the 2023 Transpac on Saturday, July 1, on board Seal Beach residents Rick and Christi Von Heydenreich’s yacht, dubbed Boat Hair.

Rick, who is the port captain of the Transpacific Yacht Club is a veteran of the ocean race and he serves as one of the volunteer boat inspectors for the regatta. Rick had spent the last couple of weeks delivering a boat in some gnarly weather, before flying back to Los Angeles International Airport on Friday night. On Saturday morning, he was there ready to take 10 of us to watch the start.

After getting off the start line and around the west end of Catalina Island, most tacked to port and headed northwest. Unfortunately, most got stuck for hours in light and drifting conditions among the outer Channel Islands.

Heather and Chuck Furey’s Santa Cruz 70 Mirage, with navigator Ray Marchetta, reported, according to the TransPac media team, that their crew “fended off a sea lion looking for a resting place, marine mammal presumed we were another rock.”

They also reported that only Manouch Mosheyedi’s Bakewell-White 100 RIO100 and George Hershman and Mark Comings’ Reichel/Pugh 63 Good Energy — with two-time ABYC Staff Commodore Chuck Clay at the helm — were able to break away to the southwest and are progressing on a southerly track at speeds of 10 and 8 knots, respectively.

At the last look of the tracker, Long Beach Yacht Club’s Doug Baker and his Dencho/Kernan Peligroso (with fan favorites Benjamin Wheatley and Dustin Durant on board) have started to lead the rest of the group out of slatting conditions and into a more decent breeze.

All entries in Transpac can be tracked on the “Yellow Brick” system, including positions, speeds and headings. There is a built-in four-hour delay for each entry, except when within 200 miles of the finish, when the tracker goes live. To follow the fleet, go to cf.yb.tl/transpac2023# .  For more information on 2023 Transpac, go to transpacyc.com .

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Moscow Raceway owes its existence to Russia's desire to host a Formula One race but seems destined to lose out to Sochi and the Igora Drive circuits for the foreseeable future.

Boasting a full FIA Grade 1 Grand Prix layout and and FIM Grade B circuit, the track was initially successful at attracting a range of high-profile championships, from the World Superbikes to World Touring Cars, the DTM and the Blancpain World Series.  One by one these have dropped off the schedule, however, leaving the circuit to host mainly national level events, albeit the most important on Russian racing scene.

Circuit History

Plans for a street race in the Russian capital were first mooted in the 1980s and a Grand Prix of the Soviet Union did in fact make it onto the draft F1 calendar for 1983. However, bureaucratic barriers prevented the Grand Prix from being held, and the race was dropped.

Two decades later, new plans were advanced for a permanent circuit on an island in the Molzhaninovsky area in the north of the city. These received backing from the Moscow mayor, and F1 circuit designer Hermann Tilke was engaged to design the facility. Construction was due to start on November 30th, 2001. However, the mayor rejected the commercial contract offered by Bernie Ecclestone and construction was delayed. It was eventually abandoned altogether in January 2003 and the land turned over to a hotel, yacht marina and golf course instead.

By 2008 momentum had built again for a new project, intended to host both F1 and MotoGP events and located around 90 minutes from the capital. Hermann Tilke was again employed to design the permanent facility. Unlike previous attempts, this project became a reality and on October 1, 2008 a delegation including F1 driver David Coulthard witnessed the ceremonial laying of the first stone.

Construction continued throughout the next few years, supervised by Tilke. After initially signing a deal with Bernie Ecclestone in 2008, the project was dropped from the 2010 Formula 1 calendar in early 2009, and construction stopped. Work resumed in June 2010, with the new contractor agreeing to complete the road section of the track. By September 2011, all asphalt laying had been completed, and construction of the associated pit, support and medical buildings was being undertaken.

When the full circuit and all of its infrastructure was completed in July 2012, it had cost a total of 4.5 billion rubles. Tilke had designed a technical circuit featuring a 873 metres long back straight – among the longest allowable under modern track design guidelines – which would see Formula One cars achieve a theoretical 193mph.

When presented for inspection, the circuit achieved FIA 1(T) status, allowing for Formula One testing and all categories of racing below this. However, the FIM only granted Grade B status, one below the expected level for motorcycle. This still allows for the raceway's inclusion on the World Superbike calendar, though further work will be required before MotoGP could visit.  Subsequently, the track has achieved FIA Grade 1 status, allowing for full Formula One races to take place.

A total of 18 variations of the circuit can be run, from the full Grand Prix course, to shorter 'sprint' variations and a small 'club' circuit utilising the western end only. World Superbikes have utilised the FIM GP course, as has the Renault World Series and WTCC from 2013 onwards (the Renault series' had previously used GP1),  while the DTM makes use of the shorter Sprint Circuit 4.

Tragedy struck the circuit during the first visit of the World Superbike Championships in 2013. During the first lap of the supporting World Supersport race, Italian rider Andrea Antonelli lost control on a slick track during torrential rain. He fell to the ground where he was struck by fellow Italian rider Lorenzo Zanetti, dying from his injuries later the same day. Criticism was levelled at race organisers for beginning the race in such conditions, while the circuit fell under scrutiny for what some felt was inadequate drainage – both claims strongly rejected by championship promoters, Dorna.

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Moscow Raceway is located within 90 minutes drive of central Moscow and 20 minutes drive from Volokolamsk.  Moscow's three international airports are within easy reach of the circuit - Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo are both around a 60 mile drive, while Domodedovo is around 90 miles away.

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Marussia f1 team return to russia for moscow city racing, andy webb, marussia ceo: we have seen the strength of that support again in the last few days following the very pleasing announcement of our new powertrain partnership with scuderia ferrari..

Max Chilton, Marussia F1 Team MR02

Despite the three-week gap between Rounds 9 and 10 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship® the Marussia F1 Team has had little time to draw breath, embarking on a series of promotional events to reward the loyal support of its fans.

This week, while the race team conduct the Young Driver Test at Silverstone, the demonstration team are heading ‘home’ to Russia for their second year of participation in ‘Moscow City Racing’.

The event takes place on 20 and 21 July, with the demonstration runs scheduled for Sunday 21 July on the streets surrounding the Kremlin and the ‘paddock’ located close to Red Square.

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Visitors will also be given the opportunity to enter the inner-sanctum - the Paddock - to soak up the atmosphere and see for themselves the intricacies of Formula 1 design and engineering.

Aside from his on-track duties, Max will participate in a range of promotional activities, taking time out to mingle with the Russian fans during autograph sessions and photo opportunities.

Supporting the Marussia F1 Team over the weekend are main event partner Liga Stavok along with additional partners Instaforex, QNet and RBC.

Max Chilton: “There have been quite a few ‘firsts’ for me in my debut season in Formula One - new racetracks, new cities, meeting new fans - and Moscow City Racing will be my very first visit to Russia. I can’t wait. From what I hear from previous events, the demonstration runs are a fantastic spectacle and the crowd is huge and very supportive.

That’s nice, because we are the only Anglo-Russian team and it is good to keep building on their love of Formula 1 before Russia gets its very own race next year in Sochi. I’m really excited about making the trip and I hope to meet as many of the Russian fans as possible, when I’m not driving through their streets!”

Andy Webb, CEO: “The Marussia F1 Team are very excited to be returning to Russia to participate in the Moscow City Racing event for a second successive year. As the only Anglo-Russian team in Formula One, this event has become a very important date in our Team calendar, as we continue our determined efforts to bring more of F1 to Russia and more of Russia to F1.

This is our opportunity to get closer to the fans and for them to see our car and drivers right on their doorstep, not just on the TV. Our drivers Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton are enjoying a flying start to their exciting debut seasons and the Marussia F1 Team really is going from strength to strength now, making good progress towards its long-term ambitions.

We look forward to a fantastic crowd in Moscow and to expressing our thanks for all the incredible support we receive ‘back home’ in Russia. We have seen the strength of that support again in the last few days following the very pleasing announcement of our new powertrain partnership with Scuderia Ferrari. It seems the fans share our optimism for the future of the Marussia F1 Team.”

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