Transpac: MIGHTY MERLOE first to finish; sets new multihull elapsed time record
HONOLULU – Congratulations to HL Enloe and the crew of the ORMA 60 trimaran MIGHTY MERLOE, the first to finish in the 2017 Transpac Race,...
Transpac: MIGHTY MERLOE is leading; expected to finish approx 2000 PDT tonight
HONOLULU – There's an upset in the making with the MIGHTY MERLOE leading into the finish line with less than 100nm to go. Our longtime...
Chicago-Mackinac: Longest annual freshwater race starts Saturday; a "proper" hotel on Mack
CHICAGO – The 109th Chicago to Mackinac Race, the oldest annual freshwater distance race in the world, starts next Saturday, July 15th...
Transpac: Good video analysis of the Race Tracker courtesy of Dobbs Davis for July 9th
ANNAPOLIS – Dobbs Davis, our longtime friend and US Editor for the esteemed Seahorse Magazine, has been doing a daily analysis of the...
Transpac: Manouch Moshayedi's RIO 100 loses port rudder, but "back on course" after tw
PACIFIC OCEAN – RIO 100 hit an unidentified piece of wood/flotsam and lost the port rudder. After an exciting couple of hours of repairs...
Transpac: Photo of the day – caption contest?
LOS ANGELES – From Thursday's start of the biggest/fastest divisions (the smaller boats started Monday and Wednesday). That's Jim Clark's...
Transpac: COMANCHE sets 24-hour record; will overall mark also fall?
HONOLULU – Not surprisingly, Jim Clark’s COMANCHE is on record watch in the Transpac. As in, possibly the whole enchilada for a monohull....
Transpac: Final of three starts off Pt Fermin this afternoon – Robbie Haines not on PYEWACKET's
LONG BEACH, CA – The final of the three staggered starts for the 2017 Transpac, the 49th running of this biennial classic ocean race, is...
Transpac: Pre-start selfie from the crew of VARUNA
From aboard Chris Hemans' Rogers 46 VARUNA a few minutes ago, as the largely Balboa YC crew, full of happy anticipation, get ready for...