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Encyclopedia > 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). Started in 1906, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. This article is about the largest city in California. ... Diamond Head is the name of a tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and known to Hawaiians as Leahi (photograph at right). ... Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. ... A nautical mile is a unit of length. ...


The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds. A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing downwind (with the wind behind the boat). ... The trade winds are a pattern of wind found in bands around Earths equatorial region. ...


The current monohull elapsed time record of 7 days, 11 hours 41 minutes and 27 seconds is held by Roy Disney's Pyewacket, a 73 foot maxi ultralight designed by Reichel/Pugh. A Monohull is a type of boat having only one hull. ...


The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club.


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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). Started in 1906, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world.


The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds.


The previous monohull elapsed time record set in 1999 of 7 days, 11 hours 41 minutes and 27 seconds was held by Roy Disney's Pyewacket, a 73 foot maxi ultralight designed by Reichel/Pugh.


In 2005, Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory---a maxZ86 from Germany---was the scratch boat when it led a five-boat assault on the record for monohulls in 6 days 16 hours 4 minutes 11 seconds while collecting the Barn Door slab of carved koa wood traditionally awarded to the monohull with the fastest elapsed time.


The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club.



Source "Transpacific Yacht Club" web site.


Jim Morgan


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Transpacific Yacht Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (197 words)
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.
Yacht racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1010 words)
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.
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