Third wave of fastest boats get fastest start in 2021 Transpac by Transpacific Yacht Club 17 Jul 22:35 UTC From July 13, 2021
Powered by the best breeze of the week - 10-15 knots at the start off Point Fermin - today s final 19 entries in four divisions vaulted off the start line towards Honolulu, 2225-miles away, in the 2021 Transpac. These are the fastest boats in the fleet entered in Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4, and vary from 52 to 77 feet in length, with all expecting a speedy passage ahead.
The current monohull course record set by the VPLP 100 Comanche in 2017 is 5D-1H-55M-26S, an average speed of over 18 knots. A few days ago we got excited when the weather models lined us up for what looked like could be a record run, said Peter Isler, navigator on Roy Disney s turbo Volvo 70 Pyewacket (inset photo - Sharon Green/Ultimate Sailing) This is less certain now, but it still looks like a fast race ahead if we can get off the coast tonight.
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63-foot Reichel/Pugh-designed GoodEnergy co-skippered by George Hershman and Mark - Transpac © Transpacific Yacht Club
The 63-foot Reichel/Pugh-designed GoodEnergy co-skippered by George Hershman and Mark Comings is now the 60th entry in this year s 51st edition of the Transpac, the Transpacific Yacht Club s 2225-mile ocean racing classic from Los Angeles to Honolulu. GoodEnergy joins a strong fleet of similar high-performance monohulls along with a diverse array of many other boat types who will be starting in the race in three waves beginning on July 13th, 2021.
Having just bought this proven offshore yacht from Australia - she was built in 2009 as Loki in carbon/nomex at McConaghy, and was the 2011 winner of the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race - Hershman thinks this is right time for Transpac.