TRANSPACIFIC YACHT CLUB
Intended to honor the long history of boats with fixed ballast, manual sail handling, and with only the most simple of appendages. That is a yacht just like Merlin when she set the 1977 record. Awarded to the Monohull with the fasted elapsed time which meets all of the requirements below:
The board may modify the above requirements in the spirit of what is intended without an additional formal deed of gift amendment.
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING TROPHIES YOU MUST NOTIFY US OF YOUR DESIRE TO COMPETE FOR THE TROPHY BEFORE THE RACE START PER THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
This trophy recognizes the fastest team for corrected time that has an all-amateur skipper and crew. Eligible teams must be confirmed as valid Group 1 sailors by the World Sailing Sailor Categorization system prior to the boat's start. If interested, you must notify us at trophy@transpacyc.com of interest in competing.
Nash Family Corinthian Trophy Eligibility
The World Sailing Sailor Categorization Code, Regulation 22 shall apply, and all crew shall hold a valid Group 1 categorization. Uncategorized sailors will be deemed to be Group 3. Details of the World Sailing Last updated Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Sailor Categorization Code and information on how to apply can be found on the World Sailing website: www.sailing.org/sailors/sailor-categorisations/.
Corinthian entries shall inform TPYC of their intent to be eligible prior to a boat's start. Each entry shall include a complete crew list and show the categorization and World Sailing Sailor ID for each crew. All crew shall hold valid Group 1 categorization that does not expire until after the final day of the race.
Should a boat whose Corinthian entry has been checked and accepted need to change a crew member, the name of the new crew member including a valid World Sailing Sailor ID must be submitted to the Organizing Authority for their approval. All crew lists will be posted on the Yacht Scoring website as soon as possible.
Note: A representative of the World Sailing Sailor Categorization Commission will be available during the registration process. Competitors shall attend interviews with the Commission when requested to do so. Competitors are reminded that the Commission has the power to change a categorization at the event with no prior notice. Any changes are effective immediately.
This class, racing within the monohull fleet, is open to heavy traditional cruising-type yachts. A numerical screen, the “Aloha Class Qualifier” has been created to determine those monohull yachts which will qualify for the Aloha Class. TPYC will use this Aloha Class Qualifier as a guide and reserves the right to determine whether any particular yacht may race in the Aloha Class. Eligibility for the Aloha Class will be determined following submission of final rating information. All eligible boats will be notified by the Entry Chairman. The Aloha Class yachts will normally come from multiple divisions of the Monohull Fleet. Many will be assigned to the first start. Larger and faster Aloha Class yachts may be assigned a later start date.
This trophy has been generously donated by the Burla family to the Transpacific YC in honor of their father Ronald’s commitments to promote and publicize this race in its early days through his position at the Hawaii Visitor Bureau. Ron was responsible for taking press members out to Diamond Head to see the finishes and was a founding member of the Waikiki YC, so TPYC and the Burla family thought it best to re-purpose this award to go to the team who provides the most interesting and original media content during the race.
Awarded to the entry that provides the most creative and original media content related to their on-board experience while sailing in the Transpac Race. Photos, videos and/or written stories are all eligible, with one submission made per boat sent after their start and within 24 hours of their finish. Content should be emailed to burla@transpacyc.com. A panel of judges from TPYC and the race's Media Team will decide the winner from among all submissions and announce this at the Awards Ceremony.
This is an award to recognize the best performance of a team of three yachts in any division, with no more than two yachts in the same division. If interested, you must notify us at trophy@transpacyc.com of your team entry by no later than the start of the first boat of the team. We need the name of your boat, and the boats in your team. The RC will setup your team on Yacht Scoring and then your team will show in the “Owner’s Corner” on the left hand side.
This prestigious trophy is to be awarded to the navigator who submits celestial navigation worksheets or evidence of traditional navigation to the finish inspectors immediately after finishing, and whose work is selected as the “best” by an impartial panel of judges. Please “opt-in” for this trophy at trophy@transpacyc.com by your start in June/July 2023.
Check your entry info on Yacht Scoring. Check yes or no to Required Question #1 “Double Handed” Entry. You must opt-in by June 12, 2023 and notify trophy@transpacyc.com.
Who will be proud and admit it! Please send the boat name, crew names, and crew ages to trophy@transpacyc.com before your start to be eligible for this coveted trophy. Please "opt-in" for this trophy at trophy@transpacyc.com by your start in June/July 2023.
The Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii is held every other year as yachts set sail from Point Ferman, CA to navigate 2,225 nautical miles across the Pacific to the Diamond Head buoy finish.The race is well into its second century and is one of the longest running ocean races in the world.
Boats will begin to arrive in Honolulu sometime the week of July 10th
Email transpac2017@gmail.com if you are interested in getting involved
There are multiple committees that need your assistance
Join in on the festivities and host a boat. As host, you are the first to welcome these amazing sailors to Honolulu with a lei and a cold Mai Tai followed by amazing food and conversation. It is a rewarding experience to all involved. If you would like to host a boat or would like more information on what is expected, email transpachost2017@gmail.com.
Commodore: Tom Hogan
Vice Commodore: James Eddy III
Rear Commodore: Tom Tujillo
Jr. Staff Commodore: Bo Wheeler
Entry Chairman: John Sangmeister
Administrator: Karen Campbell
The Transpacific Yacht Race, or "Transpac" as most sailors call it, vies with the Bermuda Race on the U.S. East Coast as one of the two most enduring long distance sailing contests in the world. However Transpac’s open ocean racecourse that measures some 2,225 nautical miles, far overshadows the 635-mile Bermuda Race that also began in 1906.
It should also be noted that Transpac’s historic first contest might have occurred nearly a decade sooner had San Francisco’s Pacific Yacht Club accepted Hawaii’s King David Kalakaua’s invitation to race to Hawaii for his 50th birthday celebration in 1886. Unfortunately, for reasons unrecorded, his royal offer was never acted upon.
Still, shortly after Hawaii became a U.S. Territory, Honolulu businessman and yachtsman Clarence Macfarlane discussed creating such a race with Los Angeles businessman and South Coast Yacht Club member Harry Sinclair. Macfarlane agreed to sail his 48-foot schooner to San Francisco, as much to show other yachtsmen it could be done as to meet them there for the start of a race back to Honolulu.
Unfortunately, Macfarlane sailed into San Francisco Bay on May 13, 1906 just 25 days after that city had been devastated by the great earthquake and fire. Still, he somehow managed to contact Sinclair and they agreed that Macfarlane should sail down to Los Angeles where they could organize a race to Honolulu from there.
The first Transpac race began off L.A.’s San Pedro breakwater at noon on June 11, 1906 between three yachts: Macfarlane’s La Paloma, Sinclair’s 86-foot schooner Lurline, and Charles Tutt’s 112-foot ketch Anemone flying the New York Yacht Club burgee. Anemone, under an earlier agreed upon handicap system, was the scratch boat and had to give Lurline and La Paloma 12 and 27 hours respectively.
Twelve days, nine hours, and 59 minutes after the start, on a passage so fast it was only eclipsed once in the next four decades, Lurline crossed the finish line off Oahu to become Transpac’s first elapsed- and corrected-time winner.
Transpac has been raced biennially with few exceptions since 1906, and after 50 contests, it has created its own colorful history.
Aloha Sendoff Party at Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach by Doug Gifford/ultimatesailing.com
Since 2005 Transpac has called Long Beach our mainland homeport. Sandwiched between the corporate high rises of downtown and the Queen Mary, Rainbow Harbor is home to the Transpac fleet as they gather and prepare for the Race. For two weeks prior to the start competitors enjoy complimentary moorings at the marina. Shoreline Village with its shops, attractions, restaurants and watering holes, surrounds Rainbow Harbor and serves as the gathering place for race participants, as well as local residents. Held during the Long Beach Sea Festival, Transpac Village and Rainbow Harbor has become the place where the public can get an up-close look at the racing yachts.
During the week prior to the start, Transpac Village becomes the focal point for the race activities. Located between the Aquarium of the Pacific and Gladstone’s Restaurant, the Village presents a scenic venue for parties, official merchandise sales, and disseminating information about Transpac both past and present. Along the water’s edge stand 11 commemorative monuments.: standing 5 ½ feet tall, the sail-shaped sculptures highlight with text and photos each decade of the race since its inception in 1906. On start days the public gathers here to hear the roll call of yachts as they leave port for the open ocean. Cannons thunder and fireboats fill the sky with arcs of water as the boats parade by on their way to the Pt. Fermin, start of the 2,216-mile race to Honolulu.
Transpac Commemorative monument in Rainbow Harbor
The Shack at Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. Transpac Race HQ
For over half a century the Transpac Shack has served as the communications center during the Transpac Race. Constructed out of telephone poles and plywood and a few other random pieces of timber, the “Shack” has been the gathering place for friends and family looking for information on the Transpac Race.
In 2011 a large group of Honolulu volunteers did major restoration on The Shack. New beams, new floors, new electronics, and especially new paint left her looking so much better! And then master wood carver Rick Houck created a new varnished hardwood sign to top it off. Mahalo Nui Loa everyone in Honolulu!
The Shack repainted and new sign welcomes Transpac racers in 2011.