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Transpac Race Analysis 23 July

Transpac 23 July race analysis with Seahorse Magazine technical editor Dobbs Davis. Today's show celebrates the first-to-finish achievement by Roy Disney's turbo Volvo 70 team on Pyewacket, along with the second across the line, Cecil and Alyson Rossi's Farr 57 Ho'okolohe. Weather continues to be strong, perhaps too strong in the Molokai Channel that claimed its first victim with the J/V 72 Lucky. And if this race were held one week later, it would have been a very different trip indeed.

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Roy Disney’s Pyewacket 70 Wins 2021 Barn Door Trophy

In the early morning darkness on Friday, July 23rd, Pyewacket 70 was the first to finish the 2021 Transpac Race, winning the Barn Door Trophy. Roy Disney has sailed the Transpac Race 25 times now, and this was his fastest yet at 5 days 16:53:20. Pyewacket's elapsed time is the 2nd fastest monohull in Transpac history, 5.5 hours off the 2019 record pace established by Comanche. More Results as teams finish this weekend.

The Storm Trysail Team Scoring is updated with today's positions.

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Transpac Race Analysis 22 July

Day 9 race analysis of the 2021 Transpac yacht race from LA-Honolulu with Seahorse Magazine technical editor Dobbs Davis. Today's show highlights the final approach of the first teams to finish in high-speed conditions and an explanation of the live 200 mile radius YB tracker system. Also explained is the system of VPP-based scoring using the Transpac course matrix.

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Transpac first finishers on final approach

Honolulu, Hawaii – All eyes are on the YB trackers now to anticipate the arrival of the first finishers in the 2021 Transpac. The favorable weather in this year’s race of 2225 miles from LA to Honolulu has resulted in shorter distances and higher speeds for the fleet than in many other editions of this classic biennial ocean race, with boats starting to arrive in the pre-dawn hours tonight through the morning and into the afternoon.

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Warrior Won Boat Blog

July 22, 2021

We had our belated halfway party last night with a swig each of tequila and lots of laughs, even as we continued to send it. Skipper Sheehan said a few words to acknowledge how hard we've been pushing the boat and how much still had to go in this great ocean race to paradise. We also toasted our friends on Denali to acknowledge all of their work and preparation to sail the Transpac only to be dealt a cruel hand of cards after the start.

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Transpac Race Analysis 21 July

Daily analysis videos of the LA-Honolulu Transpac race featuring Seahorse Magazine technical editor Dobbs Davis. Today's show points out the everyone in the fleet is now past the halfway point in the race, and will now focus on the signature downwind sailing to Hawaii that this race is known for the world over.

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All Transpac teams past the halfway point

Los Angeles, California – The predictions of this year’s 51st edition of the biennial Transpac race from LA to Honolulu as being a fast race appear to be holding true: all teams that left the mainland starting about a week ago through the end of last week are past the halfway point in the race. The 40 boats out on the course this year have been fortunate to have a strong stable North Pacific High pressure system to the north of the course area that is allowing them to enjoy perfect 15-20 knot winds through the majority of this race.

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Transpac Race Analysis Report for 20 July

One week into the race, Technical Editor Dobbs Davis of Seahorse Magazine gives his view of the weather conditions on the race course, positioning strategies and tactics of the teams, and some projections of what's to come for the fleet using the YB tracker software.

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