TransPac Notes

The last three days have seen a flurry of TransPac arrivals in Honolulu, with welcoming parties taking place at all hours of the day and night. There’s simply too much to fit into a ‘Lectronic posting — you’ll find a full recap of the race  in the August issue of Latitude 38 — so we’ll hit the high points here in the meantime:

• James McDowell’s Waikiki YC-based SC 70 Grand Illusion has won her second TransPac overall on corrected-time, in a year when her creator, Bill Lee, is the TransPacific Yacht Club Commodore. The San Francisco Bay’s Will Paxton was aboard.
• Hap Fauth’s R/P 74 Bella Mente pulled out the elapsed time honors.
• Jorge Ripstein’s Acapulco-based R/P TP 52 Patches won an amazingly tight Division 2 with the Bay’s Skip McCormack co-navigating and Belvedere-bred John Rumsey.
• Jack Taylor’s SC 50 Horizon is running away with the SC 50 division.
• Former Bay Area resident Simon Garland’s Hobie 33 Peregrine has sewn up the Division 6 honors.