1530 PST – Thursday’s Aloha Send-off from Transpac Pier at Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach was picture perfect. Tachyon III, Kanzunori Komatu’s Santa Cruz 52, with members of the Japanese Olympic Sailing Team on board, led the parade out of the basin. Like each of the 18 Transpac 09 race boats that followed, Tachyon III was escorted out of Rainbow Harborâ... MORE

Boats in Divisions 3, 4 & 5 start their Transpac 09 race tomorrow. Before they head out for the most enduring and greatest ocean race in the world they have a lot of decisions to make. Crews from each of the 19 boats are looking toward their navigators to determine what route they are going to take initially, so that they can decide which sails to take a... MORE

Long Beach, CA – (June 28, 2009) – The Alfa Romeo Owners of Southern California and San Diego rolled their Giulia Spiders, 64 Spiders, GTV’s, Duettos and Alfettas onto Transpac Pier and the boardwalk surrounding Gladstone’s in Long Beach for the first Alfapalozza event. At the end of the pier, and the backdrop for their gathering, was Neville Crichto... MORE

By Lynn FitzpatrickThe architects of the San Diego Yacht Club America’s Cup defense were considered heretics when they went against the tradition dating back to 1851 and proffered a catamaran rather than a monohull design for 27th America’s Cup Defense. Even within the defense syndicate there was a radical group of designers and engineers who worked dili... MORE

"The Transpacific Yacht Race is one of the few races in sailing history that dates back to the beginning of yacht racing in America. Transpac is unique because it pits team against team and man against man versus Mother Nature," said Transpac Director Emeritus, Lou Comyns when he returned from the hospital earlier this week. “Dad is a third generation Tran... MORE

Seahorse International Sailing magazine and World Regattas have teamed up with Transpac 09 to introduce Transpac Trivia to www.TranspacRace.com, the official website of the 2009 Transpacific Yacht Race.With over 100 years of Transpac history, 1,700 starters in Transpac 44 races, there is enough Transpac trivia to keep sailors talking whether they are at Tran... MORE