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Aloha and Welcome To Our Transpac Friends ● Located 5-Minutes From Major Cargo Facilities ● One Block From West Marine Store ● Return Shipping Preparations - Our Specialty ● All Repair Services Available 150 Ton Travelift Mast Stepping / Unstepping 25 Ton Crane Wet Slips Workdock Fuel Dock Visit the Keehi Marine Center for all your boat maintenance needs. • 24 Sand Island Road • Honolulu, Hawaii 96819 • Call (808) 845-6465 or fax (808) 841-6610 or logon: www.keehimarine.com e-mail: [email protected] 3 TRANSPAC 2009 Schedule of Events Friday, June 26 Thursday, July 2 1600 Transpac ’09 Opening Ceremony at Club Transpac 1000 Send-Off Ceremonies at Pine Avenue Pier 1700 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac – Hosted by Dana Point YC 1300 2nd Start 1930 “Morning Light” Screening Saturday, June 27 1300 Skin Cancer Screening & Medical Information Lecture Friday, July 3 Presented by St. Mary’s Medical Center – Club Transpac 1400 Racing for Kids Foundation and Morning Light crew to visit 1500 Skipper’s Meeting - Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific children at Miller Memorial Hospital 1800 Transpac Aloha Send-Off Dinner Gala – Long Beach Hyatt Regency 1800 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac with Morning Light Crew Sunday, June 28 Saturday, July 4 0900 - 1700 Safety at Sea Seminar – Shoreline Yacht Club 0700 - 1100 Pancake breakfast – Shoreline YC 1300 - 1500 Lynx Tall Ship Tour and Sail with Special Olympics 1700 Farewell Cocktail Party at Club Transpac Athletes – Rainbow Harbor 2100 Fireworks Extravaganza 1600 Tall Ship Lecture – Club Transpac 1900 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac Sunday, July 5 1000 Send-Off Ceremonies at Pine Avenue Pier Monday, June 29 1300 Final Start 1000 Send-Off Ceremonies at Pine Avenue Pier 1300 1st Start Wednesday July 15 1700 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac 1630 Hawaii Yacht Club Mt. Gay Rum® Hat Party Tuesday, June 30 Thursday July 16 1730 VIP Reception - Night of “Morning Light – Making the Cut” - 1500 Waikiki Yacht Club Transpac Party Club Transpac Friday July 17 Wednesday, July 1 1800 Awards Presentation 1700 Kahakai Outrigger Canoe Club- Outrigger History & Culture - Club Transpac Saturday July 18 1800 John Jourdane – 50 Pacific Crossings - Club Transpac 0930 Plywood Cup - Kaneohe Yacht Club 1900 Cocktail Party at Club Transpac 1000 Kaneohe Yacht Club Transpac Party Welcome Transpac 2009! The Waikiki Yacht Club Invites You To Visit For A Drink, A Swim, A Sail And A Meal • Waters edge dining room and dockside bar • Swimming pool and barbecue • State-of-the-Art docks for yachts up to 155’ • WYC Boatique apparel & exclusives logowear • Friday night fun races, live music, dancing & fireworks • Casual and formal dining Bar & Lounge: 10:30 - late Daily Casual Dining: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Daily Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks & Pupus Dining Room: Lunch:11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tues. - Fri. Dinner: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Wed. - Fri. Brunch: 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Sun. Boatique: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tues, Thurs, Sat. Sun. 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Wed. Fri. Closed Mon. Waikiki Yacht Club On the edge of Ala Moana Park 1599 Ala Moana Blvd. Honolulu, HI USA 808-955-4405 4 TRANSPAC 20092005 Table of Contents Schedule of Events . 4 Welcome from the Governor of Hawaii . 6 Welcome from the Mayor of Honolulu . 7 Welcome from the Mayor of Long Beach . 7 Welcome from the Transpac Yacht Club Commodore . 8 Welcome from the Honolulu Committee Chair . 8 Welcome from the Sponsoring Yacht Clubs . 9 Transpac ‘09 A Preview of Things to Come . 10 Transpac’s Abundant History . 15 A Sailor Remembers His First Race to Hawaii: The 1951 Transpac . 18 Claire Lang Memorial Trophy . 23 Cy Gillette: A Sailing Icon Fondly Remembered . 25 Transpac 2009 Sponsors . 29 Transpac 2009 Committee . 30 Transpac 2009 Perpetual Trophies . 31 Barn Door Winners . 34 Overall Winners . 34 Mahalo List . 37 2007 Class Finish Positions . 38 2009 Yachts & Crews . 44 OFFICIAL HANDBOOK of the 45th Transpacific Yacht Race Photo: Mike Reed The Transpac 2009 Official Race handbook is published for the Honolulu Committee of the Transpac Yacht Club by Publisher: Michael J. Roth; Editor: Ray Pendleton Roth Communications, 2040 Alewa Drive Contributing Writers: Ray Pendleton, Lynn Fitzpatrick, Don Clothier Honolulu, HI 96817 USA. Contributing Photographers: John Davis, Michael Reed, Jas Pics, Sharon Green, Phil Uhl (808) 595-4124 Fax: (808) 595-5087 Print Consultant: Pat Meara; Designers: Drake Chinen, Leslie Johnson Design [email protected] On the Cover: Samba Pa Ti and Morning Light match race a thousand miles from land. Cover by Phil Uhl. 5 TRANSPAC 2009 Message from Governor Linda Lingle and Lt. Governor James R. “Duke” Aiona, Jr. presented to the TRANSPACIFIC YACHT CLUB JULY 2009 On behalf of the people of Hawai‘i, we send our personal greetings of aloha and welcome the skippers, crews, families and spectators attending the 45th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race. This exciting event has become an important part of Hawai‘i’s sailing culture and lore. This year’s race promises to perpetuate that legacy with the participation of more than 45 yachts. We are pleased that King David Kalākaua’s dream of a race between Los Angeles and Honolulu has become a longstanding tradition. We extend a warm mahalo to the Transpacific Yacht Club for again hosting this race. Best wishes for an exciting competition and continued success in the future. Aloha, _________________________________ _________________________________ Linda Lingle James R. “Duke” Aiona, Jr. Governor, State of Hawai‘i Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawai‘i 6 TRANSPAC 2009 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU MAYOR’S MESSAGE I am pleased to send my warmest aloha to everyone Greetings: participating in the 2009 Transpacific Yacht Race from It is an honor for the City of Long Beach to host the the West Coast to Honolulu this summer. For more than Departure Festival for the 45th Biennial Transpacific a century, some of the world’s most sophisticated sailing Yacht Race. The Transpac is one of the world’s greatest yachts and courageous crews have braved over 2,000 miles of sailing races. open ocean in a race to the Diamond Head finish line. Long Beach is proud to be able to create The Transpac Honolulu is again honored to welcome the world-class Walk of Fame to recognize all of your winners over the past sailors, navigators and crews who will cross the Pacific in 103 years. When these beautiful memorials were unveiled this 45th Transpacific Yacht Race. I salute the captains who for the start of the 2007 Transpac everyone understood have prepared their boats and crews for the rigorous physical how honored we are to have your Crews and your Club and mental demands required to meet this challenge. My “homeported” in the City of Long Beach. deepest appreciation goes to the participants for their I’d like to give a special recognition to all those who have efforts. worked diligently over the years to make The Transpac a This event focuses worldwide attention on the cities of success, particularly the local club members in Long Beach Long Beach and Honolulu and the ocean that connects us. – Shoreline Yacht Club, Long Beach Yacht Club, and in It is a tribute to the planners and organizational committees addition the Honolulu Committee and the Transpacific that have made this race a world-class exhibition of sailing Yacht Club members. talent. On behalf of all the Citizens of Long Beach, I wish you, On behalf of the people of the City and County of the skippers and crews of the 45th Biennial Transpacific Honolulu, I extend best wishes for another memorable Yacht Race, a safe and fun journey to Hawaii and would and successful race. ask you to carry our warmest ‘Long Beach Aloha’ to all our friends and neighbors in the City of Honolulu and the great State of Hawaii. Sincerely, MUFI HANNEMANN Mayor BOB FOSTER 7 TRANSPAC 2009 COMMODORE HONOLULU Welcome to one of the world’s greatest ocean races. The Transpacific Aloha from the Honolulu Committee and the hundreds of volunteers Yacht Race’s 103-year legacy continues with the 2009 race promising who staff the many committees necessary for the finish of the 2009 another epic voyage across the Pacific. In adding to that legacy, this Transpacific Yacht Race. We love to share Hawaii with you, whether you year we are featuring a few new elements. arrive in six days or sixteen (or one day by air). Some of our volunteers have been involved with the Transpac for over 40 years with a common Transpac’s pre-race activities this year are incorporated into the Long commitment to make the race an experience participants will never Beach Sea Festival, with the City of Long Beach providing mooring forget. The Transpac was inspired in part by King David Kalakaua and space for the boats arriving for the start of the race. Many thanks to this year will mark 103 years since the first start of the longest and one the City of Long Beach for their support and to Shoreline Yacht Club of the oldest offshore races in the world. for their help in coordinating those mooring arrangements. This year there are a number of exciting changes. We hope to move It is important, as always, to recognize the time, effort, and expense back to the original “Transpac Row” and accommodate the majority Transpac’s participating skippers and crew have expended while preparing of the fleet in those moorings. We also plan to go back to an outdoor themselves and their boats for this 2,225 nautical mile open ocean race.