The Transpac boats in Divisions 3, 4 & 5 start their race tomorrow. Sailing crews from each of the 19 Transpac sailboats are looking toward their navigators to determine what route they are going to take initially, so that they can decide which sails to take and which to leave behind. While the navigators work through their strategy, the rest of the crews are out purchasing odds and ends and loading food onto their boats for the long passage ahead.
These Santa Cruz 50 and 52 sailboats, Andrews 53 and 56’s and a smattering of other yacht designs that rate between 106 and 159, are not in contention to break course records, but they are looking to win or do well in their divisions, have a safe race and maybe even win overall on corrected time, as did Reinrag 2, Tom Garnier’s J-125 did in 2007. Reinrag 2 not only won Division IV, but also beat the entire fleet on corrected time to become the overall 2007 Transpac winner… Details