Lending Club today announced that it has partnered with Tritium Racing to attempt a new Transpacific Yacht Race record next month on board a 73-foot offshore trimaran, now named “Lending Club.” The Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) starts off Point Fermin near Los Angeles and finishes off Diamond Head Lighthouse in Honolulu, a distance of 2,225 nautical miles (2,560 miles; 4,121 kilometers).
First raced in 1906, Transpac is one of yachting’s premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. The current race record was set by 86-foot catamaran … More