I cried because I learned there is always a way to move forward. It can also all happen to you. The SSS encompasses everyone from a first-time, double-handed sailor to veterans of the Singlehanded TransPacific (SHTP) yacht race. See overall results here: https://www.jibeset.net/show.php?RR=JACKY_T007588480&DOC=r201&TYP=html. Last and with the most concerning gear failure, Will Lees Hinckley 42 Souwester Competition Sloop Sea Wisdom suffered rudder bearing troubles. Special congrats to Kyle it was so great to follow along. Be the uncommon of the uncommon. A few hours later I discovered the rudder had dropped an inch. Hed had it up for 10 days straight! Tears started again as I thought about the whole experience and everyone who had supported me. 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race Forum Race Archive 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Receive emails when 'Lectronic Latitude is updated. The San Francisco SSS offers events where singlehanded and short-handed sailors can share knowledge, gain experience, and find a structured environment to expand their horizons. As skipper you can select donate or a style/size t-shirt, and we either add to our youth sailing fund or the t-shirt is free, respectively. Hopefully I'll get a chance to shoot some photos and drone videos of a few boats coming in. It may not display this or other websites correctly. So, thats a wrap all thats left are a few more Tree Times, culminating in the awards ceremony this Saturday. The Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Association, based in Marina del Rey, had planned to run their Shaka Challenge simultaneously with the SHTP, finishing in the same place around the same time, and sharing the awards ceremony in Nawiliwili. 1985 Results. This is acutely the case for members who race doublehanded two t-shirts times eight races quickly exceeds the $170 annual membership fee. By Christine Weaver | July 7, 2021 | Hanalei, HI | 14 Between the time we last posted on 'Lectronic Latitude on Friday, July 3, and this morning, all 11 boats finished the 2021 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race. All entries are required to have a 2023 PHRF certificate from YRA or BAMA (NOR 4.3) Be sure to register with the actual name(s) of the person(s) who will be aboard (NOR 6.1/6.2). Mission Bay Yacht Club is super proud of Kyle Vanderspek. Ive had some snafus out there to be sure, and they loom large when theyre read more, When One Wrong Makes a Right Everybody knows youre not supposed to sail up the Pacific Coast! Starting in San Francisco, the 2120 nm course carries the fleet to the finish line located near Puu Poa Point at Hanalei Bay on the island of Kauai. Robert Cleveland and Jan Passion are correct that Rainbow is a Crowther not a Gemini. The San Francisco SSS offers events where singlehanded and short-handed sailors can share knowledge, gain experience, and find a structured environment to expand their horizons. Started in 1906 by Clarence W. Macfarlane and hosted by Los Angeles Yacht Club, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. 2001 Results. If you see debris from your boat, during a beach walk, or even on a social media post, share the details using the Floating Marine Plastic Debris Accumulation Reporting Tool. You must log in or register to reply here. This loss ends up being subsidized by members racing singlehanded and single race entrants. I'm planning to sail from Haleiwa on Oahu over to Hanalei Bay on ~July 14th to hang out for a bit before heading down the Napali Coast and eventually back to Haleiwa. I lost all steerage and was forced to request rescue from the US Coast Guard. The race finishes in Hanalei Bay on the north shore of Kauai. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. It was an ultimate test of mental toughness and seamanship, and more than once I was reminded of David Goggins Calloused Mind, in which he writes: You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Callus your mind through pain and suffering.. Starting in San Francisco, the 2120 nm course carries the fleet to the finish. That morning he had sent the message, 70 miles to go. I sat on the deck pondering this thought for some time, with my perspective as wide as the horizon. Singlehanded Transpac 2016 - San Francisco to Hanalei - The 20th Edition An Error Occurred Parking is currently unavailable. 1983 Results. The 22nd Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race from California to Hawaii gets underway for 11 skippers on June 19, 2021. It was also a qualifier for the 2021 Singlehanded TransPac. Barn Door Winners I awoke with less than 200 miles to go and considered giving up. Get it wrong, and your boat could wind up on the beach in a bad blow. It would imply that the race committee has to go over there two weeks in advance and sit around., Brian explained that although other islands in Hawaii have a system of testing within 72 hours to allow visitors to enter without quarantining, Kauai has tighter restrictions, as their hospital is very small. Guess he likes that trip! Despite his troubles (What didnt break? he quipped), hell be declared the overall (monohull) winner of the 22nd edition of this race from San Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay. If you race DH and want a t-shirt for your crew, youre going to have to pay extra for it. Posted February 28, 2023 | Kimball Livingston, Transpac Media, Posted February 24, 2023 | Dobbs Davis, Transpac Media, Posted February 14, 2023 | Dobbs Davis, Transpac Media |, Posted December 29, 2022 | Dobbs Davis, Transpac Media, Posted December 20, 2022 | Dobbs Davis, Transpac Media. The Ocean Race 2023 leg 3: Capetown to Itaja, Brazil. This year has been a challenge to break even financially. But the Singlehanded Sailing Society had to postpone it until 2021, mostly due to quarantine requirements on the Hawaii side. In the solitude of the vast ocean, there was an exultant thought that peeled back the veneer of my delusions. I think the award should go to the people who supported me along the way and after the race. 2011 Results. Congratulations to all! I was awarded the Perseverance Trophy for this insurmountable challenge to get across the finish line. The awards ceremony in the traditional manner potentially could not be held., In summary, were moving forward with planning; we expect to run the race. I expect the first arrival to be about June 30 in Hanalei Bay. Having lost his forestay, he finished on staysail and main. Hawaii is less than halfway. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. [1], The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds.[2]. With 200 miles to go until the finish line, I realized my rudder was dropped to a point of not being able to steer the vessel. The warm trade winds in the West Indies were calling; time to go sailing. There are a variety of reasons, but one of the big ones is the cost of supplying t-shirts to all race participants. [5], Ragtime finished first in 1973 and again in 1975.[7]. Also, it should be noted that Rainbow corrected out to first overall, above Aloha, if you score multihulls and monohulls together. On June 19, the 22nd Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race sailed a 2120 nm course from San Francisco to Puu Poa Point on Hanalei Bay, Kauai. That was Albert Soiland. 2007 Results. I also knew I wouldnt be able to raise it up in the middle of the ocean with relentless wind and waves. What a great achievement! Traditionally, thats been at the Corinthian Yacht Club. I talked to the county administrators today on the phone about it. Just a reminder-- the single-handed transpac continues and it's worth reading the competitor's reports just to hear about their perseverence and how they deal with breakages: 2008 SHTP - Log Reports Black Feathers, the Cal 20, and her captain continue to do well, but he did manage to break his solar panel and split his fiberglass rudder in half. Fortunately, weve had good single race entrant turnout in the first three big races each year (Three Bridge Fiasco, Corinthians, and Round the Rocks) which, while it has allowed us to squeak by financially, has masked this inequity. Large gatherings are completely prohibited, so that if thats still in place that could be a complication for our tree meetings and get-togethers at a little house we rent near the beach. This is acutely the case for members who race doublehanded two t-shirts times eight races quickly exceeds the $170 annual membership fee. And why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? Eleven boats and he was number ONE. . I think it would make for a spectacular arrival. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. One day you will make it happen. Eleven entrants made the journey, ranging from an Olson 25 to a J/109. I hope everyone has a fun party, Aloha. Though I had cruised offshore for over 20 years, this was only the fourth race I had ever competed in, and my second ocean race. Proud to know him. In with the new, but why out with the old? We are grand because we are undeterred by our ephemeral presence, because we are bold enough to exercise our will. Moving the SHTP from even years to odd years seems like a good idea. Theyre currently under a 14-day quarantine restriction for anybody arriving from out of the area, which is pretty strict. Suggestion on spinnaker wraps (2 sailboats): use snuffing socks and avert the damn wraps! And we did it. All of us get excited when brilliant minds go to work on creating new ideas and even new spaces for the sport to grow into. As we approach the end of 2022, weve been working on our financial plans for 2023. The 2008 documentary Morning Light is a film about the 2007 Disney-sponsored competitors in the race. Thirty-one singlehanders, who hailed from Seattle to Los Angeles, started that first SSS TransPac. The first starts of the 2023 Transpac are just around the corner, and our 55 entries prove that there is no one right boat for Transpac. The smallest entrant is the Olson 25 sailed by Falk Meissner while a J/109 and a Sabre 426 share the fastest rating in the fleet. https://www.jibeset.net/entrylist.pbcba1b542bc1e034440bd44b&T=1671595900&SORT=br, https://www.sfbaysss.org/forum/attachment.php?s=d387ff0ccf94a14b592e1096ee3c2aab&attachmentid=7209&d=1644978248, https://www.sfbaysss.org/main/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SHTP-Results-1978-2021C.pdf. Annual membership will continue at $170/year and single race entry (SH or DH) will be $50/race. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the highlights distributed in the, Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race Collecting the Bling. First to finish the 2009 Transpac, Alfa Romeo II set a Transpac race elapsed-time record of 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes, 20 seconds. The start of the 22nd Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race from California to Hawaii on June 19, 2021. Long gone are the days of $5 t-shirts providing free t-shirts to skippers, and their crew for doublehanders, has put a real strain on our finances. You sign up at $50 for the race. All 11 skipper in the 2021 Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race which started June 19 from California have arrived in Hawaii. If you race DH and want a t-shirt for your crew, youre going to have to pay extra for it. We are always learning and always sharing knowledge. As we approach the end of 2022, weve been working on our financial plans for 2023. ID MADE IT! Fortunately, weve had good single race entrant turnout in the first three big races each year (Three Bridge Fiasco, Corinthians, and Round the Rocks) which, while it has allowed us to squeak by financially, has masked this inequity.Race t-shirts have been a long-standing tradition at the SSS and we dont want to eliminate that. Ive used it a few times. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the highlights distributed in the e-Newsletter. StFYC members Luke Muller and Nikki Barnes share a little about what competing in the Olympic Games means to them. Going into the Singlehanded TransPac, my primary goals were to finish and to learn from the experience so that I could design my next boat for shorthanded circumnavigation. Although the hull actually read more, It was March, and Id made it through another Maine winter. Kauai is under stricter restrictions than the rest of the islands. Go for the uncommon. However, true to our roots as a SINGLEhanded organization, going forward t-shirts will be free to skippers (SH or DH) only. It was this mistakefailing to untie the read more, After four long months poised to spring into action at the first sign of the right weather window, Spindrift has announced that its record-breaking circumnavigation attempt wont be possible this year. So we might have to think through our strategy on sequestering or not sequestering. I cried because of all I learned about what it takes to be human, to love, to be loved, to have gratitude, to strive to stay alive, to figure things out regardless of challenges, to find joy in adventures, and to lift away hopelessness. Cliff Shaw on the Crowther 10M Rainbow came in midday on Monday. Dorade James Flood 13:07:20:04, 1939 (S.Fran.) 1989 Results. Researchers have announced the discovery of the wreck of the schooner barge Ironton in Lake Huron, sitting upright with masts and rigging still intact and with the lifeboat that could have saved her crew still lashed to the ships stern. This is particularly common in the USA offshore scene where there are dozens and dozens of boats designed and built over 30 years ago that are still cherished and raced in a variety of classic races: the Bayview and Chicago-Mac Races held annually, the Newport-Bermuda Race held on even-number years, and the Transpac from LA to Honolulu held on odd-number years. 2007 Results. To all the kids in all corners of the world: dream big. Kyle is missing all the social activities, as he has to be back in SoCal ASAP. 1999 Results. 1993 Results. Congratulations Falk Meissner (Shark on Bluegrass) from the Olson 25 fleet! Nipping at Alohas heels (on corrected time) was Robb Walkers Cal 40 Nozomi. In either case, if you race DH and want a t-shirt for your crew, it will be an extra $20 each race. I was about to quit the race and detour to another port for repair, but I changed my mind because of the support from everyone.