Windquest, Bengal II Arrive in Rainbow Harbor

Dick and Doug DeVos's Windquest, one of three maxZ86s that will battle for the Barn Door later this month, arrived in Rainbow Harbor Friday morning, just after Japanese entry Bengal II.

Windquest boat captain Tom Giesler settles in at Rainbow Harbor.

For Windquest, the relatively short sail from San Diego was a routine final leg following an arduous overland trip to California from its home in Holland, Mich. The truck and extra-long trailer hauling the mast and keel slipped off a road in Arkansas. The 125-foot spar was twisted out of shape and had to be replaced with one shipped from the East Coast.

Bengal II, Yoshihiko Murase's Ohashi 52, had a long but less eventful trip from Hawaii, where it had been berthed since sailing in the 2003 Transpac. Bengal II followed the usual course of boats sailing from Hawaii to California by going north far enough to catch the winds rotating east off the top of the Pacific High.

Japanese entry Bengal II also arrived from Hawaii Friday morning, sailed by Yasu Haru (left), Miura Tadashi and four others not shown.

"We went to 41 [degrees latitude]," delivery crew member Miura Tadashi said (about the latitude of the California-Oregon border). "We sailed almost 3,000 [nautical] miles in 17 days 18 hours."

"That's about normal," veteran ocean racer and navigator John Jourdane of Long Beach said. "I usually go about that high coming back."

Hasso Plattner's maxZ86, Morning Glory, is due in Rainbow Harbor July 11. The other maxZ86 entered is Roy Disney's Pyewacket.

Shanakee II, James Warmington's Pedrick 74 that outran the next Aloha Division boat by more than two days in 2001, has been moved from the July 11 start to July 15 with the Division III and IV boats.

In 2001, with a six-day head start on the Division I racers, Shanakee II finished about 2 1/2 days ahead of Pegasus, the Barn Door winner on fastest elapsed time. Shanakee II will still be scored as an Aloha entry. All other Aloha boats will start on July 11.

Official entries
(In order of handicap rating by seconds per mile)

Division I (starts July 17)

• Morning Glory (R/P maxZ86), Hasso Plattner, Kiel, Germany (0.000)
  
• Genuine Risk (Dubois 90), Randall Pittman, La Jolla, Calif. (0.010)
  
• Pyewacket (R/P maxZ86), Roy E. Disney, Los Angeles. (0.040).
  
• Windquest (R/P maxZ86), Dick & Doug DeVos, Holland, Mich. (*)
  
• Magnitude 80 (Andrews 80), Doug Baker, Long Beach. (15.260)
  
• Beecom (Reichel/Pugh 72), Isao Mita, Yokohama, Japan (47.377)
  
• Scout Spirit (R/P 77), Bill Turpin, Newport Beach, Calif. (50.650)
  

Division II (Starts July 17)

• Renegade (Andrews 70), Dan Sinclair, Vancouver, B.C. (62.707)
  
• Merlin (Lee 68), Patricia Steele, Maui, H.I. (65.298)
  
• Medicine Man (Andrews 61), Bob Lane, Long Beach. (71.999)
  
• Pegasus 52 (Transpac 52), Philippe Kahn, Honolulu. (81.117)
  
• Trader (Transpac 52), Fred Detwiler, Pompano Beach, Fla. (81.878)
  
• Skylark (S/C 70), Doug Ayres, Newport Beach. (81.884)
  
• Braveheart (Transpac 52), Charles Burnet, Seattle. (*)
  
• Rosebud (Transpac 52), Roger Sturgeon, San Francisco. (85.971)
  
• Mongoose (Santa Cruz 70), Bradley Thorson, Bellevue, Wash. (90.225)
  
• Coruba (N/M 68), Rob and Suzanne Fleming, Seattle. (90.590)
  
• Bengal 2 (Ohashi 52), Yoshihiko Murase, Nagoya, Japan (100.363)
  
• Pendragon IV (Davidson 52), John MacLaurin, Encino, Calif. (102.265)
  
• Ragtime (Spencer 66), Peterson/Richards/Welsh/Zimmer, Honolulu. (108.225)
  

Division III (Starts July 15)

• Barking Spider 3 (MacGregor 65), David Kory, Concord, Calif. (116.837)
  
• Stealth Chicken (Perry 56), Timothy Beatty, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (123.158)
  
• The Cone of Silence (Super 30), Jamie and Jenny Neill, Sydney, Australia. (130.869)
  
• Cipango (Andrews 56), Bob & Rob Barton, San Francisco. (131.696)
  
• DH-Serena (T1150), David Kuettel, Bel Marin, Calif. (132.320)
  
• Jeito (J/145), Francisco Guzman, Acapulco, Mexico. (134.888)
  
• Dasher (S/C 50), Roger Groh, Sausalito, Calif. (140.306)
  
• Reinrag2 (J/125), Tom Garnier, Portland, Ore. (141.265)
  
• Bolt (Nelson/Marek 55), Craig Reynolds, Newport Beach, Calif. (141.302)
  
• Artemis (Andrews 53), Louis Bianco, Seattle. (142.395)
  
• Innocent Merriment (J/160), Myron Lyon, San Diego. (142.719)
  
• Blue (J/160), Ken and /Cheryl Sears, Nashville, Tenn. (147.095)
  
• Chasch Mer (S/C 50), Gib Black, Honolulu. (*)
  

Division IV (Starts July 15)

• DH-Two Guys On the Edge (1D35), Dan Doyle, Kailua, H.I. (179.858)
  
• Sensation (1D35), Gary Fanger, San Francisco. (180.299)
  
• Tabasco (1D35), Alamitos Bay Syndicate, Long Beach. (182.046)
  
• Kahoots (Andrews 43), Kerry Deaver/Bob Williamson, Newport Beach. (186.899)
  
• Pursuit (Custom 48), Norman and Rosemary Dawley, Solomons, Md. (190.019)
  
• Wild Impulse (J/120), Larry Barels, Santa Barbara, Calif. (191.454)
  
• Uproarious (Olson 40), Robert Bussard, San Diego. (193.611)
  

Division V (Starts July 11)

• Super Gnat (Beneteau First 40.7), Cliff Thompson, San Diego (207.028)
  
• Iataia (Beneteau First 40.7), Marcos Rodriguez, Acapulco, Mexico. (209.719)
  
• Showdown (IMX 38), Pete Meade/Mike Luna/ Paul McDonald, Irvine, Calif. (212.941)
  
• B'Quest (Tripp 40), Challenged America, San Diego. (213.947)
  
• Brown Sugar (Express 37), Steve Brown, Santa Ana, Calif. (221.504)
  
• DH-Soap Opera (Hobie 33), Scott Self/Nigel Brown, Rockwall, Tex. (222.175)
  
• DH-Jacaré (J/35), Jeff Young/Rich Blackman, San Diego. (232.854)
  
• DH-Diablo (J/35), Reed Barnard, Anacortes, Wash. (235.432)
  

Cal 40 (Starts July 11)

• California Girl (Cal 40), Don and Betty Lessley, Richmond, Calif. (255.665)
  
• Radiant (Cal 40), Fin Beven, Pasadena, Calif. (256.939)
  
• Callisto (Cal 40), Jim Eddy, Glendale, Calif. (257.864)
  
• Far Far (Cal 40), Don Grind, Naples, Fla. (258.090)
  
• Dancing Bear (Cal 40), Mark Schrader, Sitka, Alaska. (258.311)
  
• Spectre (Cal 40), Lee Rogge, Seattle. (258.612)
  
• Ralphie (Cal 40), Davis Pillsbury, Woody Creek, Colo. (259.232)
  
• Azure (Cal 40), Rodney Pimentel, Alameda, Calif. (259.574)
  
• Psyche (Cal 40), Steve Calhoun, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (259.964)
  
• Shaman (Cal 40), Steve Waterloo, Alameda, Calif. (260.187)
  
• Willow Wind (Cal 40), Wendy Siegal, Sunset Beach, Calif. (260.570)
  
• Illusion (Cal 40), Sally Honey, Palo Alto, Calif. (261.590)
  
• Seafire (Cal 40), John Harrison, Honolulu. (263.311)
  
• Bubala (Cal 40), Lloyd Sellinger, Newport Beach. (264.303)
  

Aloha A (Starts July 11)

• Shanakee II (Pedrick 74), James Warmington, Costa Mesa, Calif. (130.602)
  
• Madrina (Cabo Rico 56), Dick Simon, Dana Point, Calif. (195.445)
  
• Incredible (Swan 53), Rick Gorman, Los Alamitos, Calif. (197.593)
  
• Between the Sheets (Jeanneau 52), Ross Pearlman, Marina del Rey, Calif. (197.564)
  
• Odyssey (58' yawl), Audrey Steele Burnand, Newport Beach. (201.571)
  
• Plan B (Peterson 48), David Johnson, Long Beach. (202.104)
  
• DH-Charmed Life (Catalina 470), Patricia Garfield, San Francisco. (206.461)
  
• Enchilado (Jeanneau 54), Cesar de Saracho, Mazatlan, Mexico. (*)
  

Aloha B (Starts July 11)

• Azure (Swan 441), Samuel Beckey, San Diego. (216.469)
  
• DH-Camille (Stewart 42), James Read, San Francisco. (222.073)
  
• So Far (Swan 48), Larry Hillman, Chicago. (230.841)
  
• Wind Dancer (Catalina 42), Paul Edwards, Ventura, Calif. (234.528)
  
• Pipe Dream (CF 37), John Davis, Long Beach. (242.920)
  

DH---Doublehanded.

*---In process.