Transpac 2005 Press Release 30

HONOLULU---With less than two days to sail in his 15th and final Transpacific Yacht Race Friday, Roy Disney was cherishing the moments Friday.

His fourth Pyewacket, a maxZ86, will probably beat the record he set with his third Pyewacket in 1999, but it would be a bittersweet achievement. A maxZ86 clone of his own, Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory, will likely own the new record.

Friday morning's daily position reports showed that Pyewacket had gained three miles on the German boat with the day's best run of 365 miles but still trailed by 63 miles with 702 to go. The next boat, Randall Pittman's Dubois 90, Genuine Risk, was another 24 miles back.

Roger Sturgeon's Rosebud, shown by the Queen Mary as it departed Long Beach, took the handicap lead from Pegasus in Division II.

Later in the day, Disney, speaking by satellite phone, said, "We've got 612 miles to go now. We're doing OK, going along at 20 knots in a nice breeze, but there's not a lot of options when we're sort of sailing down into a funnel toward the finish."

All Pyewacket can do is follow Morning Glory through the windy channel between the islands of Molokai on the left and Oahu on the right before heading up toward Diamond Head.

But the prospect of finishing second hadn't diminished the other reasons why Disney has sailed Transpacs since 1975.

"It's lovely out here in the trades," he said, "and we'll always be nostalgic about that. Last night we had a full moon and I was out on deck at 4 a.m. just taking it all in, the reflections on the water and the beautiful sky."

Disney also noted that Morning Glory had consolidated its lead "when they went north of us yesterday. I would have done the same thing."

Morning Glory, averaging 13.8 knots for the 2,225-nautical mile race, was now projected to finish at 3:18 a.m. HST (6:18 a.m. PDT) Sunday morning. Pyewacket, averaging 13.2, was due in at 9:58 a.m. HST.

Odyssey, the 68-year-old yawl that leads the 34 boats that started six days earlier with 348 miles to go, was now looking at 5:03 a.m. PST.

Transpac 52s Now 1-2-3 for the King Kalakaua

Philippe Kahn's Hawaii-based Pegasus isn't home free yet in Division II as two other Transpac 52s---Roger Sturgeon's Rosebud and Fred Detwiler's Trader---closed in just past the halfway point in their race. Pegasus was 17 miles in front of both boats, but Rosebud took over the chase for the King Kalakaua Trophy for best corrected handicap time---Transpac's alternative to the Barn Door, which goes to the fastest finisher.

Home-bound doublehanded Hawaiians Dan Doyle and Bruce Burgess jumped from 6th to 3rd in Division IV Friday

Rosebud, Pegasus and Trader are now 1-2-3 in that order, followed by Morning Glory. Bob Lane's Andrews 61, Medicine Man, was two miles behind Pegasus but owes 6 to 9 hours to the TP 52s. Rosebud was positioned behind but to leeward of Pegasus with a stronger sailing angle.

In Division III, Tim Beatty's Stealth Chicken continued to set the pace, but Bob and Rob Barton's Cipango held its two-hour edge on handicap time.

The Alamitos Bay Syndicate's chartered 1D35, Tabasco, ran 209 miles to build its leads on all counts in Division IV, but the Division V scrap between Cliff Thompson's Super Gnat and Scott Self and Nigel Brown's doublehanded Soap Opera turned again when the Texans jumped from seven miles behind to 15 miles in front and increased their handicap lead to almost 12 hours. Also in that class, Dan Doyle and Bruce Burgess' 1D35, Two Guys On the Edge, started to smell home with a 193-mile day that boosted it from sixth to third.

Davis Pillsbury's Ralphie maintained its 50-mile lead among the Cal 40s, Odyssey held its 24-mile margin over Between the Sheets in Aloha A, and Larry Hillman's Swan 48, So Far, was 106 miles and 19 hours out of sight in Aloha B.

Quotes from the Boats

Kevin Wixom, B'Quest: "Started the day with a wrapped spinnaker at 2 a.m. and it took over an hour to get it cleared. As the apprentice bowman, I when forward to try to get it down and the sight must have been pretty wild . . . a one- legged guy trying to pull down a fouled spinnaker in the middle of the night in the middle of a squall. [The wind] was 20+ knots and it was raining most of the time. The crew is working well together but are tired and getting a bit beat up with some bruises, cuts, bumps, etc. Not bad when you consider that we lost 1/3 of the original crew on day one, and the remaining four who can work are missing two legs, one arm, a lung, and various other parts amongst us."

Dan Doyle, Two Guys On the Edge: "What a night. So much for tying to get a little sleep. The wind was everywhere, 6 to 17 knots in the blink of the eye, 50-degree wind shifts with no velocity change. Bruce [Burgess] and I were up all night chasing the wind. This morning the wind settled down and the boat is now loving it---16 knots true from 021. -The big A Sym is up and we are doing 9's and 10's on track for Honolulu. We paid a price to get south and have been working hard to stay on track to Honolulu. Tabasco was farther south yesterday and worked up in front of us and to just north of us last night. They are sailing very well and will be hard to catch."

Daily Standings for July 22, 2005.

Official entries
(With total handicap time allowances in hours:minutes:seconds)

Division I (starts July 17)

Morning Glory (R/P maxZ86), Hasso Plattner, Kiel, Germany (0:00:00)
Pyewacket (R/P maxZ86), Roy E. Disney, Los Angeles. (0:00:00)
Genuine Risk (Dubois 90), Randall Pittman, La Jolla, Calif. (0.00:23)
Windquest (R/P maxZ86), Dick & Doug DeVos, Holland, Mich. (6:51:07)
Magnitude 80 (Andrews 80), Doug Baker, Long Beach. (9:44:58)
Beecom (Reichel/Pugh 72), Isao Mita, Yokohama, Japan (30:16:07)
Scout Spirit (R/P 77), Bill Turpin, Newport Beach, Calif. (32:21:35)

Division II (Starts July 17)

Renegade (Andrews 70), Dan Sinclair, Vancouver, B.C. (40:03:46)
Merlin (Lee 68), Patricia Steele, Maui, H.I. (41:54:03)
Medicine Man (Andrews 61), Bob Lane, Long Beach. (45:59:58)
Pegasus 52 (Transpac 52), Philippe Kahn, Honolulu. (51:49:29)
Trader (Transpac 52), Fred Detwiler, Pompano Beach, Fla. (52:18:39)
Skylark (S/C 70), Doug Ayres, Newport Beach. (52:18:53)
Rosebud (Transpac 52), Roger Sturgeon, San Francisco. (55:04:54)
Braveheart (Transpac 52), Charles Burnet, Seattle. (55:23:53)
Mongoose (Santa Cruz 70), Bradley Thorson, Bellevue, Wash. (57:38:37)
Coruba (N/M 68), Rob and Suzanne Fleming, Seattle. (57:52:37)
Bengal 2 (Ohashi 52), Yoshihiko Murase, Nagoya, Japan (64:07:15)
Pendragon IV (Davidson 52), John MacLaurin, Encino, Calif. (65:20:10)
Ragtime (Spencer 66), Peterson/Richards/Welsh, Honolulu. (69:08:37)

Division III (Starts July 15)

Barking Spider 3 (MacGregor 65), David Kory, Concord, Calif. (74:38:45)
Stealth Chicken (Perry 56), Timothy Beatty, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (80:52:12)
The Cone of Silence (Super 30), Jamie and Jenny Neill, Sydney, Australia. (83:69:39)
Cipango (Andrews 56), Bob & Rob Barton, San Francisco. (84:08:21)
DH-Serena (T1150), David Kuettel, Bel Marin, Calif. (84:32:16)
Jeito (J/145), Francisco Guzman, Acapulco, Mexico. (86:10:42)
Dasher (S/C 50), Roger Groh, Sausalito, Calif. (89:38:24)
Reinrag2 (J/125), Tom Garnier, Portland, Ore. (90:15:09)
Bolt (Nelson/Marek 55), Craig Reynolds, Newport Beach, Calif. (90:16:35)
Artemis (Andrews 53), Louis Bianco, Seattle. (90:58:29)
Innocent Merriment (J/160), Myron Lyon, San Diego. (91:10:54)
Blue (J/160), Ken and /Cheryl Sears, Nashville, Tenn. (93:03:17)
Chasch Mer (S/C 50), Gib Black, Honolulu. (95:31:20)

Division IV (Starts July 15)

DH-Two Guys On the Edge (1D35), Dan Doyle, Kailua, H.I. (114:54:33)
Sensation (1D35), Gary Fanger, San Francisco. (115:11:28)
Tabasco (1D35), Alamitos Bay Syndicate, Long Beach. (115:31:05)
Kahoots (Andrews 43), Kerry Deaver/Bob Williamson, Newport Beach. (119:24:28)
Pursuit (Custom 48), Norman and Rosemary Dawley, Solomons, Md. (121:24:04)
Wild Impulse (J/120), Larry Barels, Santa Barbara, Calif. (122:19:04)
Uproarious (Olson 40), Robert Bussard, San Diego. (123:41:45)

Division V (Starts July 11)

Super Gnat (Beneteau First 40.7), Cliff Thompson, San Diego (132:16:04)
Iataia (Beneteau First 40.7), Marcos Rodriguez, Acapulco, Mexico. (133:59:14)
Showdown (IMX 38), Pete Meade/Mike Luna/ Paul McDonald, Irvine, Calif. (136:02:44)
B'Quest (Tripp 40), Challenged America, San Diego. (136:41:18)
Brown Sugar (Express 37), Steve Brown, Santa Ana, Calif. (141:30:59)
DH-Soap Opera (Hobie 33), Scott Self/Nigel Brown, Rockwall, Tex. (141:56:43)
DH-Jacaré (J/35), Jeff Young/Rich Blackman, San Diego. (148:46:04)
DH-Diablo (J/35), Reed Barnard, Anacortes, Wash. (150:24:54)

Cal 40 (Starts July 11)

California Girl (Cal 40), Don and Betty Lessley, Richmond, Calif. (163:20:29)
Radiant (Cal 40), Fin Beven, Pasadena, Calif. (164:09:20)
Callisto (Cal 40), Jim Eddy, Glendale, Calif. (164:44:47)
Far Far (Cal 40), Don Grind, Naples, Fla. (164:53:27)
Dancing Bear (Cal 40), Mark Schrader, Sitka, Alaska. (165:01:55)
Spectre (Cal 40), Lee Rogge, Seattle. (165:13:28)
Ralphie (Cal 40), Davis Pillsbury, Woody Creek, Colo. (165:37:14)
Azure (Cal 40), Rodney Pimentel, Alameda, Calif. (165:50:20)
Psyche (Cal 40), Steve Calhoun, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (166:05:17)
Shaman (Cal 40), Steve Waterloo, Alameda, Calif. (166:13:50)
Willow Wind (Cal 40), Wendy Siegal, Sunset Beach, Calif. (166:28:31)
Illusion (Cal 40), Sally Honey, Palo Alto, Calif. (167:07:37)
Seafire (Cal 40), John Harrison, Honolulu. (168:13:35)
Bubala (Cal 40), Lloyd Sellinger, Newport Beach. (168:51:37)

Aloha A (Starts July 11)

*Shanakee II (Pedrick 74), James Warmington, Costa Mesa, Calif. (83:26:25)
Enchilado (Jeanneau 54), Cesar de Saracho, Mazatlan, Mexico. (112:22:50)
Madrina (Cabo Rico 56), Dick Simon, Dana Point, Calif. (124:52:04)
Between the Sheets (Jeanneau 52), Ross Pearlman, Marina del Rey, Calif. (126:13:17)
Incredible (Swan 53), Rick Gorman, Los Alamitos, Calif. (126:14:24)
Odyssey (58' yawl), Audrey Steele Burnand, Newport Beach. (128:53:47)
Plan B (Peterson 48), David Johnson, Long Beach. (129:07:19)
DH-Charmed Life (Catalina 470), Patricia Garfield, San Francisco. (131:54:20)

Aloha B (Starts July 11)

Azure (Swan 441), Samuel Beckey, San Diego. (138:17:59)
DH-Camille (Stewart 42), James Read, San Francisco. (141:52:48)
So Far (Swan 48), Larry Hillman, Chicago. (147:28:54)
Wind Dancer (Catalina 42), Paul Edwards, Ventura, Calif. (149:50:14)
Pipe Dream (CF 37), John Davis, Long Beach. (164:43:08)

DH---Doublehanded.

*---Starts July 15.


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