LONG BEACH, Calif.---The Transpacific Yacht Club has dropped all time penalties that were imposed on boats for missing mandatory radio check-ins in last summer's race.

Trader, 12 others had penalties dropped for missing check-ins.

Transpac rules penalized 13 boats 30 minutes each time they failed to report during one of the twice-daily mandatory check-in times. Among those was Fred Detwiler's Transpac 52, Trader, which filed an appeal of the penalty. The other boats did not appeal.

Transpac Commodore Jerry Montgomery said, "Following the finish of the 2005 race, the boat Trader appealed the one-hour time penalty imposed upon her by the Race Committee for missing two mandatory check-ins. The appeal was assigned to the SCYA [Southern California Yachting Association] Appeals Committee, and the Appeals Committee reversed the Protest Committee's decision to deny Trader's request for redress and voided the penalty against Trader due to a procedural error by the Race Committee in imposing such penalty.

"As a result of the removal of the one-hour time penalty, Trader moves from fourth Overall and fourth in Division II to third Overall and third in Division II, and Coruba goes from third Overall and third in Division II to fourth Overall and fourth in Division II.

"Although the appeal technically applies only to Trader, the same procedure that the Appeals Committee found to be faulty in the Trader appeal was used in assessing time penalties against 12 other boats in the race, none of which appealed the penalty or requested redress as Trader had done.

"Under the unique circumstances of this situation, the Transpacific Yacht Club feels that to be fair with the boats that accepted their penalties without contesting them by appeal or request for redress, they should not be placed in a worse position than Trader. As a result, the Transpacific Yacht Club hereby voids the time penalties against all boats that were penalized for failing to make mandatory position reports or bed checks."

Montgomery also said, "This removal of time penalties for failing to make mandatory position reports or mandatory bed checks does not apply to boats that were penalized for violating other provisions of the Notice of Race or the Sailing Instructions. The revised standings and corrected time results are posted on the Transpacific Yacht Club website at www.transpacificyc.org."

Although the latest action removed penalty time from 12 other boats besides Trader, it altered only one other position. Sensation moved ahead of Pursuit into fifth place in Division IV and also moved ahead of Super Gnat in the 40s class scoring. Chasch Mer, the most heavily penalized boat with 3.5 hours, did not move up in her division or the 50s class but did rise from 51st overall to 43rd overall in the 75-boat fleet. Others were less affected.

Mandatory radio check-in times probably won't be an issue in the next race in 2007. Transpac is considering proposals for satellite tracking of each boat.

Montgomery said, "It is all but certain that the boats in the 2007 race and beyond will be equipped with position tracking transponders, and the roll call by single sideband radio will be used only as a backup in the event of a transponder failure. As a result, the imposition of penalties for failure to report will, for future races, become insignificant or nonexistent, and the procedural error that gave rise to these corrected result will not again occur."

The revised results also are provided below in a different format.

Final Standings

(In order of corrected handicap time; total handicap time allowances in parentheses by hours/minutes/seconds)

Division I (Started July 17)

1. Morning Glory (R/P maxZ86), Hasso Plattner, Kiel, Germany (0:00:00), elapsed time 6 days 16 hours 4 minutes 11 seconds (betters record of 7:11:41:27 by Pyewacket 3, 1999), corrected time 6:16:04:11.
2. Magnitude 80 (Andrews 80), Doug Baker, Long Beach, (9:44:58), ET 7:03:02:57, CT 6:17:17:59.
3. Pyewacket (R/P maxZ86), Roy E. Disney, Los Angeles (0:00:00), ET 6:18:32:25, CT 6:18:32:25.
4. Scout Spirit (R/P 77), Bill Turpin, Newport Beach, Calif. (32:21:35), ET 8:05:29:53, CT 6:21:08:18.
5. Genuine Risk (Dubois 90), Randall Pittman, La Jolla, Calif. (0.00:23), ET 6:22:02:35, CT 6:22:02:12.
6. Windquest (R/P maxZ86), Dick & Doug DeVos, Holland, Mich. (6:51:07), ET 7:05:58:03, CT 6:23:06:56.
7. 7. Beecom (Reichel/Pugh 72), Isao Mita, Yokohama, Japan (30:16:07), ET 8:07:15:12, CT 7:00:59:05.

Division II (Started July 17)

1. Rosebud (Transpac 52), Roger Sturgeon, San Francisco (55:39:59), ET 8:16:25:04, CT 6:08:45:05.
2. Pegasus 52 (Transpac 52), Philippe Kahn, Honolulu (51:49:29), ET 8:13:14:13, CT 6:09:24:44.
3. Trader (Transpac 52), Fred Detwiler, Pompano Beach, Fla. (52:18:39), ET 8:17:07:25, CT 6:13:48:46.
4. Coruba (N/M 68), Rob and Suzanne Fleming, Seattle (57:52:37), ET 9:00:23:25, CT 6:14:30:48.
5. Skylark (S/C 70), Doug Ayres, Newport Beach (52:18:53), ET 8:20:02:07, CT 6:15:43:14.
6. Medicine Man (Andrews 61), Bob Lane, Long Beach (45:59:58), ET 8:13:49:45, CT 6:15:49:47.
7. Mongoose (Santa Cruz 70), Bradley Thorson, Bellevue, Wash. (57:38:37), ET 9:02:36:13, CT 6:16:57:36.
8. Ragtime (Spencer 66), Peterson/Richards/Welsh, Honolulu (69:08:37), ET 9:16:10:58, CT 6:19:02:21.
9. Braveheart (Transpac 52), Charles Burnet, Seattle (55:23:53), ET 9:03:00:21, CT 6:19:36:28.
10. Merlin (Lee 68), Patricia Steele, Maui, H.I. (41:54:03), ET 8:23:26:33, CT 7:05:32:30.
11. Bengal 2 (Ohashi 52), Yoshihiko Murase, Nagoya, Japan (64:07:15), ET 10:08:54:39, CT 7:16:47:24.
12. Renegade (Andrews 70), Dan Sinclair, Vancouver, B.C. (40:03:46), ET 9:09:45:26, CT 7:17:41:40.
13. Pendragon IV (Davidson 52), John MacLaurin, Encino, Calif. (65:20:10), RETIRED.

Division III (Started July 15)

1. Reinrag2 (J/125), Tom Garnier, Portland, Ore. (90:15:09), ET 10:22:36:40, CT 7:04:21:31.
2. The Cone of Silence (Super 30), Jamie and Jenny Neill, Sydney, Australia (83:59:39), ET 10:19:10:33, CT 7:07:33:51.
3. Cipango (Andrews 56), Bob & Rob Barton, San Francisco (84:08:21), ET 10:23:44:53, CT 7:11:36:32.
4. Bolt (Nelson/Marek 55), Craig Reynolds, Newport Beach, Calif. (90:16:35), ET 11:06:12:59, CT 7:11:56:24.
5. Artemis (Andrews 53), Louis Bianco, Seattle (90:58:29), ET 11:07:52:00, CT 7:12:53:31.
6. Stealth Chicken (Perry 56), Timothy Beatty, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (80:52:12), ET 10:23:10:44, CT 7:14:18:32.
7. Chasch Mer (S/C 50), Gib Black, Honolulu (95:31:20), ET 11:14:07:51, CT 7:14:36:31.
8. Jeito (J/145), Francisco Guzman, Acapulco, Mexico (86:10:42), ET 11:11:15:53, CT 7:21:05:11.
9. Innocent Merriment (J/160), Myron Lyon, San Diego (91:10:54), ET 11:18:12:40, CT 7:23:01:46.
10. Blue (J/160), Ken and Cheryl Sears, Nashville, Tenn. (93:03:17), ET 11:19:14:42, CT 8:00:11:25.
11. DH-Serena (T1150), David Kuettel/Dave Van Houten, Bel Marin, Calif. (84:32:16), ET 12:02:55:17, CT 8:14:23:01.
12. Barking Spider 3 (MacGregor 65), David Kory, Concord, Calif. (74:38:45), ET 11:22:30:00, CT 8:19:51:15.
13. Dasher (S/C 50), Roger Groh, Sausalito, Calif. (89:38:24), ET 14:04:15:07, CT 10:10:36:43.

Division IV (Started July 15)

1. Tabasco (1D35), Alamitos Bay Syndicate, Long Beach. (115:31:05), ET 11:14:01:31, CT 6:18:30:26.
2. DH-Two Guys On the Edge (1D35), Dan Doyle, Kailua, H.I. (114:54:33), ET 12:05:08:17, CT 7:10:13:44.
3. Kahoots (Andrews 43), Kerry Deaver/Bob Williamson, Newport Beach (119:24:28), ET 12:14:38:11, CT 7:15:13:43.
4. Wild Impulse (J/120), Larry Barels, Santa Barbara, Calif. (122:19:04), ET 12:17:32:58, CT 7:15:13:54.
5. Sensation (1D35), Rodney Hagebols, San Francisco. (115:11:28), ET 12:10:46:00, CT 7:15:34:32.
6. Pursuit (Custom 48), Norman and Rosemary Dawley, Solomons, Md. (121:2:04), ET 12:17:02:10, CT 7:15:38:06.
7. Uproarious (Olson 40), Robert Bussard, San Diego. (123:41:45), ET 13:04:22:40, CT 8:00:40:55.

Division V (Started July 11)

1. DH-Soap Opera (Hobie 33), Scott Self/Nigel Brown, Rockwall, Tex. (141:56:43), ET 13:01:10:45, CT 7:03:14:02.
2. Brown Sugar (Express 37), Steve Brown, Santa Ana, Calif. (141:30:59), ET 13:08:39:23, CT 7:13:08:24.
3. Super Gnat (Beneteau First 40.7), Cliff Thompson, San Diego (132:16:04), ET 13:03:58:12, CT 7:15:42:08.
4. B'Quest (Tripp 40), Challenged America, San Diego (136:41:18), ET 13:13:31:50, CT 7:20:50:32.
5. Showdown (IMX 38), Pete Meade/Mike Luna/ Paul McDonald, Irvine, Calif. (136:02:44), ET 13:15:35:32, CT 7:23:32:48.
6. DH-Diablo (J/35), Reed Bernhard/Brian VanderZanden, Anacortes, Wash. (150:24:54), ET 14:10:37:34, CT 8:04:12:40.
7. Iataia (Beneteau First 40.7), Marcos Rodriguez, Acapulco, Mexico (133:59:14), ET 14:01:48:04. CT 8:11:48:50.
8. DH-Jacaré (J/35), Jeff Young/Rich Blackman, San Diego (148:46:04), ET 15:06:02:07, CT 9:01:16:03.

Cal 40 (Started July 11)

1. Ralphie (Cal 40), Davis Pillsbury, Woody Creek, Colo. (165:37:14), ET 13:12:59:05, CT 6:15:21:51.
2. Illusion (Cal 40), Sally Honey, Palo Alto, Calif. (167:07:37), ET 14:00:13:20, CT 7:01:05:43.
3. Psyche (Cal 40), Steve Calhoun, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (166:05:17), ET 13:23:22:27, CT 7:01:17:10.
4. Seafire (Cal 40), John Harrison, Honolulu. (168:13:35), ET 14:03:03:11, CT 7:02:49:36.
5. Far Far (Cal 40), Don Grind, Naples, Fla. (164:53:27), ET 14:00:27:35, CT 7:03:34:08.
6. Shaman (Cal 40), Steve Waterloo, Alameda, Calif. (166:13:50), ET 14:02:58:57, CT 7:04:45:07.
7. Callisto (Cal 40), Jim Eddy, Glendale, Calif. (164:44:47), ET 14:02:28:58, CT 7:05:44:11.
8. Radiant (Cal 40), Fin Beven, Pasadena, Calif. (164:09:20), ET 14:03:19:25, CT 7:07:10:05.
9. Dancing Bear (Cal 40), Mark Schrader, Sitka, Alaska. (165:01:55), ET 14:06:00:35, CT 7:08:58:40.
10. Azure (Cal 40), Rodney Pimentel, Alameda, Calif. (165:50:20), ET 14:09:13:09, CT 7:11:22:49.
11. Willow Wind (Cal 40), Wendy Siegal, Sunset Beach, Calif. (166:28:31), ET 14:11:57:10, CT 7:13:28:39.
12. Spectre (Cal 40), Lee Rogge, Seattle. (165:13:28), ET 14:16:37:40, CT 7:19:24:12.
13. Bubala (Cal 40), Lloyd Sellinger, Newport Beach. (168:51:37), ET 15:20: 57:31, CT 8:20:05:54.
14. California Girl (Cal 40), Don and Betty Lessley, Richmond, Calif. (163:20:29), RETIRED.

Aloha A (Started July 11)

1. Between the Sheets (Jeanneau 52), Ross Pearlman, Marina del Rey, Calif., ET 12:12:22:08, CT 7:06:08:51.
   
2. Odyssey (58' yawl), Audrey Steele Burnand, Newport Beach, ET 12:15:10:48, CT 7:06:17:01.
3. Plan B (Peterson 48), David Johnson, Long Beach, ET 12:16:52:51, CT 7:09:45:32.
4. Shanakee II (Pedrick 74), James Warmington, Costa Mesa, Calif. (83:26:25), ET 11:06:05:17, CT 7:18:38:52.
5. Madrina (Cabo Rico 56), Dick Simon, Dana Point, Calif. (124:52:04), ET 13:02:15:09, CT 7:21:23:05.
6. DH-Charmed Life (Catalina 470), Patricia Garfield/Diane Murray, San Francisco (131:54:20), ET 14:20:56:48, CT 9:09:02:28.
7. Incredible (Swan 53), Rick Gorman, Los Alamitos, Calif. (126:14:24), ET 13:08:36:11, CT 9:09:21:47--*.
8. Enchilado (Jeanneau 54), Cesar de Saracho, Mazatlan, Mexico. (112:22:50), ET 14:09:02:21, CT 9:16:39:31.

Aloha B (Started July 11)

1. So Far (Swan 48), Larry Hillman, Chicago (147:28:54), ET 13:08:18:09, CT 7:04:49:15.
2. Pipe Dream (CF 37), John Davis, Long Beach. (164:43:08), ET 14:14:45:54, CT 7:18:02:46.
3. Azure (Swan 441), Samuel Beckey, San Diego. (138:17:59), ET 16:17:27:36, CT 10:23:09:37.
4. Wind Dancer (Catalina 42), Paul Edwards, Ventura, Calif. (149:50:14), ET 14:01:52:48, CT 11:02:02:34--*.
5. DH-Camille (Stewart 42), James and Ann Read, San Francisco (141:52:48), ET 22:11:36:15, CT 16:11:45:20.

DH---Doublehanded.

*--Corrected time penalty includes penalty(s) for failure to comply with one or more Sailing Instructions.

Class Winners

• 70s: Coruba.
  
• 50s: Cipango.
  
• 40s: Tabasco.
  
• PHRF: Odyssey.
  
• Doublehanded: Soap Opera.
  
• Transpac 52: Rosebud.
  
• J/160: Innocent Merriment.
  
• Foreign: Morning Glory.
  
• Cal 40 (elapsed time): Ralphie.
  

Don Vaughn Award (top crew on fastest boat): Peter Pendleton, Morning Glory.

01/22/06