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| JULY 14, 1999 PRESS RELEASE #29 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE J/35 wins Division 4; Coast Guard alert for Vapor HONOLULU, H.I.-Diminishing trade winds chased Tom Garnier's 35-foot Great Scot toward Diamond Head early Wednesday afternoon for an apparent claim on the 40th Transpacific Yacht Race's last outstanding first-place trophy. Three other Div. 4 boats finished earlier, but Garnier's smaller J/35 from Los Angeles Yacht Club eclipsed them on corrected handicap time. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard's District 2 PAC Search and Rescue Center in Alameda, Calif. Wednesday morning issued a "fleet group call" for Vapor, the little Doublehanded division entry from Long Beach that has not been in radio contact since it started June 29. That alert went via Telex to all merchant vessels in the eastern Pacific. Anita Culver at the PAC station said, "We'll probably issue an 'urgent marine information' broadcast later today, just to draw information to see if anybody's seen them." That broadcast would be by voice radio transmission and call on all ships and boats, commercial and private, in the region to report any sightings or contacts. Vapor, a 25-foot B-25 sailed by Bill Boyd and Scott Atwood of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, was not thought to be in distress, but Wednesday was the 16th day of its voyage and on the outside of its estimated time of arrival. However, Vapor had radio problems even before the start, and other boats have arrived later than expected because of breakdowns that caused them to reduce sail. There was less concern for Sweet Caroline, a 43-foot entry from Australia whose last contact was July 10 before its batteries presumably went dead. Skipper William Rawson said then that his engine was inoperable-meaning he probably couldn't charge his batteries--and he would need a tow from the finish line into Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. Sweet Caroline was 19 miles behind Great Scot when it last reported its position four days ago. Great Scot is the smallest boat in Div. 4. It needed to finish by late afternoon to save its handicap time on Don Clothier's 45-foot Tower. There were no subsequent near-threats to Grand Illusion's finish last Sunday as the race's overall winner on corrected time. James McDowell's ULDB 70 from Lahaina YC posted the race's third fastest corrected time in history. With Great Scot's finish, 26 boats had arrived, three were known to be sailing and two were unreported. Photos, e-mail from boats, daily progress and position reports, charts, crew lists and other information are available on the race web page, www.transpacificyc.org. The 40th Transpac is sponsored by Iridium North America, the world's first global telephone and paging company. Several boats are carrying the phones. Through a constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites circling the globe, customers can make or take calls and receive pages in the most remote regions on Earth. Additional information regarding the Iridium system is available at the web site www.iridium.com or by calling 1-888-Iridium. Publicity: Rich Roberts Media center: (808) 946-0020 Cell ph: (808) 366-0959 e-mail: richroberts@compuserve.com Standings (as of 3 p.m. PDT July 13 ; in order of corrected handicap time): DIV. 1 (started July 3)-1. Pyewacket, Roy E. Disney, Los Angeles YC, finished, elapsed time 7 days 11 hours 41 minutes 27 seconds (breaks record of 7:15:24:40 by previous Pyewacket, Roy P. Disney, 1997), corrected time 7:11:39:58; 2. Magnitude, Doug Baker, Long Beach YC, 7:13:37:07/7:13:36:07; 3. Zephyrus IV, Bob McNeil/John Parrish, St. Francis/San Diego YCs, 7:16:34:43/7:16:33:59; 4. Front Runner, Lou Grasso/Craig Lyons, Newport Harbor YC, 7:16:51:45/7:19:51:43; 5. Pegasus, Philippe Kahn, UC Santa Cruz Sailing Club, 7:17:51:20/7:20:50:20. DIV. 2 (started July 3)-1. Grand Illusion, James McDowell, Lahaina YC, 8:02:52:27/7:08:40:10 ; 2. Cheval, Steve Popovich, Cabrillo Beach YC, 8:13:47:14/7:20:44:46; 3. Velos, Kjeld Hestehave, SDYC, 9:13:31:03/7:22:55:12; 4. Mongoose, Robert Saielli, SDYC, 8:16:58:37/7:23:09:01; 45. Medicine Man, Bob Lane, LBYC, 8:15:24:12/8:00:29:07. DIV. 3 (started July 3)-1. Gone With the Wind, Bill LeRoy/Jim Cascino, StFYC, 9:11:41:04/7:14:45:18; 2. Stealth Chicken, Alamitos Bay Syndicate, Alamitos Bay YC, 9:08:L46:14/7:19:06:40; 3. Warpath, Fred Howe, Santa Cruz YC, 9:11:37:40/7:19:56:46; 4. M-Project, Manouch Moshayedi, Bahia Corinthian YC, retired. DIV. 4 (started July 2)-1. Great Scot, Tom Garnier, LAYC, 62 miles to go; 2. Tower, Don Clothier, Waikiki YC, 10:16:48:47/7:22:55:15; 3. Glama!, Seth Radow, California YC, 11:04:45:55/8:07:29:10; 4. Prime Time, John Borkowski/Richard Sherlock, Channel Islands YC, 11:12:21:57; 5. Bolt, Craig Reynolds, Balboa YC, 180; 6. Uproarious, Robert Bussard, Silver Gate YC, 102; 7. Apollo V, Ned Knight, Point Loma YC, 242; 7. 8. Sweet Caroline, William Rawson, Royal YC, Australia, no report. DOUBLEHANDED DIV. (started June 29)-1. Two Guys On the Edge, Les Vasconcellos/Bruce Burgees, Waikiki YC, 12:10:04:31/7:21:15:24; 2. Vapor, Bill Boyd/Scott Atwood, Alamitos Bay YC, no report. CRUISING DIV. (started June 29)-1. Hurricane, Kim Stebbens, Sloop Tavern YC, 14:07:42:09/9:22:067:09; 2. Esprit, Bob Pace, Oceanside YC, 14:12:28:14/10:10:00:44; 3. Willow Wind, Wendy Siegal, Cortez Racing Assn., 14:16:23:04; 10:17:55:34; 4. Tango, Howard Raphael, Palo Alto, Calif., 16:08:21:06/11:08:12:52; 5. Pacifica, Doug Jones, Southwestern YC, 15:10:29:09/11:08:19:09; 6. Endeavor III, Randy Bell/Eleanor Clitheroe, Royal Canadian YC, 15:17:26:22/11:14:36:35; 7. Goodnight Moon, Carlton Vanderbeek, Dana Point YC, 15:02:24:23; 8. Derivative, John Robert Misko, Seattle, Wash., 15:26:58:14. |
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