44th Transpac Yacht Race / 23 harbingers sail into uncertainty

http://www.transpacificyc.org/07/news/tp07-press-rel-25.html

44th Biennial Transpacific Yacht Race / Los Angeles to Hawaii
Transpacific Yacht Club, Al Garnier, Commodore

Starts July 9, 12 and 15, 2007; WEB site http://www.transpacificyc.org/

July 9, 2007
23 Transpac harbingers sail into uncertainty

LONG BEACH, Calif.---OK so far, the first 23 starters in the 44th Transpacific Yacht Race must have been thinking as they sailed off into uncertainty, escorted by dolphins in a balmy 7-knot westerly breeze under sunny skies Monday, but what lay ahead for the next 2,225 nautical miles to Hawaii was anyone's guess.

The forerunning fleets included nine Division 6 racers and 14 Aloha A and B division boats. Divisions 4 and 5 and nine vintage Santa Cruz 50 and 52s start Thursday, followed by Divisions 1, 2 and 3 Sunday, all starting off Point Fermin in nearby San Pedro after sendoff ceremonies at Rainbow Harbor, Transpac's mainland home port in Long Beach.

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