transpac is coming up and Ragtime is still doing it!

[John B]

Not bad for a plywood boat built in ninety sixty-frozen stiff. :D

http://www.transpacificyc.org/

go to 'entries' click on Ragtime.

'Course, she's famous here as Infidel ,before being sold to the States.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid119/pc57dc47198fea17c99541d930b20db96/f86c256b.jpg

[ 07-11-2005, 09:26 PM: Message edited by: John B ]

[Hwyl]

Here's another picture
http://www.transpacificyc.org/php-entry-sys/pics/ragtime.jpg

Here's the Antipodan boat "The cone of silence" hope these guys do well.

http://www.transpacificyc.org/php-entry-sys/pics/theconeofsilence.jpg

[Hwyl]

Here's a picture of Windward Passage from the start. I can't find her in the entries. Now she's a boat the WBF should adopt.

http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/Images/photos1307/6/50/83/5/90/0/90058350607_0_BG.jpg?r=1121733787876

Photo by Maddog McJones

[John B]

I think that is impressive for an old plywood boat.
http://www.transpacificyc.org/05/photos/Jas_Hawkins-S31.jpg
http://www.transpacificyc.org/05/photos/Jas_Hawkins-S32.jpg

Jas Hawkins photos from the transpac site.

[ 07-18-2005, 11:59 PM: Message edited by: John B ]

[John B]

from latitude 38 site.

"With the smaller boats having gotten skunked on wind during their handicap days, the big boats are going to correct out. Currently leading the fleet is Rosebud, Roger Sturgeon's San Francisco-based TransPac 52, followed by ancient Ragtime, the original 'sled' from the '60s, that was bought by a group in a lien sale a few months ago(!), and Morning Glory. That Ragtime is doing so well is blowing everyone's mind, as she was first to finish in the race in '73 and '75."

[John B]

http://www.transpacificyc.org/

LONG BEACH, Calif.---It's far from over, but the possibility arose Thursday that the oldest boat in the Centennial Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii could finish within minutes of the fastest boat Sunday.

After numbers were crunched from the daily morning position reports, the 68-year-old yawl Odyssey---currently nearest to the finish at 529 nautical miles---was projected to finish at 6:20 a.m. HST Sunday, only 13 minutes ahead of Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory, currently 995 miles out but averaging 13.5 knots to Odyssey's 7.2---and stretching its lead over Roy Disney's Pyewacket from two to 71 miles Thursday

[ 07-21-2005, 07:25 PM: Message edited by: John B ]

[Noah]

Very Cool! In '96 Bruce Schwab won the single handed transpac in Rumbleseat the modified Riemers 30sq, but it would be awesome if a 68 year old yawl won.

[John B]

I remember reading about that boat. He had vertical battens in a furling genoa to gain roach and better part furled shape.

edit . battens parallel to the luff.

[ 07-21-2005, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: John B ]