Shanakee II is first to finish Transpac

Associated Press

Shanakee II was the first boat to finish the 41st Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Hawai'i, crossing the Diamond Head finish line early yesterday morning.

Because Shanakee II had a head start on the other classes, it won't win the Barn Door trophy for fastest elapsed time.

That honor awaits one of the three "super sleds" — Philippe Kahn's Pegasus, Roy E. Disney's Pyewacket and Bob McNulty's Chance — which remained locked in a dogfight with an estimated-time-of-arrival sometime early Tuesday.

Shanakee II, a 75-footer from Newport Beach, Calif., sailed the 2,225 nautical miles from Los Angeles in 11 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes and 38 seconds, crossing the finish line at 1:51:38 a.m.