Posted at 11:54 a.m., Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Pyewacket leads in Transpacific Yacht Race
Advertiser Staff
Roy E. Disney's Pyewacket veered north to move ahead of Doug Baker's Magnitude 80 today in the top division of the 44th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race from Calfornia to Hawai'i.Pyewacket was 1,576 miles from Hawai'i at the 8 a.m. roll call. Magnitude 80 fell in 23 miles behind as it continued southwest directly toward O'ahu in a 12-knot nor'easter.
The latest report from Transpac officials said unless the winds increase dramatically, Pyewacket's hopes of beating the elapsed time record of 6 days 16 hours 4 minutes 11 seconds set by Morning Glory two years ago are slim.
The larger and faster boats left Long Beach on Sunday.
For more details go to www.transpacificyc.org.
