Posted at 5:33 p.m., Friday, July 20, 2007
Pyewacket falls off record pace in Transpac yacht race
Advertiser Staff
Pyewacket held a 109-nautical mile lead over Magnitude 80 today but fell off a record pace in the 44th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu.Even with favorable northeast trade winds for the second half of the 2,225-nautical mile race, Roy Disney's 94-foot Pyewacket averaged 15.2 knots in today's report, and probably won't cross the finish line off Diamond Head by 2:04 a.m. tomorrow to break the record of 6 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes 11 seconds set by Morning Glory two years ago.
Doug Baker's Magnitude 80 should win Division 1 on corrected handicap time, although Brack Duker's Santa Cruz 70, Holua, in Division 2 is the overall leader among the 69 boats still racing.
