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(July 2, 2023) – After yesterday’s third and final start of the 2023 Transpac Race, the fortunes of the fleet of 57 entries are mixed. There are some starting to get a taste of the champagne sailing conditions that makes this race famous, while others are still days away from having this taste too as they struggle to get off the California coast.
The leaders in the first group of starters continue their match race battle for the lead in Division 7 among two Dehler 46 sisterships. At 0900 PDT, Greg Dorn’s Favonius is shown to have managed to pass and build a 4-mile lead over Ian Edwards’ Wings from Australia. With 1219 miles to the finish at Diamond Head in Honolulu, these two are sailing at about 9 knots and are near the halfway point on the course after 5 days of racing.
They and the rest of day one starters are positioned 50-100 miles south of the rhumb line. In the back half of this group is Cecil and Alyson Rossi’s Farr 57 Ho’okolohe who are leading Division 5. Steve Rossi is aboard Ho’okolohe and reported this morning:
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