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1986/2018 Kernan 44’

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1986 Choate worked up on Kernan 44 plans. Substantial upgrades to make this one fast boat! Relaunched in 2019 after near complete overhaul and conversion. Ullman carbon flat top main 2021-Ullman carbon 110% jib new – Ullman AirX A-2 spinnaker 2020 – assorted spare sails

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Raymarine i70 wind display in cockpit –  Garmin GPSmap 741xs MFD in cockpit – (2) TackTick mn100 analog displays in cockpit – (4) TackTick micronet maxi digital displays on mast.

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• Sailing Anarchy

New Kernan 44 Klub Racer

• Thread starter Schoonerman
• Start date Jul 3, 2009

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• Jul 26, 2009

Sorry DoRag, Most of the West Coast's best yacht designers did not have true NA degrees. Yet these designer are some of the most respected in the industry. Unlike, YOU! Get over your failings, it's unbecoming.  

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• Jul 27, 2009

SMP said: Sorry DoRag, Most of the West Coast's best yacht designers did not have true NA degrees. Yet these designer are some of the most respected in the industry. Unlike, YOU! Get over your failings, it's unbecoming. Click to expand...

DoRag said: amolitor said: Well, I guess the question is this, DoRag: Is a naval architect someone who does naval architecture, or someone with a degree in Naval Architecture? The answer varies by jurisdiction, legally, I understand. Click to expand...

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Bus Driver said: SMP said: Sorry DoRag, Most of the West Coast's best yacht designers did not have true NA degrees. Yet these designer are some of the most respected in the industry. Unlike, YOU! Get over your failings, it's unbecoming. Click to expand...

Obviously DoRag has a hardon for The Landing School. It's really weird to call someone out for not having an NA when they're designed what you perceive as a bad small FRP boat. Bitch about Kernan all you like, sure, but blabbing about where he went to school is silly and irrelevant. Even I can do a complete damaged stability workup for these little boats: 1) There is one compartment, called "The Interior" 2) When the compartment labeled "The Interior" fills up with water the boat sinks 3) the handling characteristics of the boat deteriorate, at this point, to untenable, on account of the boat being on the bottom Just as a for instance.  

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Not sure how much the Columbia 30 has won, but Peligroso has a ton of pickle dishes. I think they'll do just fine with the new Wasabi, but time will tell. Big Boat Series is coming up and she'l lbe in the Jazz Cup too.  

amolitor said: Obviously DoRag has a hardon for The Landing School. It's really weird to call someone out for not having an NA when they're designed what you perceive as a bad small FRP boat. Bitch about Kernan all you like, sure, but blabbing about where he went to school is silly and irrelevant. Even I can do a complete damaged stability workup for these little boats: 1) There is one compartment, called "The Interior" 2) When the compartment labeled "The Interior" fills up with water the boat sinks 3) the handling characteristics of the boat deteriorate, at this point, to untenable, on account of the boat being on the bottom Just as a for instance. Click to expand...

Look Guys, Here's my perspective on DoRag. He's a guy who thinks that the best sailing ever was in the Schock 35 fleet, in SoCal, during the 80's. And if you weren't on a Newport Harbor boat you weren't anything. Then he migrated to 105s. He changes tacks faster than anyone. Becuase yes, the Schock 35 had an amazing design pedigree!?! Heck, he's even taken shots at Jim Antrim (a Webb School Graduate...and member of the A-Cubed design team)...he just likes to be an ass... Need I say more? But on a higher note, I want to congratulate Dale on his acquisition...I hope it's a blast for him and his team. I also want to offer congrats to Fred and Tim for a lovely looking boat. Well done guys!!! cheers, antony  

DoRag said: Bus Driver said: SMP said: Sorry DoRag, Most of the West Coast's best yacht designers did not have true NA degrees. Yet these designer are some of the most respected in the industry. Unlike, YOU! Get over your failings, it's unbecoming. Click to expand...

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DoRag said: Well, wouldn't you want someone designing your boat, or advising on your health care, to be trained and have earned a degee in their respective professions? For example, of the current group of major yacht designers, many have graduated with degrees from such institutions as Michigan and Stanford, to name two. On the other hand, should you want a certificate in woodworking, the Landing School has a fine program. Click to expand...

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. No, I don't really care about the Landing School. I looked them up in the US News and World Report ranking of colleges and universities. The Landing School was the top listed program for a certificate in woodworking. Dude, You are an ignorant dick that needs to sit down and shut the fuck up. If yacht design success is based on what degree you have, then I guess that Olin Stephens guy did not know shit. Speaking of Olin, he was the principle advisor of The Landing School design program for a number of years. What I don't get is why you are trying to undermine Kernan's credibility? Never mind, it is not important, and you are not important. You have displayed your ignorance for all to see, and I will now ignore you.  

It's great to see the level of follow up from Tim and Fred. They are all over this boat and working hard to make it live to it's prelim rating. I hope the class takes off. I think it's a hell of a lot more fun than the Swan 42 at 50% the price.  

• Jul 28, 2009

waterboy said: DoRag said: amolitor said: Well, I guess the question is this, DoRag: Is a naval architect someone who does naval architecture, or someone with a degree in Naval Architecture? The answer varies by jurisdiction, legally, I understand. Click to expand...

Please check out the website: www.klub44.com  

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• Aug 17, 2009

How's it doing? Any results to speak of? Catastropic failures? Come on, you can't leave us hanging with a hot number like that!  

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• Aug 18, 2009

ceeagr said: waterboy said: DoRag said: amolitor said: Well, I guess the question is this, DoRag: Is a naval architect someone who does naval architecture, or someone with a degree in Naval Architecture? The answer varies by jurisdiction, legally, I understand. Click to expand...

rigo9 said: Please check out the website: www.klub44.com Click to expand...

Saw this when I downloaded the brochure from the web site "Proprietary hull treatment to prevent “fairing”-all hulls the same" Anyone have any idea what "Proprietary hull treatment" they are talking about and how it prevents fairing? Or does it just prevent the need for fairing?  

Anyone have another website to cherck out the fool stats for this boat? Currently in the market (I'm repping the owner) and this klub 44 looks sweet. Anyone know rating, displacement, righting moment, all that good shit? I'll keep looking at Kernan's website, looking for a good heavy air boat for Hawaii weather and some Transpac/Pacific Cups, and this one looks like it might fit the bill.  

Nevermind, got it...lol  

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Boat details, kernan 44' irc racer, estimated price for orientation: 169 988 $, class: sail, kernan 44' irc racer - available now.

Tim Kernan designed IRC 44' custom built  by Dencho Marine

Earning its pedigree, Wasabi finished its debut regatta with straight bullets winning the IRC class at the St. Francis Big Boat Series.  Wasabi was designed to be exciting to race around the buoys while offering a comfortably fast and stable platform for offshore races. Designed to fit at the top-end of the IRC 2 class and raced by a crew of 9, Wasabi caught the eye of many and later became the prototype for the new ES 44'.  The team at ES Yachts looked at Wasabi’s race record, which speaks for itself, and felt the platform had potential for great performance as a limited production yacht.

Located in Seattle, Washington and ready to win! Wasabi has already won a ton of races since her launch in 2009.  She has been consistently updated with sails and gear.  She now sports a square-top mainsail, a longer bow sprit and increased downwind sail area.  She is easy to sail and nearly as fast as many 50' boats but with a 40 footers price tag!

Built in the USA by Dencho Marine

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• EGlass w/ vinylester resin
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• Weight was strictly controlled during the course of construction
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• Proven winch spacing
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Ocelot is a Fox 44’ offshore racing sloop. She is a collaboration between Schooner Creek's Kevin Flanigan and Campbell Rivers. In 2006, Flanigan commissioned Tim Kernan to draw a sloop rig for the boat.  Schooner Creek rebuilt a Wildcat 44' by adding six Harken deck winches and two cabin winches with diverters. Also added were the traveler on deck aft of the tiller with below deck mainsheet runs and carbon fiber chainplates laminated to the carbon fiber hull. The carbon fiber stringers were raised and joined to the cockpit, and a fitted V berth was added in the forward section over the stringers to carry the rig loads.  A carbon fiber Hall spar with aft swept spreaders, Navtec rod rigging, and a running backstay were added.  A custom carbon fiber fixed bowsprit was added to carry asymmetrical spinnakers and a full batten main by Doyle Sailmakers. She uses Sectra running rigging. She was launched at Schooner Creek in 2006. 

She is powered by a 27 hp Beta Marine Motor with a saildrive.  She weighs 9,800 lbs., with 4,200 lbs. in the keel bulb at 10' of draft. Her beam is 10’ 6.5”. Her fuel is carried in the keel, which is removable for trailer transport. She has lithium ion batteries and is optimizable for distance racing with a small crew.  Below her ample 10’ cockpit, two pilot berths aft are blocked from the motor by a cloth surround. A single burner gimbaled stove and foot pump sink sit opposite a small navigation station at the base of the entry ladder.  A padded settee lines each side of the head forward of the mast. A cavernous V berth and sail storage fill the bow.

Kevin campaigned her in the Bay Area and on the west coast for 8 years.  Her top speed is 28 knots under sail. Her female hull, deck and keel molds are held by Schooner Creek Boat Works.

LOA: 43’ 11”

DWL: 40’ 0”

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Morris yachts and designer dave pedrick combine talents in the coast guard academy’s new training vessel..

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has always been a strong advocate of sail training, but for decades, the tall ship Eagle has held center stage. Of course, the Coast Guard Academy has always maintained a fleet of sailing vessels at its New London, Conn. campus, but the boats were usually hand-me-downs from the U.S. Naval Academy—boats that had been sailed hard for two decades or more.

This time, when the Naval Academy received its new fleet of Navy 44 MkIIs ($1.3 million per boat, including cost over-runs), the Coastie cadets set their sights on a new boat, too. Largely due to the efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation, they got it: the new Leadership 44, built by Morris Yachts, a company best known for its high-end semi-custom yachts. As with the Navy 44 MkII ( PS , August 2008), the boat’s designer is David Pedrick, whose extensive resume ranges from America’s Cup boats to capable cruisers.

Fewer and fewer new sailboats are set up for 24/7 underway operation, so when we come across one that has the features we expect in a true offshore workhorse—offshore sleeping berths, ventilation in rough weather, a galley and head that work well underway, and a sail plan that’s efficient and easy to handle—we naturally get excited. At its heart, the Leadership 44 is a service academy boat, and its mission is to provide cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with both leadership and small-boat seamanship experience. It is more than just a platform for building teamwork and seamanship, however. Sailing skills learned at the academy often get put to use in the real world.

Now-retired USCG Capt. Kip Louttit often recalls his time spent sail training at the Coast Guard Academy. Later, as a junior officer aboard a cutter responding to a mayday call from the crew of a sailboat with engine trouble and a seasick crew, he put that training to work. Instead of plucking the crew from their unpleasant but non-life threatening seafaring experience, he and another crew member from the cutter were transferred from to the sloop. They set a reefed mainsail and jib that dampened the motion, got the engine started, charged the batteries, and then continued under sail for a couple of days to Shinnecock Inlet, where the local Coast Guard station crew took over. During the passage, they helped the owner and crew to recover from their misadventure and demonstrated how to handle an offshore passage.

Design Objectives

This sail training boat is neither an all-out-racer nor an ocean-crossing iceberg chaser. What the Coast Guard wanted was a sailboat to teach leadership skills as well as small-boat seamanship. And the reason that neither the Navy nor the Coast Guard could simply head to the Newport or Annapolis boat show and pick their boat form the fleet on display, was that nothing on the floating shelves quite met their needs. Both institutions realized that their demand for a sail-training boat required a vessel that could be driven hard and endure year after year of rough treatment ranging from wicked squalls to groundings.

Based on the Academy’s experience with its old Ludders yawls, it was clear that the demands of the mission were far more challenging than what individual owners or even charter companies placed upon mainstream production boats.

In short, the structural requirements needed to be upgraded, and functionality superseded luxury, aesthetics, and finish. For both the Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy, the right boat needed to offer the performance of a racer, the carrying capacity of a cruiser, and the durability of a workboat.

Once Pedrick had a clear picture of what the Coast Guard was looking for, he took the lessons learned from the Navy 44 project and designed a lighter-weight, fuller canoe-body sloop with a fractional rig sail plan and a carbon-fiber spar. The mission was clear, and what the superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy signed off on was a boat with, “contemporary lines, simplified rig and improved sail plan, that will meet the rigorous demands of the Coastal Sail Training Program and give the Academy excellent performance for years to come.”

Engineering

Taking weight out of a boat is easy if you’re not concerned about strength and stability. But if you are, effective engineering is the only answer to the challenge. Less ballast cuts down on weight, but you will sacrifice when in comes to the limit of positive stability or (LPS), also known as the angle of vanishing stability (AVS). Because the primary mission of the L44 lies in the coastal domain, reducing weight to increase light-air sailing ability could be justified. So the decrease in ballast and LPS was acceptable, and the result still delivered a boat that would have no trouble fulfilling the 115 stability index required for the Newport to Bermuda Race, if participation was on the agenda.

Adding a carbon mast was another weight-saver, paring away pounds where it counts the most. But when you get to the hull laminate, weight reduction with strength retention becomes more and more costly.

In order to shed some hull-and-deck weight, Morris used SP-High Modulus to engineer the laminates. The 30-year-old composite engineering company has an aircraft-savvy approach to boat building. Their SmartPac B³ system uses the designer’s files and finite element analysis to come up with a layer plan for putting the right amount of reinforcement in every given area of the boat. Then SP uses computer-controlled nesting software and fabric cutters, much the way a sailmaker cuts panels. Cloth, mat, stitched fabric, and foam are cut like parts of a tailored suit.

The process can be leveraged to favor light weight, low cost, or high strength, but not all at the same time. An advantage to the system is material standardization and less waste and clutter. The challenge lies in picking the right safety margin. Sailing loads are predictable, but wave impacts on decks or hitting a sharp edge of a large piece of flotsam may put loads where they weren’t anticipated, so how to value toughness and point load resistance to penetration also counts. The Leadership 44 mission statement doesn’t reflect as much open-ocean sea time as the Navy 44, so a slightly lower scan’tling could be justified.

Dr. Paul Miller, a naval architecture professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and consultant on the design of the Leadership 44, performed original research on the development of the laminate schedule for the Navy 44 MkII. He’s quick to point out that the Navy boat is built to a higher scan’tling and utilized more laminate in the hull and deck.

Both boats were resin-infused, a process that improves the slot filling in the core, increases the fiber-to-resin weight ratio and decreases void content. The scan’tlings of each boat fit the mission of the vessel.

The original McCurdy and Rhodes Navy 44 sloops, also built to robust scan’tlings, were pressed hard for 20 years. The boat’s success proved that enhanced structural strength is essential to achieving the durability required in a sail-training craft.

The rig and deck layout of the Leadership 44s signify a performance sailboat with a sea-going pedigree. Though not principally designed as a long distance passagemaker, the new boat bristles with offshore attributes. The low-profile cabinhouse, modest sized windows, and absence of ports in the hull emphasize impact-resistance and a readiness to handle breaking waves. The functional rub strake, a hard-won battle during the design of the Navy 44 MkII, made its way to the Leadership 44s.

The rig and rigging of the Coast Guard boat reflects the modern trend of a large mainsail and smaller jib, but by keeping shrouds inboard and avoiding excess spreader length, the ability to use a larger, over-lapping genoa remains an option. The Navy 44 MkII stuck with piston-hanking headsails and the belt-and-suspenders redundancy of a removable forestay and running backstays on an alloy spar. In this case, the designers went with the tried-and-true arrangement that would also give cadets experience with setting, reefing, and dousing non-furling sails. Whether the convenience of roller furling outweighs the experience of time on the foredeck that comes with conventional sails remains to be seen.

The Leadership 44’s rig is simpler than that of the Navy 44. A welded single-point chainplate cluster through-bolts to a no-nonsense double bracket. This transfers rig loads to a sizable knee that’s bonded into the hull and deck. The fitting is directly above the upper berths in the main saloon, so whomever draws the top bunk will soon learn whether the engineering is a success by the presence or lack of a persistent drip-drip.

The Navy 44 MkII took a different approach, creating a monocoque form incorporating the hull, deck, and chainplates. Time will tell which approach staves off the top bunk water-torture test, a recurring problem on the original Navy 44s, which featured a notoriously leaky stainless-steel angle bracket to carry the loads into the hull.

It’s nice to see a hull and deck that are designed with on-deck work as the priority. The Leadership is pleasantly free of bulging cabin sides, excess freeboard, obstacles to vault, and slick areas of untextured gelcoat. Ergonomically designed for safety and freedom of movement, particular underway, the layout offers a good model for the way a cruising boat should look.

The Tiflex Treadmaster nonskid (rated best in PS’s nonskid test, July 2012) is the epitome of un-slipperiness. Coachroof handrails are no-nonsense stainless steel, through-bolted in a fashion that is sure to keep them in place. The 30-inch double lifelines, securely attached stanchions, and effective geometry of the bow and stern pulpits are consistent with the leads for jacklines and clipping points in the cockpit—all demonstrating an ongoing concern for crew safety.

There’s no question that the design team was comprised of experienced sailors seeking to optimize running rigging and hardware location. Winches and rope clutches team up where they make sense. Gone are the six lines running to a single winch, a choke-point we often see on many over-clutched production boats. The self-tailing winches are situated where the person grinding has plenty of room to work and is not constrained to 280-degree arc. The helmsperson is isolated by the traveler, within easy reach, and a bridgedeck over the semi-open transom doubles as a carport for liferaft storage.

Though far from getting a nod of approval for sumptuous accommodations, this Pedrick/Morris interior is an elegant vision of Spartan utility. The open interior is well-ventilated with four large dorades, and it succeeds because of what it lacks as well as what has been installed. Best of all, the accommodations work at varying angles of heel and make being underway a pleasure rather than an ordeal. In some ways it’s a retro look at the utility of going to sea.

A foursome of berths is given priority in the main saloon. This is a place where an off-watch crew can get some sleep. Amidships, the motion is lessened and good ventilation optimized. There’s even a foursome of pipe berths in the forepeak that will be just fine for off-the-wind sailing or while at anchor. The head and galley are also optimally located and work well while underway.

The treat, however, is that the capable crew at Morris Yachts just couldn’t help but trim things out with just enough wood to deliver a hint of the their abiding forté. The result is a no-nonsense interior with a spacious chart table, very user friendly L-shaped galley with a deep double (small/large) sink and a heavy-duty centerline restraining bar that keeps the cook from landing in the nav-station when the boat is on a rough starboard-tack beat.

These accommodations work well in port and even better when underway.

Photo by Onne Van Der Wal courtesy of USCG

The ubiquitous Yanmar naturally aspirated 4JH4 was the engine of choice for both the Coast Guard and Navy sail trainers, and interestingly, both with traditional drivetrains rather than sail-drives. A lot of institutional mechanical know-how went into the decision, and reliability and repairability certainly played a roll. The same block can be turbo-charged for more horsepower, but the idea was nixed over concerns about added complexity, fuel consumption, range, and the irrationality of pushing a displacement vessel past hull speed.

The mission also drove tankage selection, and with a coastal itinerary being the mainstay of vessel usage, the chance to pull in and top-off lessened the need to lug lots of liquid. A 50-gallon holding tank was deemed necessary and a 130-gallon potable water supply was there just in case a Bermuda run might come into play. The scan’t 50 gallons of diesel are consistent with the idea that cadets will have no shortage of opportunities to motor from port-to-port during their training on other vessels.

One of the biggest departures from the Navy 44 is the L44’s carbon-fiber spar and fractional rig, as much a commitment to new technology as to simplifying sail handling. The mainsail has no full battens, only partials. As many racers have found, full battens on a boat with a permanent backstay can be a nuisance and rob performance in light air. The lower two battens are parallel to the boom so reefs 1, 2, and 3 can be easily tucked in, and the bunt of sail beneath the reef-point can be gathered and tied in a simple process.

The relatively small working jib is functional in a 10- to 30-knot wind range and allows the cadets to forego the foredeck two-step of sail changing as a thunderstorm rolls through at 0300. This fractional rig does require the crew to be ready to reef the large mainsail, but with good hardware and proper crew technique, it is simple to accomplish once the crew has learned the all-important lesson of not waiting too long to tuck in a reef.

The new boat comes with a conventional spinnaker, and with a crew of agile youth on board and light wind in play, there’s good reason to run spinnaker gymnastics training. We are sure that the civilian cruising version would also offer an asymmetric option with some form of removable sprit just in case your crew isn’t comprised of a half-dozen 18- to 21-year-olds.

Underway, the Leadership 44 delivers, pointing high and footing fast. One of the value-added fringe benefits of the fractional rig is that the boat will sail to weather when reefed with just the mainsail up. Another big plus is that the small jib and large mainsail combo fits a wide range of wind speeds without the need for a sail change.

The main saloon in a sailboat doesn’t need powerboat sofas to sell. And if you are planning a lot of overnight passages, it makes sense to have at least a couple berths amidships where dorade vents keep the boat ventilated and the pitching motion found in a seaway is reduced. The same goes for a galley that has sinks that drain on either tack and a stove that has room to swing through a 40-degree arc, even when the boat is already heeled 15 degrees to leeward.

In short, we like the Leadership 44 because it’s a boat to be sailed and savored during a passage rather than one that has to be endured.

Morris has plans to build two civilian versions, a racer and a performance cruiser. Draft and interior options vary, but the same quality of build and attention to detail found in the L44 will apply. The cost of these semi-custom boats is in keeping with other boats in the Morris line, and for those looking for more pure sailboat than fashion statement, it is a very valid alternative.

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Very nice, but this is the taxpayers money and personally, I see no justification for a $1.2M expense over a high quality semi customized production boat of $400-500K. Catalina 440, for example, could meet the specs really well and for sure, the builder could add/customize anything necessary. Training USCG mariners isn’t racing, it is seamanship and sailboat handling in different real world conditions. Nitzan Sneh s/v GDY-Kids Contest 43 Boston, MA

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Water transportation has become another sector for the eco-friendly improvements the Moscow government is implementing. And it means business. On July 15, 2021, on the dock of Moscow’s ‘Zaryadye’ park, mayor Sergey Sobyanin was shown the first model of the upcoming river cruise boat.

The model of the electrical boat with panoramic windows measures 22 meters in length. The river tram - as Muscovites call them - has a passenger capacity of 42, including two disabled seats. The trams will also get cutting edge info panels, USB docking stations, Wi-Fi, spaces for scooters and bicycles, as well as chairs and desks for working on the go. The boats will be available all year round, according to ‘Mosgortrans’, the regional transport agency. 

Passengers will be able to pay with their ‘Troika’ public transport card, credit cards or bank cards. 

The main clientele targeted are people living in Moscow’s river districts - the upcoming trams will shorten their travel time in comparison to buses and other transportation by five times, Mosgortrans stated. 

As the river trams are being rolled out, Moscow docks will also see mini-stations, some of which will also be outfitted with charging docks for speed-charging the boats.  

Moscow is set to announce the start of the tender for construction and supply in September 2021. The first trams are scheduled to launch in June 2022 on two routes - from Kievskaya Station, through Moscow City, into Fili; and from ZIL to Pechatniki. 

“Two full-scale routes will be created in 2022-2023, serviced by 20 river trams and a number of river stations. We’ll continue to develop them further if they prove to be popular with the citizens,” the Moscow mayor said .

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Boat type: dencho/kernan 44 owner: les linkogle home country: usa, boat type: r/p 52 owner: thomas furlong home country: usa, velvet hammer, boat type: j/125 owner: james nichols home country: usa, boat type: santa cruz 52 owner: steve selllinger home country: usa, boat type: andrews 70 owner: doug pasnik home country: usa, t/s cal maritime, boat type: andrews 77 owner: cal maritime home country: usa, sweet okole, boat type: farr 36 owner: dean treadway home country: usa, spin doctor, boat type: andrews 40 owner: paul farrell home country: usa, boat type: jeanneau 43 owner: steven george home country: usa, boat type: carbon 32 owner: jerome sammarcelli home country: usa, boat type: tp52 owner: john brynjolfsson home country: usa, rock n’ roll, boat type: andrews 68 owner: john sangmeister / justin smart home country: usa, boat type: bakewell white 100 owner: manouch moshayedi home country: usa, boat type: j/125 owner: thomas garnier home country: usa, boat type: andrews 68 owner: roy p. disney home country: usa, pinball wizard, boat type: santa cruz 52 owner: bill & lisa dana home country: usa, boat type: santa cruz 70 owner: jack jennings home country: usa, boat type: dencho/kernan 68 owner: doug baker home country: usa, boat type: newland 368 owner: stephen lewis home country: usa, boat type: mod 70 owner: justin shaffer home country: usa, boat type: santa cruz 50 owner: michael moradzadeh home country: usa, night’s watch, boat type: j/130 owner: dean stanec home country: usa, boat type: j/125 owner: standish fleming home country: usa, boat type: santa cruz 70 owner: marchetta/furey home country: usa, boat type: bill lee 68 custom owner: chip merlin home country: usa.

Boat Type: MOD 70 Owner: Giovanni Soldini Home Country: ITA

Boat type: hylas 63 owner: nicholas green home country: usa, boat type: beneteau first 47.7 owner: mike sudo home country: usa, boat type: beneteau first 44 owner: charles devanneaux home country: usa, boat type: express 37 owner: dan merino home country: usa, j world’s hula girl, boat type: santa cruz 50 mod owner: wayne zittel home country: usa, boat type: dufour 50 owner: michael marion home country: usa, imagine too, boat type: catalina 445 owner: larry goshorn home country: usa, boat type: farr 57 owner: cecil & alyson rossi home country: usa, groundhog day, boat type: rogers 46 owner: rich festa home country: usa, grand illusion, boat type: santa cruz 70 owner: david h. clark home country: usa, boat type: r/p 63 owner: george hershman / mark comings home country: usa, good trouble, boat type: andrews 56 owner: marie rogers home country: usa, glass slipper, boat type: antrim 40 owner: cree partridge home country: usa, boat type: dehler 46 owner: greg dorn home country: usa, fast exit ii, boat type: ker 52 owner: john raymont home country: usa, boat type: ker 46+ owner: william mckinley home country: usa, boat type: santa cruz 50 owner: chris messano / bill durant home country: usa, boat type: j/111 owner: ed sanford home country: usa, boat type: dk46 owner: wayne zittel home country: usa, boat type: santa cruz 70 owner: edward marez home country: usa, boat type: nelson marek 70 owner: craig reynolds home country: usa, boat type: jeaneau 52.2 owner: russ johnson home country: usa, black marlin, boat type: 1d35 owner: herwig baumgartner home country: usa, boat type: botin 56 owner: tom holthus home country: usa, boat type: botin 65 owner: raymond paul home country: usa, boat type: j/125 owner: andrew picel home country: usa, boat type: mod 70 owner: jason carroll home country: usa, aimant de fille, boat type: j/145 owner: steven ernest home country: usa.

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Boat Type: R/P 55 Owner: Alan Lubner Home Country: USA

Alan Lubner’s ZVI from Seattle is a recent upgrade in performance from his previous Dehler 46, having acquired the 2007-built Reichel/Pugh 55 this year. He is one of several entries from the Pacific Northwest to come to So Cal to participate in the 2021 Transpac, his first time to compete in this race. He said “Entering Transpac has always been a dream and when the right boat and the right group of people came about, the timing seemed right to make a 2020 debut.”

Besides himself, his team of ten will include Alan Lubner, Nigel Barron, John Stanley, Mike Stanley, and Andrew Cook as Navigator. For qualifying races and passages they plan to do both: race in the usual long distance race schedule in Puget Sound in addition to the Oregon Offshore (198 miles) and the long offshore delivery down the coast to Los Angeles.

For preparation the team is using the winter downtime to remove all the deck hardware and repaint the deck and nonskid. “We're taking this time to look over all the fittings and blocks & take everything apart,” said Lubner.

The team’s goals are to “compete at the highest level and finish in Hawaii with the knowledge that we did everything we could to get there as quickly and safely as possible.”

Warrior Won

Boat type: pac 52 owner: chris sheehan home country: usa follow:.

Chris Sheehan acquired the Judel/Vrolijki-designed Pac52 Bad Pak in late 2019, re-named her Warrior Won , and missed a lot of the 2020 racing season due to pandemic cancellations. He and his Connecticut-based team did, however, managed to earn an overall win in the Stamford-Vineyard Race in September, a 238-mile classic late-summer race in the New England season.

“Myself and my team love offshore sailing,” he said. “Transpac has been high on the priority list of the race's we intend to sail over the next few years. After some great training and racing on the East coast in 2020, we are all looking forward to some fun SoCal sailing in 2021.” This sailing includes the full circuit of pre-Transpac offshore races: the Islands Race, the Newport-Cabo Race and the SoCal 300.

This is Chris’s first Transpac, but the crew of nine he has assembled has significant experience and demonstrated talent in this and many other world-class offshore races: the team includes Dylan Vogel, Collin Leon, Mal Parker, Mo Gutenkunst, Hartwell Jordan, Scott Ewing, Stu Bannatyne, and Chris Lewis as Navigator. In addition the tune-up races, Sheehan said this team will also be focused on preparation and training with the goal of a division win in the race.

They certainly have a platform capable of this achievement: Bad Pak was runner-up in both class and overall results in the 2017 race.

Boat Type: RP 52 Owner: Tom Furlong Home Country: USA

Tom Furlong’s San Francisco YC-based Reichel/Pugh-designed Southern Cross 52 was launched in 2009, and competed in the last Transpac in 2019. In the competitive Division 1 fleet after 8 days of racing she missed a podium finish by less than two hours in corrected time – not bad for this being Furlong’s first Transpac.

“We purchased the boat in early 2018 and underwent an extensive refit specifically oriented to competing in the 2019 Transpac,” he said. “The boat and team sailed well in that race, but also knew there was more to learn and optimize. COVID cancelled the 2020 season, and so we hoped that 2021 Transpac was a realistic goal. We are looking forward to putting our increased knowledge of the boat into practice in this race.”

Furlong has some repeat players for this edition, but some new crew as well, such as Christopher Branning signed on as Navigator. The remainder of the team of 11 is as follows: Benjamin Allen, Blaine Pedlow, Hilary Hill, Mark Newbrook, Patrick O'Connor, Sarah Young, Sean “Doogie” Couvreux, Timoth Galligan and Tyler Baeder.

To prepare for this year’s race, Furlong says they have sailed in a number of multi day practice sessions, participation in the Islands Race in March – where they finished third in class, and a “multi day offshore loop.” The goal of these sessions was “to improve the our knowledge of the boat and sail inventory and generate needed performance information,” he said. “We have a number of new sails for the race to optimize, and have continued to enhance the offshore livability of the boat” an important goal for a 52-foot carbon rocketship.

Regardless, Furlong says “Our goals are always to be safe, have fun, learn and improve, and in the end feel like we sailed the boat well.”

Boat Type: Santa Cruz 50 Owner: Tom Camp Home Country: USA

Boat type: santa cruz 52 owner: steve sellinger home country: usa follow:.

While Steve Sellinger’s Santa Cruz 52  Triumph  is in Newport Beach, he is based in Park City, Utah and has been steadily improving his Transpac results since making his debut in the 2017 race: that year they scored 7th out of 10 competing in what is generally known as the Fabulous Fifties class of SC 50’s and SC 52’s. They improved on this to a 4th place in the last race edition in 2019. Its notable, however, that within this competitive class they win the top Corinthian team trophy for having an all-amateur crew.

This year Sellinger has enlisted some pro help, signing on Jeff Thorpe as navigator to supplement 2017 Transpac winning navigator & tactician, Brad Wheeler. Triumph is stacked with many years of expertise at navigation and tactical expertise to help guide the  Triumph  team towards another year of improved performance, and other crew members to be announced but drawing heavily from his past roster.

Sellinger is philosophic about his attraction to the race: “There is tremendous joy being on the open ocean and a real satisfaction building a team of 8 that can get each other across the Pacific,” he said, “pushing the boat and each other to work hard and stay focused. The race starts out in somewhat dreary (wet and cold) conditions and gradually warms over the days ending in what might be considered paradise.  There is great satisfaction in finishing this incredible race.”

Aesthetics aside, the Triumph team is also keen to get to that podium. “Our goal is to win and get the boat and it’s crew safely to Honolulu but ultimately enjoying the moment is the real satisfaction,” says Sellinger.

Spindrift V

Boat type: express 37 owner: andy schwenk home country: usa.

Andy Schwenk from Richmond, CA has sailed a few times to Hawaii – 49 times he reckons he’s crossed “that whale pasture,” three as a Transpac Race crew – but all of these trips have been on boats other than his own Express 37 Spindrift V .

So, he said “I figured it was about time to do one myself.”

Schwenk has yet to name the other four members of Team Spindrift , but he says between them they have numerous Transpac Races, Victoria-Maui’s, Pacific Cups, and other offshore races under their keels.

And his preparation plans seem simple: “Pump the bilges, load the icebox and wax the tiller.”

As for goals in the race, Schwenk’s are also simple: “Catch a Mahi and not be over early at the start.”

Boat Type: TP 52 Owner: Marek Omilian Home Country: USA Follow:

Marek Omilian’s TP 52 Sonic hailing from Seattle was designed by Farr Yacht Design and built at Cookson Boats in New Zealand in 2005 before most boats in this class evolved towards being the inshore specialty racers they are today. Build strength and resiliency were important characteristics in these early-generation designs, whose genetic roots were in the Transpac and other challenging races offshore.

“I bought the boat in 2018 after circumnavigating with Clipper-Round-the-World Race with the goal to race fast offshore,” said Omilian. “It took us last two years to bring the boat up to offshore shape and to build and train the crew. We cannot wait to have fun racing to from California to Hawaii next July!”

To prepare Sonic for the race, Omilian made a few upgrades in 2019 to get ready for the 2020 Pacific Cup, which was cancelled. “We have new offshore Main and few other sails, and have extended the bowsprit to full TP52 dimension. We are making a few other updates and adding a water maker.”

Omilian will be sailing his first-ever Transpac with an intended team of 10 selected from his usual team of 12, and will have David Rogers as navigator. Their delivery to SoCal from Seattle is long enough to meet the race’s qualification requirement, but they are also considering competing in the race to Cabo San Lucas and other events in SoCal in the 2021 season.

Being their first Tranpac, the Sonic team’s number one goal seems modest: to finish the race. Yet they also seek to have a podium finish while “having great fun speeding downwind under the light of the moon and stars.”

In fact, in this 51 st edition of the race the full moon is on July 24th, one week after the last start of the fastest boats, including Sonic – and with the first start of the race for the slowest boats being on July 13 th , the entire fleet should enjoy good starlight and moonlight during most of their race.

Boat Type: J/125 Owner: Rufus Sjoberg / Jason Crowson Home Country: USA

Rock ‘n roll, rapid transit, boat type: antrim 49 owner: james partridge home country: usa, boat type: j/121 owner: scott campbell home country: usa, pyewacket 70, boat type: volvo 70 modified owner: roy p. disney home country: usa.

The name Pyewacket could easily be synonymous with the modern era of Transpac: in nearly every year since 1987 there has been an entry under this name raced by a member of the Disney family and their teams, with the exception being in 2013 when the Pyewacket team partnered with Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats team to race the Australian R/P 100 that year. During this 34-year history of 17 races, the Pyewacket team has earned numerous class wins, the Barn Door Trophy and set a course record on four different boat designs with the same name.

In the last edition of the race, the Pyewacket team in their Andrews 68 had entered intent on an overall corrected time win, when in the second night of the race they hit a speed bump: OEX , another sled in the race, had a serious rudder system failure and was taking on water with liferafts already deployed. Disney and team altered course and rescued the team, sailed back to California, and received US Sailing’s prestigious Arthur B. Hanson award for their outstanding rescue at sea.

This year Roy P. Disney is back, this time intent on crossing the finish line at Diamond Head first in fleet with a fifth new design, a turbo-charged Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed Volvo 70, built for the Volvo Ocean Race in 2011. Disney but bought the boat in late 2019 in anticipation of TPYC’s planned LA-Tahiti Race in 2020. With that race postponed to next year, Disney and team now have their sights trained on a Barn Door Trophy win in Transpac.

“Transpac has always been on our "must do" races with all the boats our family has had over the years,” said Disney. “It is absolutely the best offshore race in existence and finishes in paradise!”

The Pyewacket team will grow to 13 to sail this rocketship, with an all-star team planned – joining Roy will be: Gary Weisman, Ben Mitchell, Robbie Kane, Brian Janney, Peter Isler, Mark Callahan, Jan Majer, Scott Easom, Jeff Reynolds, Rodney Daniel, Daryl Wislang and Mark Towill.

As a warm-up, the Pyewacket team not only participated in the recent Newport-Cabo San Lucas Race, but set a new course record of 1 day 21 hours 22 minutes, besting Magnitude 80’s old record by a whopping 14 hours.

Yet Disney’s stated goal for his Transpac experience is modest: He wants to “enjoy the comaraderie and wonderful sailing conditions we always expect and get sailing to Hawaii.”

The name Pied Piper in the Great Lakes is inexorably tied to offshore racing legend, having cut five hours off a 76-year old monohull course record in the 1987 edition of the 333-mile Chicago to Mackinac Race. This impressive mark set by the Andrews 68 ULDB was not defeated until 2002 by Roy Disney’s larger Reichel/Pugh 75 turbo-Sled Pyewacket , who still holds the record time of 23:30:24 for this race.

Pied Piper campaigned for decades among the Great Lakes 70’s in the Lakes, first by Dick Jennings and then by his son Jack, and the team has now set their sites on the Pacific where these designs started their offshore racing lives in the 1980’s before migrating to the Lakes. Purchasing the Santa Cruz 70 Holua in 2019 with it being kept in Portland since, Jack’s intent was to race in the 2020 Pacific Cup that was Covid-cancelled, and so has now re-focused their program on the 2021 Transpac.

Having already done one race as crew and thus eligible to join the Transpac YC, Jennings has yet to race as skipper, and is looking forward to “the challenge of sailing to Hawaii.” The team plans to have 10 crew aboard and complete qualifying races in Southern California in 2021 to train and be ready for the start in July.

“We will have a number of 'rookie' Midwest sailors on the race who have spent a lot of time on SC 70's,” he said, “but never with them pointing to Hawaii.”

As for boat preparation, Jennings said “Our boat hasn't been raced since 2017. There are a lot of things that have changed in the Offshore world - we are doing our best to keep up.”

They have joined an active and competitive class of Sleds that have in recent years have also been contenders for top overall prizes in the race.

Boat Type: Kernan 68 Owner: Doug Baker Home Country: USA

Peligroso skipper Doug Baker has to be one of the more loyal participants in Transpac Race history, having competed in 19 races as a skipper and twice as a crew. There will be few in the 2021 fleet that have that impressive level of long term dedication to this race.

In the 50 th edition in 2019, Baker and many of his team members were part of the Chubasco crew that sailed the renovated 1939 S&S yawl to Diamond Head. This was a vessel very different from Baker’s usual preference for high speed sloops… he does after all hold the existing course record of 11 days 10 hours 13 minutes and 18 seconds in the Transpacific YC’s other classic ocean race: the LA – Tahiti Race. Baker’s Alan Andrews-designed Magnitude 80 set this goalpost in 2008, and being over a decade old now this record time is alluring for more modern designs to come have a try at breaking it, possibly in next year’s running of the race postponed from last year.

In 2019 Baker re-entered the world of fast monohull sailing by purchasing the 2005-built Kernan 68 Peligroso , and in July will start Transpac with a team of 12 that includes Baker, navigator Ernie Richau, and an impressive list of Pacific ocean racing talent: Keith Kilpatrick, Tim Kernan, Bill Durant, Dustin Durant, Jimmy Slaughter, Juggy Coulgher, Doug Mclean, Mike Pentecost, and Mike Van Dyke.

The team plans to race to Cabo San Lucas from Newport Beach in March as their qualifier, as well as the SoCal 300 in May, with the goal of being competitive and having solid results in all races.

Boat Type: TP 52 Owner: Eduardo Porter Ludwig Home Country: MEX

After acquiring the TP 52 Patches from fellow Mexican yachtsman Jorge Ripstein in 2014, current owner Eduardo Porter Ludwig campaigned here to a respectable 3rd place class finish in the 2015 edition of Transpac, just 17 minutes behind the division winner, Craig Reynolds’s TP 52 Bolt .

Now 6 years later Ludwig (or Goldo as he’s known) and Reynolds are both back for the 51st edition of the race, although this time Bolt has grown to be a Nelson/Marek 68 and may be in a different division than Patches . Nonetheless, Goldo is keen to return to this race.

“Our first Transpac in 2015 was amazing,” he said, “with a 3rd place result with a full Mexican crew. After that we did the Rolex Big Boat Series, two San Diego – Puerto Vallarta races and a couple of small offshore races in Mexico. The TP52 class died in Acapulco in 2018 so I decided to keep Patches in Long Beach to participate in local regattas during the 2019/20 season.”

The pandemic lockdown then changed plans for competing in that season, so he looked ahead to 2021.

“I was tired of not doing anything exciting,” Goldo said, “so decided to do major repairs on the boat to make her faster and stronger, and the Newport-Cabo San Lucas Race in March 2021 as the qualifier. We were then thinking about Europe in the summer, but then I said ‘why not Transpac?’ because the boat will be ready to go for that race.”

Like others who will be mid-Pacific in July, Goldo is looking further south and west for even more adventure after the race. ”We are thinking afterwards to send the boat to Sydney and do the Hobart Race,” he said.

With navigation guidance provided by Marc Span, the Patches team is planning on a fairly large group of 11 crew that includes Goldo, Span, Daniel Porter and Jan Hossfeld from the 2015 team, Federico Haller, Federico Ortiz, Andres Alvarado and Javier Patron from other offshore races on the team, and Emilio Del Valle, Valentin Pratt and Alex Murrieta on their first long offshore race.

For Goldo, the goals for the Patches team are simple: “To have a great experience and share this with my crew.”

Boat Type: Santa Cruz 50 Owner: Michael Moradzadeh Home Country: USA Follow:

The Bill Lee-designed Santa Cruz 50 predates by a few years the iconic Santa Cruz 70 as being one of the perfect designs for Lee’s famous philosophy for Pacific sailing: Fast is Fun! Light, narrow, and easy to sail offwind, SC 50’s have been racing to Hawaii in nearly every Transpac race since being first launched some 40 years ago.

Michael Moradzadeh’s San Francisco Bay area-based Oaxaca has been a regular entry in these races over the years, and with his ownership since 2015 he has skippered in two races: 2017 and in 2019. Within the usually competitive Fabulous Fifties class of SC 50’s and their newer cousins the Santa Cruz 52’s, Moradzadeh and team showed considerable improvement in these two races, earning an 8 th place in 2017 and then winning the class in 2019… but not by much: Oaxaca’s winning margin in corrected time after over 9 days of racing was less than 12 minutes over rival SC 50 Horizon owned by John Shulze, the class winner in 2017.

Including himself, Moradzadeh plans to have nine on board for the race, with nearly the exact same winning team he had in 2019. This includes two prominent female pro sailors - Liz Baylis returning as Navigator and UK-based Dee Caffari as a helmsman – along with Harry Spedding, Molly Noble, Brett DeWire, Patrick Lewis and David Ritchie.

The team seems confident in their boat’s set up for the race, because when asked if they were making any modifications, Moradzadeh’s reply was simple: “We might clean it,” and as a race goal he said it was to “Beat our 2019 performance.”

All kidding aside, he did say “We had a wonderful time winning our division by a bare 12 minutes [in 2019]. Looking forward to another delightful passage and a party at the end.”

For a pre-race warm-up for the main event, Moradzadeh and crew plan on racing the 2021 Coastal Cup to bring the boat down the coast for the start.

San Diego-based Standish Fleming is not new to Transpac, having raced in 4 previous races as crew, but 2021 will be his first edition as Skipper of the J/125 Nereid . This is certainly a proven design in Transpac, with her sistership Hamachi having won the overall King Kalakaua Trophy in the 2019 edition after eight and a half days of vigorous sailing in ideal conditions.

Yet Fleming knows the more you put into this carbon speedster the more you get back in performance: “I would have liked to have more time to get the boat and crew in shape,” he said. “She is an easy boat to sail but a hard boat to sail fast. But at age 74, I do everything in real time or it likely doesn't happen.”

Like Hamachi , Nereid will race with six on board as crew. These include Fleming, Jeremy Davidson, Rick Graef, Charlie Jenkins, Calvin Schmid and Damian Craig as Navigator. They qualified the boat for Transpac by racing in this Spring’s Newport-Cabo Race, respectably finishing on the podium among six entries in Class C.

As for other preparation plans for Transpac, Fleming said their plan has been simple: to “fix everything that was worn or broken” from previous campaigns.

Fleming says their primary goals for the race are to “get to Honolulu safely, and enjoy the trip. The last Honolulu race I sailed was in 1971. I want to see the big ocean once again.”

Boat Type: Cal 40 Owner: Mark Ashmore Home Country: USA

With a promising start in July 2019 in Transpac 50, Mark Ashmore’s Nalu V was one among five other Cal 40’s headed to Diamond Head in what was looking to be one of the most competitive classes in the race. Even though these classic Transpac designs are over 50 years old, their skippers and crews are always keen to push the boats and themselves after months and sometimes years of preparation.

“My wife Kathy and I had been working very hard on our Cal 40, and were so excited to be prepared and start the 2019 Transpac!,” said Ashmore, who hails from South Shore YC in Newport Beach. This was to be his first race to Honolulu.

But on the first night of their race the Race Committee received this message from Nalu V: “Difficulties keeping bilge dry, pumps keeping ahead but reason for water ingress unknown, returning to port." There were no reported injuries or other problems, and the tracker soon afterwards confirmed the team’s about face to return to port.

“Unfortunately our first campaign ended in a retirement,” said Ashmore, “so this second chance means even more to us. Our goal is to finish and have fun! This was our only goal in this year’s San Diego-Puerto Vallarta Race, and yet we ended up placing 2nd in Division 6 and 15th overall!

“Not bad for an old girl loaded down with cruising gear!”

Boat Type: Stevens 47 Owner: Justin Waite Home Country: USA

Hailing from Kenai Fjords YC in Alaska, Justin Waite, Jesse Osborne and their crew on their Stevens 47 Mikmaks are new to Transpac in 2021.

“Transpac seems like a fun way to get to Hawaii!,” says Justin. “This race is a bucket list item for our entire crew, and the boat is on the West Coast and is ready to go. The time was right for us to enter and experience this challenging race.”

In all there will be six aboard for the race, dominated by family members – two Waites and two Osborne’s – along with two other crew named “Dr. Rick” and “Gary the Racer.” Justin is planning to navigate, and their qualifying passage will be the long delivery trip to LA from their current base in the San Juan Islands.

For preparation, Justin says “The boat underwent a complete refit with offshore racing in mind, but she's still more of a comfortable cruising boat than a racer,” a feature we’re sure will be appreciated more than once on this race.

And as for goals, he says “To borrow from equine endurance racing: ‘To finish is to win.’ Our goal is to arrive in Hawaii with a happy, healthy crew and a boat ready to sail another passage.”

Medicine Man

Boat type: andrews 63 owner: bob lane home country: usa, boat type: judel-vrolijk 72 owner: bryon ehrhart home country: usa, boat type: rogers 46 owner: dave macewen home country: usa.

Dave MacEwen is not new to Transpac. In three previous editions he and his team on the Santa Cruz 52 Lucky Duck have earned respectable results, placing third in the 2019 and 2015 editions in the “Fabulous Fifties” group of SC 50’s and SC 52’s, one of the most competitive classes in the race.

Yet for 2021 MacEwan has chosen a different path with his plan to compete in this edition with a platform new to him this year, a Rogers 46. This all carbon-fiber race boat designed in 2006 by Simon Rogers and built at CMI in Thailand is a very different platform to race to Hawaii than the SC 52 cruiser/racer.

“We have stepped up to a faster, but far less comfortable, Rogers 46 for this race, and are excited to get her out in the big wind and waves we routinely see on our way to Hawaii.” Indeed, Lucky Duck’s elapsed time in the 2019 race was 24 hours slower than Bob Pethick’s Rogers 46 Bretwalda 3 .

The Rogers 46 design type is no stranger to Transpac: Pethick is entered once again in this cycle, on the hunt for a class win after their third-place performance in 2019, and Chris Hemans’  Varuna captured a class win in 2017 and third place performance in 2015. With the high level of experience depth found on both teams, no doubt the rivalry between Lucky Duck and Bretwalda 3 for the 2021 race will be keen to watch.

MacEwen is looking forward to this: “The Transpac race is for us the ultimate test of boat prep, navigation and sailing skills. We look forward to going up against some of the best talent in the world as we battle our way to the finish line,” he said.

In preparation for the race MacEwen says “We are working through the sail inventory now, and we will also be installing new Lithium ion batteries. For training we plan on doing the Islands Race, the Cabo Race and California Offshore Race Week as we prepare for Transpac in July.”

Boat Type: Olson 40 Owner: Tim Jones Home Country: USA

The first few days of 2019’s Transpac 50 were looking good for Lomita, California-based Tim Jones and his crew on his 1983-launched Olson 40 Live Wire. They were making solid progress jib-reaching in the big winds and seas 250 miles off the coast, tracking steadily on a route a little north of the bulk of the fleet and thus shaving a few miles off the 2200 miles left to the finish at Diamond Head, and thereby leading their division at this early stage in the race.

But then disaster struck on the morning of the third day of their race: Live Wire reported having a broken the top section of their mast above the second spreader, forcing them to turn back under jury rig. No one was injured, but the trip back to the coast was a long one, taking five days to reach their home port in San Pedro.

Given this incident, Jones is still good-natured yet understandably keen to “finish what we started in 2019, with the goal "to finish without breaking the boat."

Aside from a new spar, there are no other modifications anticipated to Live Wire, and the team plans to race in the SoCal 300 and the LAYC Breakout Race #4 to prepare for Transpac 2021.

Ty Park, Dan Shine, Liz Hopkins, Rich Kennedy are on Jones’s crew, with a total of six planned.

Boat Type: Beneteau 49 Owner: Brett Crawford and Jason Halloway Home Country: USA Follow:

Hailing from the San Francisco Bay area and SFYC and StFYC, Brett Crawford and Jason Halloway are co-skippering their 2005 Berret-Racoupeau-designed Beneteau 49 entry Knotty in the 2021 Transpac. The two are part of an interesting bi-national team of seven crew from the US and Denmark.

As Crawford says, “Our team is a group of long-time close friends with sailing being the common thread that connects us all. We have all sailed together (and against each other) for many years in the Knarr one design class in the USA, Denmark and Norway. Our team is half American and half Danish. The guys on our team have both raced and cruised all over the world, but I am the only member of our team who has prior experience racing to Hawaii.”

As such, everyone else has had this race on their Bucket List, and the decision to race in 2021 is prompted by one simple fact: “We are certainly not getting any younger!”

The Knotty team of Anders Fisker, Christian Fisker, Lars Gottfredsen, Tim Von Nieda, Scott Sullivan, Jason Holloway and Crawford nonetheless plans to race with the proper priorities in place.

“The thing that I am most looking forward to about this 2021 Transpac race,” he said, “is making the 10-day passage with my closest friends on board. In preparation we purchased another 165-quart cooler to hold enough beer and wine for 10 days. We probably should have gone with a larger size cooler. If there was an ORR rule against having too much fun, Team Knotty would be disqualified the moment the starting gun is fired!”

For their qualifying trip, the team completed in early October their 401-mile passage from San Francisco to Newport Beach in two days. As for goals, the Knotty  team’s are simple: “To make every minute of this race fun,” said Crawford. “No stress. No yelling. No anxiety. Just 7 guys having a fun sail to Hawaii.”

San Diego-based Dan Merino is entering the 2021 Transpac on his Express 37 Juno for his first time as a Skipper, although he’s done the race twice before as crew. While this Carl Schumacher design series-built in Santa Cruz by Alsberg was first launched in 1984, these boats remain popular in West Coast sailing, and Merino has owned Juno since 2018.

When asked why he decided to enter this year, Merino said “I think for most people that have done this race, there is an urge that develops that makes you want to do it again. There's something about waking up more than 1000 miles away from land, spotting the Islands after many days at sea, and surfing the boat in the Molakai Channel to the finish that makes it addictive,” a sentiment shared by many Transpac veterans.

Merino plans to race with six on board, who include Jeff Westbrook as Navigator and Bill Jenkins, Simon Garland, JC Langlois, and Merino’s son Zach, who has been an instrumental part of the Juno program. Dan said “For me, I bought the boat with the intention of doing the race. Entering the race was solidified when my son Zach showed interest in being part of the crew.”

For the team’s qualifying passages, Merino said “We've been focusing on offshore racing for the past 2 years. Races we have done and are targeting are Newport to Ensenada, the Islands Race, Little Ensenada, and the SoCal 300. In addition we plan on doing some 200-mile practice passages.”

And for preparation, he said “Other than getting the boat down to the essentials we'll add a couple of asymmetric spinnakers and plan on adding an aft bulkhead in front of the rudder.”

The goals for the team are well stated by both Merino and team member JC Langlois: “For me, its getting there safely, doing well, and sharing a very unique experience with my son,” said Merino. “I've got a great crew and hope they all have the desire to do another one with me in the future. “

“To complete and place well in the race,” said Langlois. “Looking forward to feeling the exhilaration of the ocean crossing and its elements as our ancestors did.”

Boat Type: Santa Cruz 50 Mod Owner: Wayne Zittel Home Country: USA Follow:

Boat type: farr 57 owner: cecil/alyson rossi home country: usa.

Transpac is special for Grand Illusion and this year’s race will be Grand Illusion’s 16 th  Transpac. Launched as  Hotel California   in 1986 as Santa Cruz 70 hull number 6 it raced in 1987 and shortly thereafter was purchased by Ed McDowell and renamed  Grand Illusion . The McDowells had great success with “GI” racing in 13 Transpacs, and setting a record by winning first overall on three occasions (1999, 2011 & 2015). David Clark purchased the boat in 2018 and he along with his talented crew, including navigator Patrick O’Brien have enjoyed class wins in the 2020 PV Race and 2021 Cabo Race. This will be GI’s second Transpac under Clark.

Boat Type: RP 63 Owner: George Hershman / Mark Comings Home Country: USA

The 63-foot Reichel/Pugh-designed GoodEnergy co-skippered by George Hershman and Mark Comings joins a strong fleet of similar high-performance monohulls entered in this year’s race. Having just bought this proven offshore yacht from Australia – she was built in 2009 as Loki in carbon/nomex at McConaghy, and was the 2011 winner of the Sydney-Hobart Race – Hershman thinks this is right time for Transpac.

“This has been a goal for us to pull together a great group of friends and talented sailors to do Transpac together,” Hershman said. “When we found such a well-accomplished boat like Loki, we knew this was the right boat and right time to bring together the GoodEnergy team for this race.”

While this is the first Transpac for Hershman, he says he has surrounded himself with a strong veteran team the includes co-skipper Mark Comings, navigator Jib Kelly, Chuck Clay, Mike Burch, Kenny Dair and others to be named soon for the roster of 12 crew. To prepare for the race, the team plans to do the SoCal 300 in May, and some work on the boat: “Some optimization is needed for Transpac,” said Hershman. “We plan to update the sail plan and reduce some bulb weight, and upgrades to the electronics, but not much. The boat is in very good shape.”

Yet for such a high performance platform as GoodEnergy , the team’s goals are simple. “Our goal is to compete hard and sail our best,” said Hershman. “We have put together a strong team to do that. Our main goal is to enjoy ourselves and have a lot of fun! The group on the boat has grown up together as friends and finishing at Diamond Head together will be a magical moment.”

Boat Type: Dehler 46 Owner: Gregory Dorn Home Country: USA

Since 2019, Tiburon, CA-based Greg Dorn has been training and racing his team on his new Dehler 46 Competition Favonius , with some impressive initial success: third place in Class A at the Big Boat Series. Dorn now has Transpac in the team’s sights, saying “We have been planning for the right moment to do the Transpac and building a racing program around Favonius is affording us a unique opportunity. We have been racing her and find that come July 2021 we will be extremely well prepared.”

Among those preparations Dorn says are “optimizing symmetrical and asymmetrical set ups with an additional fractional stay for staysails. We will upgrade the primary winches and some electronics.”

Dorn plans to race with 7 on the team, with Will Paxton named as Navigator. And while this is Dorn’s first Transpac, he is taking a long view of this race, saying they see the 2021 race the first of many future races in Transpac.

“First and foremost, our goals are to learn how the platform performs and have fun,” he says. “I am taking the long view and plan to return in 2023, 25 and beyond so this first race focused on collecting knowledge that will help us sail better in subsequent Transpacs.

Boat Type: Ker 51 Owner: John Raymont Home Country: USA Follow:

John Raymont’s Ker 51 Fast Exit II is a recent acquisition, having been bought in 2020 to replace his prior Fast Exit , an Andrews 40 he raced in the 2017 and 2019 editions of the Transpac Race.

For the 2021 edition he plans to have a crew of 10 total, with all but three named so far in addition to himself: Alan Andrews, Zack Maxam, Randy Moreno, Pike Harris, Steve Mader and Doug Johnstone as Navigator.

John said he has “watched the Transpac Race with envy since being a kid, which was the basis for us doing our first exciting race in 2017. Now I’m hooked!”

In preparation for the start in July 2021, Fast Exit II plans to race in the Islands Race in February and the Newport Beach to Cabo San Lucas Race in March.

Goals for the 2021 Transpac Race include “Having a fun 7-day sail to Hawaii, and winning the race.”

Boat Type: KER 46 Owner: Bill McKinley Home Country: USA Follow:

Bill McKinley and his Denali3 team are accustomed to fast boats, first on his Nelson/Marek 70 Denali, then his HPR Carkeek 40 Denali2, and since 2018 on his new Denali3, a Ker 46+. Being from Grosse Pointe, MI, the team is best known for pursuing their racing prowess on fresh water: they are perennial competitors in the annual Bayview-Mackinac and Chicago-Mackinac Races.

In 2007, however, McKinley did come west to compete in his first Transpac Race on the Nelson/Marek 70, and now is back for 2021 to race to paradise once again. The race left an impression.

“Without a doubt the 2007 Transpac Race was the most enjoyable race any of us have ever sailed,” said McKinley. “When I built Denali3, running the Transpac Race was always on our "bucket list.” With our 2020 sailing season short-circuited due to Covid (we planned to do the 2020 Newport to Bermuda Race), we made the decision to pull up our timing and focus on something incredibly exciting.”

The Denali team has been tight over the years, and McKinley can already name the 8 crew to accompany him on the race: Norm Berge, Nick Diephouse, Nick Ford, Pat Gardner, Geoff Paine, Jim Offer, Dan Thompson and Randy Singelyn as Navigator.

The goals for this Midwest team are simple: “Champagne downwind sailing with a group of close friends.”

Boat Type: Andrews 77 Owner: John Clement Home Country: USA

Based in Newport Beach but representing two clubs – Newport Harbor and Balboa YC’s – the Compadres team has a leadership, crew and boat that runs deep in Transpac talent to be a competitive force to be reckoned with in 2021.

Their Andrews 77 now named Compadres was built in 2003 as Alchemy , became Ocean in a tour of the Great Lakes, then was transported back to California and re-assembled at SD Boatworks in 2019 where the members of Cal Maritime’s offshore team learned to handle her power both in the qualifying races and passages and the 50 th edition of the Transpac itself, where they earned a respectable 3 rd place in Division 1.

The Compadres team will be led by skipper Tyler Wolk. They have an ambitious slate of races ahead that includes the Cabo Race, Santa Barbara to San Diego Race, Long Point Race,  Islands Race, 14 Mile Bank Race, Hot Rum Series, Around Catalina Race, Sunkist Series, and Ensenada Race.

Preparations for Compadres are extensive with a complete modernization plan underway: all new electronics, instruments, software and programming, enhanced sail inventory, renewed standing & running rigging, faired and refinished bottom, keel & rudder, and new rudder bearings. The engine is rebuilt with a new control panel, all new hydraulic lines, the deck is renewed with new non-skid, there is a new water ballast system, all new safety gear & life rafts, new watermaker & refrigerator, new lifelines and a pass-thru pulpit, and rebuilt winches & clutches.

The initial roster for the Compadres team is as follows: Don Yahn, John Clement, David Dahl, Michael Dahl, Sean Dahl, Brett Scott, Bart Scott, Anton Visser, Doug Welsh, and Travis Winsor… a total crew of 14 is being planned for the race.

Saying that they’re doing the race because of  “too many conversations in the NHYC Pirates Den,” their goal is to have a race that will be Safe – Fast – and Fun

Boat Type: DK46 Owner: David Gates Home Country: USA

Boat type: pac 52 owner: kate and jim murray home country: usa follow:.

Kate and Jim Murray purchased the Pac 52 Invisible Hand in 2019 with the intent of racing in the Great Lakes for the 2020 season from their base in Chicago, and with the Chicago-Mac Race cancelled they nonetheless raced to the island from the east side in the Bayview Mac Race.

Transpac fans will remember Invisible Hand as the overall winner in the 2017 edition of the race, and there have been no modifications to the boat since, so she should be a strong contender.

After the abbreviated 2020 racing season but some local team training in the Lakes, the Callisto team plans to head West in the Fall for the Newport to Cabo Race and then California Race Week in 2021.

This will be the first Transpac Race for the Murray’s, and when asked what inspired him to do the race, Jim said “This is the race this boat was meant to sail.”

Callisto plans to race with 12 aboard, including Jason Andrews as Navigator, and Shawn Dougherty – these two were the overall winners in 2019’s Transpac 50 on board their J/125 Hamachi .

Jim says their goal for the 2021 Transpac is to have “a safe and enjoyable ride to Oahu!”

Boat Type: Rogers 46 Owner: Bob Pethick Home Country: USA

After many years of racing in the Great Lakes, Bob Pethick headed west and competed in this first Transpac Race in 2013 on his 2007-launched Rogers 46 Bretwalda 3 . That year he corrected to a second place finish in his division, while in his next race in 2015 his finish was fifth, and in last year’s Transpac 50 he finished third, although he had the lowest elapsed time in the class and scored third in overall results as well.

“I love the Transpac Race,” said Pethick, “I plan to continue sailing the race as long as I can!” And given his track record of close finishes, Pethick also added “It would be nice to win one” as a stated goal for the team.

There are no modifications planned for Bretwalda 3 , and the veteran team plans to do the Cabo San Lucas Race held in March 2021 in preparation.

The current roster on the Bretwalda 3 team includes a crew loyal to this boat and this race: Gary Warner, Wally Cross, Paul Kerber and Jay Davis have all sailed at least two of the last three Transpac Races with Pethick. A total crew of 8 is planned.

Boat Type: Nelson Marek 68 Owner: Craig L. Reynolds Home Country: USA Follow:

Boat type: botin 56 owner: tom holthus home country: usa follow:.

Tom Holthus is a Transpac stalwart, having entered in every race since 2009 on various boats called Bad Pak . That year he won Division 4 on his J/145, a feat he repeated in 2011 with another division victory. In the next 2013 and 2015 races victory eluded he and his team on his much larger and more complex STP 65 of the same name, so in 2017 and 2019 he competed on a new Pac 52, finishing as runner-up to Invisible Hand in both Division and overall standings in 2017, and winning Division 1 in the 50 th edition Transpac in 2019.

This year he is returning with yet another Bad Pak , this time a Botin 56, in search of another Division 1 win despite the boat being new to he and his team of eight – he says they have only completed their minimum required 150-mile passage in preparation for this race due to the time spent to make modifications necessary for offshore racing.

“This boat was built for inshore racing so several modifications have been made since April,” said Holthus. “The hydraulic power winches were converted from the engine to a lithium ion-driven power source - who wants the engine on all the time sailing across the Pacific? Reefing points were added to the mast and boom, along with pipe berths, and a galley and water maker were added to the interior, along with a full communications systems.”

Handling those systems will be electronics expert Artie Means as Navigator, and several other highly experienced veterans of Transpac and numerous other offshore races: Matt Smith, Bruce Nelson, Bill Hardesty, Cody Schlub, Jon Gardner, Jon Ziskind and Kelly Holthus for a total of eight on board.

Asked why he decided to enter in this edition, Holtus’s answer was simple: “To experience the best finish on the planet.”

And asked about the team’s goals for this race, he said “We were victorious among the Saturday starters in 2019, and with much of the same team back in 2021 of course we would like to repeat this win. But we also understand repeating [victories] in any sport is extremely difficult and requires flawless performance by the team and lots of luck going its way.”

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VESSEL REVIEW | Sinichka – Electric commuter boats designed for Russia’s Moskva River

A series of three new electric monohull commuter ferries have already begun operational sailings on the Moskva River in the Russian capital Moscow.

Built by Russian shipyard Emperium, sister vessels Sinichka , Filka , and Presnya – all named after rivers in Moscow – are being operated by the Moscow Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development (Moscow Deptrans). They are the first units of a planned fleet of 20 vessels that will serve the capital city and other nearby communities. The new ferry system will be the water transport system to be operated on the Moskva River in 16 years.

Each vessel has a welded aluminium hull, an LOA of 21 metres, a beam of 6.2 metres, a draught of only 1.4 metres, a displacement of 40 tonnes, and capacity for 80 passengers plus two crewmembers. Seating is available for 42 passengers on each ferry, and the main cabins are also fitted with USB charging ports, wifi connectivity, tables, toilets, and space for bicycles and scooters. The cabin layout can be rearranged to allow the operator to adjust the distances between the seats and to install armrests of varying widths.

An open upper deck is also accessible to passengers and is the only area on each ferry where smoking is allowed.

The ferries are all of modular construction with each ferry’s wheelhouse, main cabin, and other structural elements being built as complete, separate components. This enables the ferries to be easily dismantled for transport to anywhere in Russia by rail and then quickly re-assembled within seven days.

The ferries are also ice-capable. Recently completed operational trials on the Moskva showed that the vessels can also easily navigate under mild winter conditions with broken surface ice, though year-round operations are planned for the entire fleet.

The ferries are each fitted with 500kWh lithium iron phosphate battery packs that supply power to two 134kW motors. This configuration can deliver a maximum speed of 11.8 knots, a cruising speed of just under 10 knots, and a range of 150 kilometres.

Emperium said the transfer of rotation of electric motors to the propeller is carried out by direct drive. As a propulsion installation, a pulling rotary propeller-steering column with double screws is used. The installation of double pulling screws, with similar power, allows an operator to increase the efficiency of the propulsion system to deliver a slightly higher speed or to reduce energy consumption. This arrangement also provides the ferries with enhanced manoeuvrability necessary for navigating in close quarters.

The batteries themselves have projected service lives of 10 to 12 years and are fitted with safety features such as built-in fire extinguishers and gas vents. Quick-disconnect features allow the batteries to be easily removed for replacement or maintenance.

Some of our readers have expressed disquiet at our publication of reviews and articles describing new vessels from Russia. We at Baird Maritime can understand and sympathise with those views. However, despite the behaviour of the country’s leaders, we believe that the maritime world needs to learn of the latest developments in vessel design and construction there.

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