In division 1, Tom Holthus’ Pac 52 BadPak (with North expert Jon Gardner) beat out Duncan Hine’s Alive* by more than two hours. In division 2, Yabsley/Compton’s RP70 TaxiDancer finished just ahead of Santa Cruz 70 Buona Sera and Bill Lee Custom Merlin (with North expert Brian Malone). In division 3, the J/125 Hamachi owned by Shawn Dougherty and Jason Andrews claimed first, and, once the clock ran out, also the overall Transpac victory. In the Santa Cruz 50/52 division, Oaxaca, Michael Moradzadeh and David Ritchie’s SC50 took the win. Division 5 was won by Tom Barker’s Swan Good Call. In division 6, Corinthian team J/121 BlueFlash skippered by Scott Grealish took the win, followed by Ho’okolohe with two North experts (and father and son) Jim and James Foster. Michael Yokel’s Quester took second in division 7, just ahead of the all-Corinthian J/44 Patriot (Paul Stemler). In the Cal40 division, Callisto with the Eddy family and Kerry Deaver as navigator took first, powered by their North 3A spinnaker. In the multihull division, Jason Carroll’s ARGO was first to finish, ahead of Peter Cunningham on Powerplay and Giovanni Soldini on Maserati. Great job to all!
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