Transpac Race 2025 Update

(Honolulu, Hawaii)- Starting on July 1st, four divisions began racing the 2,225.0nm Transpac Race at 1320 hrs on the waters off of Los Angeles’s Point Fermin. Organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club, the biennial event is considered one of the world’s premier ocean races. It uses three pursuit-style starts spread over five days (July 1, 3, and 5, 2025) to help all 53 boats finish within days of each other at Honolulu’s Diamond Head.

On Thursday, here was the status of the various J/Teams in the race.

ORR 4 Division
Oliver & Steven Ernest’s J/145 AIMANT DE FILLE was currently in first place using estimated corrected time.

ORR 6 Division
A quartet of the famous J/125s that have all won or placed on the podium in the Transpac Race are having a neck-and-neck battle for the lead. Those teams include Andrew Picel’s ARSENAL, Jim Nichol’s VELVET HAMMER,
and Tom Garnier’s REINRAG 2. Currently, the top three on the podium are ARSENAL, VELVET HAMMER, and REINRAG 2.

ORR 7 Division
Two J/111s were sailing the race. Currently, they were sitting in 2nd and 3rd, Jack & Doug Jorgensen’s PICOSA and Tolga Cezik’s LODOS, respectively.

Follow the Transpac Race here on YB Tracker
https://yb.tl/transpac2025

For more Transpac Race sailing information
http://www.transpacrace.com