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Invisible Hand at the Diamon Head finish of the Transpac 2017 race on Thursday, July 13, 2017. Photo courtesy of Sharon Green/Ultimate Sailing.

Invisible Hand wins the Transpac 2017 race

Thursday (July 13) at 11:20:10 a.m. INVISIBLE HAND crossed the Diamond Head finish line to become the ORR Overall 1st place winner in Transpac 2017.

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Comanche at the Transpac 2017 start in California. Photo courtesy Sharon Green / Ultimate Sailing

Comanche is the first monohull to finish the Transpac 2017 race

At 1130 HST Jim Clarke’s 100-foot monohull Comanche, a stunning 100 footer, is set to cross Diamond Head Finish line before noon Tuesday (July 11), and will dock at Gordon Biersch, inside Honolulu Harbor.

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Mighty Merloe and Comanche on race record pace in 2017 Transpac

One week after the first wave of starters and four days after the last wave, the bulk of the 55 entries in this year’s 49th edition of the Transpac are at about their halfway points to the finish at Diamond Head in Honolulu.

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First finishers of the Transpac 2017 race expected to finish Monday (July 10)

The Diamond Head buoy will welcome the first finishers of the 2017 biennial Transpac sailing race Monday (July 10) after a 2,225-mile trek across the Pacific Ocean from Pt. Fermin in Long Beach, California to Oahu.

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Final wave of Transpac boats on their way to Hawaii Thursday (July 6)

The final three divisions with the fastest and biggest boats, including two 100-footers among them and a fleet of five multihulls, crossed the starting line Thursday (July 6).

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Start of the 2017 TransPac race. Photo courtesy Sharon Green / Ultimate Sailing

Start of 2017 Transpac race underway from California to Hawaii

Monday (July 3), dozens of boats started the 2,225-mile journey from Point Fermin in Los Angeles to Diamond Head in the 49th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race, more commonly known as Transpac.

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