U.S. yacht wins
fN.Z. Press Asin.—Copyright) HONOLULU.
Windward Passage, a 73ft ketch from .the Lahaina Yacht Club, which set a record for making the voyage from San Pedro, California, to Honolulu, has been officially declared the winner of the 1971 trans-Pacific yacht race on elapsed time. “There were no protests filed,” said a race spokesman. Four vessels had already completed the 2225-mile journey out of 69 that started on July 4. Windward Passage completed the trip in nine days,
nine hours and six minutes, knocking an hour and 14 minutes from the mark set in: 1969 by the 83-foot ketch Blackfin. Blackfin crossed the Diamond Head finishing line with a time of nine days, 17 hours, and 17 minutes. Ondine, a 73-foot ketch from the Larchmont Yacht Club, was the third vessel to finish, crossing the line 41 minutes behind Blackfin.
; Buccaneer, a 73-foot cutter from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Club, finished I later in the morning.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32661, 17 July 1971, Page 15
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