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Starting with donation of the 72-foot yawl BARUNA in 1972, the Cal Maritime Academy Foundation (CMAF) has provided numerous opportunities for cadets to sail on offshore yachts as part of their training to become merchant seamen. The experience they gain in seamanship, navigation, leadership and teamwork while offshore is an invaluable part of their skill set in this important and lucrative field.
No wonder Cal Maritime has the highest graduate employment rate (94%) of all Cal State Universities with starting salaries at the top of national averages.
Their entry in this year’s Transpac on the Andrews 77 CAL MARITIME is made possible by a donation made in 2022 and is the second time the boat will race under the Cal Maritime flag as a donated yacht. CMA Cadets have participated in four past Transpac races but 2023 will be the second race (first in 2019) that the team is being fully supported financially by the CMAF donation program.
“Our sponsorship of this race is intended to bring attention to the program and Cal Maritime,” said CMAF’s Donation Program Manager Bo Smith. “Last year the CMAF Donation program provided over $7,000,000 in support, equipment and capital improvements to the Academy and over $250,000 to support Cal Maritime Sailing and the Offshore Sailing Program for 2022/2023. These are all funds provided by the generous donation of yachts through the sailing and yachting community.”
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The 52nd Transpac kicks off this weekend in San Pedro. Come be part of the experience!
Transpac Village is open at Cabrillo Way Marina. Crews can stop into the Racers’ Retreat for access to wifi and local information. Race sponsors including SD Boatworks and LW Regatta Gear will be present. If you are in the area, you can walk through Transpac Village to see the boats and preparations.
Check out what else is in store for the next few weeks!
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For those unable to physically participate in the race, the Transpacific Yacht Club and RealSail have partnered to offer an interesting online alternate: the RealSail Virtual Transpac 2023 race game.
This virtual game is being made available for participants at no charge and is set up specifically for Transpac to mirror the real race. The game will feature five classes to choose from and three separate starts (on the same days as the Transpac starts). The classes and start dates are:
June 27 -- Cal 40
June 29 -- J/125
July 1 -- TP 52, ULDB 70 and MOD 70
To learn more about the RealSail Virtual Transpac 2023 and to enroll and play in the free practice race on June 13, go to www.realsail.net.
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Given smithREgroup founder Randy Smith’s lifelong involvement in sailing, there’s a natural fit for the firm to be a 2023 sponsor of Transpac. Among the portfolio of services that smithREgroup offers its clients - which includes real estate brokerage and advisement of all types of residential and commercial properties, resort rentals, and business consulting – is corporate teambuilding through an entity called Teambuild Sailing.
As us sailors know, there cannot be any success in this sport without solid skills in communication, coordination, appropriate selection of personnel and careful preparation for uncertainties that may lie ahead. Teambuild Sailing teaches these skills with onboard sailing experiences coupled with classroom instruction to analogize how these will apply to and enhance the success of any business enterprise.
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One week from today, at 1300 PDT on Tuesday, June 27th, the first wave of boats will start the 52nd edition of the biennial Transpac race. Starting in the vicinity of Point Fermin in San Pedro, they will race past Catalina Island and then onto the finish at Diamond Head in Honolulu. There are 16 boats starting on Tuesday: 9 teams are competing in Boatswains Locker Division 7, and 7 teams racing in smithREgroup Division 8.
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On Thursday, June 8th, the support trailer for the Cal Maritime’s Andrews 77 entry of the same name in the 2023 Transpac was reported stolen to the Port of Los Angeles police. In this trailer were the sails for the boat and other valuable equipment, undoubtedly of no use whatsoever to the thieves. This immediately put the team of 13 cadets, alumni cadets and coaches at jeopardy of not participating in the race.
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As the authoritative source for voyagers of all types who want to know more about their boats, their gear and the techniques to make them better voyagers, Ocean Navigator magazine is a valued partner with the 2023 Transpac race. The skill sets needed to prepare and sail a long oceanic race like the Transpacific Yacht Club’s biennial 2225-mile race to Honolulu from Los Angeles are described and discussed in Ocean Navigator, and serve to inspire a wide range of the readership, whether they too plan to cross oceans or make coastwise passages.
Regular topics covered in the magazine include Offshore Sailing, Navigation, Weather, Marine Technology and Power Voyaging, Cruising Skills, Boat and Gear news and Marine Industry news.
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Join us in two weeks for the 2023 Aloha Send Off party aboard the USS Iowa! This is your chance to meet the Transpac crews as our fleet gets sent off in style. All are welcome!
When: June 24, 2023
Time: 1800
Place: USS Iowa
Tickets are $50 and gets you: great food from Gladstone’s, La Bocca Felice, Sebastian’s and J Trani’s; entertainment that includes a steel drum band from Panjiv; and demonstrations from the LA City Fireboat, the US Coast Guard, and the 50 caliber guns aboard the Iowa.
Would you like to participate in the demonstration of Iowa’s guns? We will holding a raffle for the chance "pull the trigger" on the Iowa’s guns. There will be 200 tickets for sale for $10 each.
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