Transpac Profile: Disney’s ‘Pyewacket’ Adding Up the Miles

Once again, Roy Disney has assembled his highly experienced crew for this year’s 2025 Transpac. With Roy’s Volvo 70 Pyewacket fresh off a clean sweep in Antigua Race Week, the boat is now in transit to England for this years Fastnet Race, San Tropez Race Week, and the Rolex Maxi Worlds in Sardinia. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, Roy will be sailing his Andrews 68 Pyewacket in the 2025 Transpac.

There are probably more total Transpac miles on the Pyewacket crew than on any other boat. This will be Roy’s 26th Transpac, and as amazing as that might seem, watch captain Gary Weisman also has 26 Transpacs on his résumé. Next on the list are Ben Mitchell and Scott Easom with 21 each. Bowman Robbie Kane and navigator Peter Isler both have eight; Daryl Wislang, Brad Jackson, Tony Mutter and Torben Grael, four each. This doesn’t even take into account the combined 50-plus Pac Cups the team has done as well. The more difficult the conditions, the more this team’s experience shines.

All totaled it’s about 300,000 Transpac miles (or 12 circumnavigations) of racing to Hawaii by this crew. In 2019 their race was cut short when they stopped to rescue the crew of OEX after a rudder failure that caused the boat to sink. In 2021 they raced Disney’s modified Volvo 70 Pyewacket to a second in class, and in the 2023 Transpac they were back to win their class aboard the Andrews 68 Pyewacket.

If you’re looking to find a boat that knows the way to Hawaii, keep an eye on Pyewacket. (Listen to a podcast with Roy Disney here.)