Vicarious Transpac Thrills Aboard the Pac52 Callisto
Bill Colombo, sailmaker and crew for the Pac52 Callisto, sent us this link to aerial drone footage crewmember Jason Andrews shot of their mid-Pacific Transpac run. Bill and crew were aboard with owner James Murray, from the Great Lakes, who brought the boat west this year to do some Pacific racing. He has plans to do the Atlantic circuit next year. Given all the fun they had racing the Pacific this year they’re thinking of returning for the 2023 California Offshore Race Week, Transpac and other West Coast racing. Watching this video you can see why.
For people who’ve never done the Transpac (which includes ourselves), you can see the attraction. True, not all boats are like Callisto, but it looks as if the race would be pretty magical on any boat. Callisto took third in ORR Division 3 and fifth in fleet.
Look for our Transpac feature in the September issue of Latitude 38, coming out on Tuesday, August 31.
WOW! That was fun!
Watching this made me think there must be tremendous loads on the rudder post and bearings…not to mention all the other loads from the keel to the masthead.