Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac)
Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) takes place Jul 6, 8 and 10, 2027 staggered starts (54th edition; finishers reach Honolulu from roughly mid-July) in Los Angeles, USA. The dress code is Yacht-club casual at the Los Angeles end; aloha shirts and tropical attire for the Honolulu finish parties and the awards dinner. Free to attend; budget up to 2500 EUR per person for hospitality and extras.
2,225 nautical miles from Point Fermin off Los Angeles to Diamond Head, Honolulu, first sailed in 1906 and run in odd years. It is the classic downwind ocean race: once the fleet clears the California coast it becomes days of surfing under spinnaker in the northeast trades. Boats start in staggered groups by speed so the fleet converges near the finish, and every arriving crew gets a lei welcome.
- When
- Jul 6, 8 and 10, 2027 staggered starts (54th edition; finishers reach Honolulu from roughly mid-July)
- Where
- Los Angeles, USA
- Dress code
- Yacht-club casual at the Los Angeles end; aloha shirts and tropical attire for the Honolulu finish parties and the awards dinner.
- Cost
- Free to attend; budget up to 2500 EUR per person for hospitality and extras.
- Weather
- 18 - 24C at the California start with a morning marine layer, building to hot 26 - 30C Hawaiian trade-wind conditions at the finish
- When to book
- Entries are already open, with standard entry payment due early Mar 2027 and a mandatory skippers' meeting on Jul 3; book Honolulu rooms for mid to late July well in advance
- Getting there
- LAX (Los Angeles), 35 min to San Pedro and Point Fermin; HNL (Honolulu), 20 min to Waikiki and the Ala Wai for the finish
- Where to stay
- Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes (grand, on the cliffs above the start area), The Portofino Hotel & Marina, Redondo Beach (waterfront, closer to the fleet), Halekulani, Waikiki (the classic Honolulu finish-week stay)
- Official site
- https://www.transpacyc.com/
How to attend
Watch the staggered starts free from Point Fermin Park and Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, and follow the boats on the live tracker. In Honolulu the finish-line aloha welcome and dock scene at the Waikiki and Hawaii Yacht Clubs are open and famously friendly. To race, enter a qualifying offshore boat and crew through the Transpacific Yacht Club - entries for 2027 are open now, with standard entry payment due in early March 2027 and a mandatory Person in Charge meeting on Jul 3, 2027.
The staggered starts are free to watch from Point Fermin Park and Cabrillo Beach and the Honolulu finish dock scene is open to all; only competing boats pay, entering through the Transpacific Yacht Club.
Insider tip
Point Fermin Park sits directly above the start line, and the third start with the fastest boats is the one worth timing your trip around. In Honolulu the Diamond Head finish is often at night and the Hawaii Yacht Club dock keeps going around the clock.
Get inside Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac)
Booking matters here: entries are already open, with standard entry payment due early Mar 2027 and a mandatory skippers' meeting on Jul 3; book Honolulu rooms for mid to late July well in advance. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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