J/125 Wins Transpac Overall!

Tom & Kevin Garnier have won Division 4 and the Overall 2007 Transpac Race award aboard their J/125 Reinrag 2! The famous offshore downhill 2240nm marathon from Los Angeles to Honolulu is the third consecutive victory for the Reinrag 2 crew who have won Division 4 in 2003, 2005 & now 2007. Here is the Day 10 report from the Reinrag 2 blog posted last Saturday (7/21):

It was what we came for. The moon was out, we were headed straight for Diamondhead and we were surfing down 15 ft seas. About 20 - 25 kt winds and R^2 just dances. The boat starts off at 12 kts, picks up a wave and suddenly you're doing 15... then you come up on the wave in front, punch in with the spray going both ways and over the deck and you just keep going faster. 17kts? Sure... sometimes 20... feels like you've broken the sound barrier and speed no longer matters. After a while a lull comes or you bounce of a wave a little hard so you slow down.... Then you start all over again. You could spend millions to get a ride on a rocket, and not get the experience we had... Dr. D.

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