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Conquering the Pacific

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«The first wave of the Transpac race ,», which runs fromLos Angeles to Honolulu, got underway on July 8. Two more starts are scheduled for Thursday and Saturday.

Pictured is one of Saturday's competitors, the record-setting yacht Maserati. Her team's most recent achievement was the route fromNew York toSan Francisco via Cape Horn. They beat the previous record by 10 days, covering the route in 47 days, two hours, and 33 minutes. This is one of the last pictures of the boat before the race, taken by Jen Edney, who lived with the crew on board for a while.

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