If you grew up a Bell, you grew up listening to the stories of Transpac. There was the race that, while Westward Ho was being readied, a can of orange paint was left out in the garage and ended up on the cars. That was the same race that, on the delivery home, the pots and pans got a good scrubbing as a whale used the keel as a barnacle scraper. After one race, the boat headed to Alaska; another race found the whole family (this time with spouses!) cruising Tahiti. And, of course, a family favorite story of Westward rescuing a crew off of San Nicolas and still arriving in Honolulu with extra food.
On July 8, 2013, more Westward Transpac memories will be created. Westward will sail in her first Transpac since 1981 with six crew, all family, aboard.
We invite you to join us in our adventure. Learn about the crew, the race, and the work that went into readying the boat for her first ocean race in over 30 years. During the race, you will be able to track us on the Transpac site, and when we can, we'll also update this site.
It takes a huge crew to sail a boat to Hawaii, and you're part of ours. Welcome aboard!
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