For the first time, on-shore spectators can watch the jockeying at the starting line as the first set of yachts start the annual 2,225-mile race from San Pedro to Hawaii today.
About 74 sailboats will compete in the 44th Transpacific Yacht Race, which starts at Point Fermin and ends at Diamond Head, Honolulu. Entries include Roy E. Disney's famous racing sailboat, Pyewacket, and his Morning Light team of young sailors.
The smallest racing sailboats will cross the new starting line at Point Fermin at 1 p.m., followed by the departures of larger classes of boats Thursday and then Sunday.
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