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Over 40 entries have registered for next year’s Transpac ocean racing classic, which extends from Los Angeles to Honolulu. The milestone 40th entry was made by San Francisco Bay area-based Dave MacEwen with his Roger 46 Lucky Duck.

Dave is not new to the Transpac: in three previous editions, he and his team on his Santa Cruz 52 of the same name have earned respectable results, placing third in both the 2019 and 2015 editions in the Fabulous Fifties group of SC 50s and SC 52s, one of the more competitive classes in the race.

For the 2021 race next July, MacEwan has entered an all-carbon-fibre racing yacht designed in 2006 by Simon Rogers and built at CMI in Thailand, something quite different than his previous racer/cruiser.

“We have stepped up to a faster, but far less comfortable Rogers 46 for this race, and are excited to get her out in the big wind and waves we routinely see on our way to Hawaii,” he said.