{"id":82836,"date":"2025-12-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=82836"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:41:16","slug":"roots-across-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/roots-across-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"A Restless Transpac Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_001962-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Cal 40 Restless\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_001962-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_001962-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_001962-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_001962-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_001962.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\"><i>Restless<\/i> crossed the finishing line at 2223 on Sunday, July 13, posting an elapsed time of 12 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes, and 16 seconds.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Sharon Green<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<iframe id=\"x8aa2rgac1\" src=\"https:\/\/Sailingworld.dragonforms.com\/x8aa2rgac1\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>The denser the fiberglass ceiling, the more force is needed to demolish it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of the biennial Transpacific Yacht Race (established 1906), this force had been gathering for 72 years before Alli Bell became the first woman skipper to win this 2,225-nautical-mile race aboard <em>Restless<\/em>, her Cal 40, this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It began in 1953 when Willard Bell\u2014Alli\u2019s grandfather\u2014first skippered <em>Westward Ho<\/em>, his Lyle Hess-designed 36-foot sloop, in Transpac. Bell returned in 1959 with <em>Westward Ho<\/em> and a crew that included his wife, Inez, before upgrading to Westward, his Lapworth 50, which he first raced in the 1965 Transpac alongside sons Charles (Alli\u2019s dad) and Sam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Willard Bell skippered all five of his children\u2014three boys and two girls\u2014to Transpac\u2019s iconic finishing line off Diamond Head aboard Westward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember a time that Transpac wasn\u2019t a big deal in my life,\u201d Alli Bell says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2090-797x1024.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Willard Bell\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2090-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2090-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2090-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2090-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2090.jpg 1556w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Willard Bell\u2019s passion for ocean racing and the Transpac continues up the family tree.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Alli Bell<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>While Transpac and Westward, which is still in the family, dominate Bell family lore, Alli Bell\u2019s lifelong dream was to own a Cal 40. \u201cAnd the obvious thing to do with a Cal 40,\u201d she says, \u201cis to go race Transpac.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming the first woman skipper in Transpac\u2019s 119-year history to win corrected-time honors and the King Kalakaua Trophy, however, was the result of great preparation, rock-solid leadership, outstanding crew work, and that most fickle of offshore currencies: Luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, adds Bell, perhaps some ethereal VMG. But that\u2019s premature storytelling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alli Bell\u2019s first of five Transpacs unfurled in 2013, when uncles Sam and Willie decided that Westward needed to fetch Diamond Head again. Westward\u2019s 2013 crew included cousins Mara, Jon, and Graham, the latter of whom navigated <em>Restless<\/em> to its 2025 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Westward finished the 2013 Transpac third in its class and ninth overall, notching a high-water mark for the sailing Bells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that\u2019s only half of <em>Restless<\/em>\u2019s lineage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter Stephen Driscoll, Bell\u2019s husband and a lifelong sailor with his own Transpac heritage: Clem Stose, Driscoll\u2019s great-grandfather, won the 1928 Transpac aboard Teva, his W. Starling Burgess-designed 56-foot centerboard yawl, before earning the race\u2019s Barn Door trophy (read: fastest elapsed time of any competing monohull) as the captain of <em>Vileehi<\/em>, H.T. Horton\u2019s Edson B. Schock-designed 80-foot auxiliary ketch, in 1934.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_003540-1011x1024.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Skipper Alli Bell and her crew\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_003540-1011x1024.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_003540-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_003540-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_003540-1516x1536.jpg 1516w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_Transpac_07.01.25_sg_003540.jpg 1974w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Skipper Alli Bell and her <i>Restless<\/i> crew made history by becoming the first woman-led team to win the Transpacific Yacht Race.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Sharon Green<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Bell, who is the Transpacific YC\u2019s Rear Commodore and the San Diego YC\u2019s Vice Commodore, fulfilled her first dream in 2019 when she purchased <em>Restless<\/em>, a 1967 Cal 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bell\u2019s first call was to cousin Graham, requesting his navigational services. Eric Heim (a professional sailmaker who raced off the clock), Driscoll (who was still solidifying his position with his then-girlfriend, now wife), and cousin Mara also got calls. Bell\u2019s friend Greg Reynolds was a later recruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, however, <em>Restless<\/em> needed love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the boat sailed the 1975 Transpac and came with solid bones, it wasn\u2019t race ready. The hull-to-deck joint needed attention, its undercarriage had osmosis blisters, and its mast failed its survey. Moss adorned the toe rails, the cruising sails were just that, and the belowdeck spaces were dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe first thing I did when I bought the boat was clean up the toe rails, which resulted in a lot of leaking because I dislodged all the caulking,\u201d recalls Bell. \u201cI knew I had to take it to the yard to glass over the deck-hull joint, which is a common fix on Cal 40s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Restless<\/em> was hauled from the brine, revealing her undercarriage sores. The deck carried a railroad yard\u2019s worth of headsail track that Bell wanted to remove for (eventual) cruises to Catalina, but which necessitated all-new non-skid. And since teak was already on order, the cockpit combing needed refreshing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belowdecks, Bell and company rewired everything, revamped the engine (more, later), installed a new head and plumbing, fitted a watermaker and a new stove, and revitalized all brightwork. \u201cWe did pretty much everything down below,\u201d says Bell, explaining that Driscoll Boat Works handled the blisters, the hull-to-deck joint, the track removal, the non-skid job, and all painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2311-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Greg Reynolds\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2311-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2311-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2311-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2311.jpg 1500w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Greg Reynolds scarfs down remnants of a meal the galley. <\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Alli Bell<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Fortune smiled on <em>Restless<\/em> when Bell found a Cal 40 owner who was divesting his sail inventory. \u201cHe had only used the main twice,\u201d says Bell, adding that she also purchased other racing sails from this owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other sails, like the team\u2019s heavy J1, came from an Ericson 35, while the J3 had existed in a state of uncompletion for years. Both were recut for <em>Restless<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a lot of piecing things together,\u201d Bell says. But for the record: \u201cSecondhand doesn\u2019t have to mean ratty,\u201d she says, noting that she also bought a brand-new genoa and a No. 2 spinnaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Restless<\/em>\u2019s used mast was gifted by Don Jesberg, a fellow Cal 40 owner who had recently outfitted his whip with a brand-new stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All up, Bell, who is a higher-education policy analyst, estimates that she spent somewhere in the high five figures or very low six figures preparing <em>Restless<\/em> for the 2025 Transpac, and for other cruising adventures. \u201cI haven\u2019t done the math,\u201d she says. \u201cBut there\u2019s no way it was much more than that, because I don\u2019t have those kinds of resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was the engine, of all things, that almost soured everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team fitted a new high-output alternator, but this required sending some pulleys to a shop in eastern Canada for servicing. They were due back in SoCal in March; instead, they arrived in late May. \u201cAnother few days and we wouldn\u2019t have been able to go,\u201d says Bell, noting the ridiculousness of having an engine threaten a sailboat race. \u201cThe irony of that wasn\u2019t lost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7174-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Graham Bell\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7174-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7174-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7174-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7174.jpg 1500w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Graham Bell works the laptop in the salon.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Alli Bell<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Another windshift arrived a week before the start when cousin Mara broke two ribs. <em>Restless<\/em>\u2019s six-person crew became a five-person operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were disappointed, but we dealt with it,\u201d says Bell, explaining that the team adjusted their watch schedule accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how did <em>Restless<\/em> outsail 52 other starting yachts, many of which benefited from much newer hull designs, professional crews, and brand-new sail inventories?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLuck,\u201d says Bell. \u201cWe were lucky that the weather pattern worked out that we could just point the bow at Honolulu and go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some backstory: Transpac uses a pursuit-style start, with teams starting on July 1, 3, and 5. While there\u2019s no question that the first wave of starters enjoyed the best breeze out of the gate, the race\u2019s Forecast Time Correction Factor scoring\u2014which is also used in the Newport Bermuda Race\u2014levels this playing field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Restless<\/em>\u2019s starting date put the team to the west of an upper-level low that created an expansive area of light winds. But even so, <em>Restless<\/em> was only one of 15 monohulls that shared that meteorological good fortune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When pressed on this latter point, two fundamental truths of offshore sailing emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2348-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Eric Heim\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2348-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2348-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2348-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2348.jpg 1500w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Eric Heim taking full advantage of the beanbag onboard <i>Restless<\/i>.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Alli Bell<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>\u201cPreparation, number one,\u201d says Bell. \u201cNumber two, crew work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, it wasn\u2019t all VMG running: On July 7, the team learned that Donald Wyatt, Driscoll\u2019s uncle and a three-time Transpac veteran, had passed away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe got to thinking a lot about what it means to be doing what we were doing,\u201d Bell says of retracing sea miles previously plied by family members and friends who had crossed life\u2019s final bar. \u201cI like to think that their spirits kept us on,\u201d she says. \u201cI just think there was something propelling us that was more than just the boat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intervening angels aside, there\u2019s no question that great sailing was the team\u2019s driving force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, there was a squall with a 27-knot stinger that overwhelmed the number of wraps holding the spinnaker guy around its winch drum, but\u2014aside from this small SNAFU\u2014the team otherwise focused on smart navigation, fast driving, and attentive sail trimming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Restless<\/em> crossed the finishing line at 2223 on Sunday, July 13, posting an elapsed time of 12 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes, and 16 seconds. They were met at the dock by more than 100 family members, friends, and fellow competitors\u2014by far the largest welcoming party enjoyed by any 2025 finisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this boiled down to a corrected time of 8 days, 12 hours, five minutes, and 49 seconds, which put the King Kalakaua Trophy within reach, the team had to endure days of uncertainty as protests (none of which involved <em>Restless<\/em>) wended through the protest channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7141-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Alli Bell\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7141-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7141-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7141-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7141-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7141.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Alli Bell\u2019s lifelong dream was to own a Cal 40.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Alli Bell<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a little bit nerve-racking, and it definitely set into my imposter syndrome,\u201d recalls Bell. \u201cYou sort of wait for the other shoe to drop, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of shoes, 119 years\u2019 worth of (fiber)glass ceiling tumbled when <em>Restless<\/em> was declared the overall winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis should be an inspiration, and not just to women,\u201d says Bill Guilfoyle, commodore of the Transpacific Yacht Club. \u201cIt should be an inspiration to anyone who wants to compete knowing that any boat that\u2019s well-prepared and well-sailed has the opportunity to win this race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also shows that Transpac\u2019s future is as bright as the noonday sun so long as there are dreamers and doers keen to take on this trans-Pacific challenge. When queried about the implications of her success, Bell, in her characteristic low-key style, downplayed her achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m anything special,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m someone who wanted to do something and did it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While that may be true, there\u2019s also something to be said about those in the family who had a hand in her destiny. They\u2019d be right proud of her commitment and preparation, and not the least bit surprised by the result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skipper Alli Bell and her restless crew made history before becoming the first woman-led team to win the Transpacific Yacht Race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":82837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"David Schmidt","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[3056,177,1133],"class_list":["post-82836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-print-fall-2025","tag-racing","tag-transpacific-race"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}