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Ragtime was one of the world's fastest yachts in the 1970s. In 1973, Ragtime became famous for beating the favorite,
Ragtime was one of the world's fastest yachts in the 1970s. In 1973, Ragtime became famous for beating the favorite, Windward Passage
The Windward Passage (french: Passage au Vent; es, Paso de los Vientos) is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. The strait specifically lies between the easternmost region of Cuba and the northwest of Haiti. ...
by four minutes, 31 seconds, in the Transpacific Yacht Race
The Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) is a biennial offshore yacht race held in odd-numbered years starting off the Pt. Fermin buoy in San Pedro, California and ending off Diamond Head in Hawaii, a distance of around . In even-numbered years the P ...
from Los Angeles to Honolulu. It also competed successfully in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race
The boat's designer was John Spencer from New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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Built in 1963 it was then owned by Tom Clark and named Infidel. The subsequent owner changed the name to Ragtime.
Pat Farrah
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Patrick Farrah was born and raised in Southern California. Dropping out of junior college in the first year, in 1962 he took a job at National Lumber an ...
retrofitted Ragtime in the 1990s to allow it to continue competing in the Transpac.
It finished 10th in the 2006 Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race
The Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race is an annual 125-nautical-mile international Yacht racing, yacht race. First run in 1948, sailors gather each spring in Newport Beach, California, to participate in one of the West Coast's premier regattas. The ...
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