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Windward Passage,
US 7099
Last update: 2025
1971 Plan Gurney, built by Robert Johnson on wood, LOA m /
ft: 22.2m / 72'9", Beam m / ft: 5.9m / 19'4", ketch
1971 March, Miami Montego
Bay Race, 811 NM: ?e/? and record
3d07h40', Mark JHONSON
July, Transpac: 1st/? and record
9d09h06'
15 July, "The Chicago Tribune",
1975
Picture from "Sydney Hobart Official
Programe",
26 December, Sydney Hobart Race:
43e/102
IOR corrected time 2d17h31', handicap
1.401, F JOHNSON
Picture from Facebook 2021,
Picture from Facebook 2023,
Picture from Facebook 2024, Sydney,
1976
June "Offshore",
StFYC Big Boat Series: ?e/??
1977
April "Latitude 38",
July, Transpac: 2e/? Class A
(with new taller masts)
"Offshore Sydney Hobart Race Program",
26 December, Sydney Hobart Race:
3e/137 IOR corrected time 3d16h19', handicap 1.043,
F. JOHNSON
1979 "Offshore
Sydney Hobart Race Program",
July,
Tranpac
Race, San Francisco-Hawaï, corrected
time 13d08h00': 17e/20 Class A
1980 Hawaian
IOR Series: 3e/62 IOR Overall,
rating 67.7'
September, Big Boat Series, San Francisco: 1st/3
Division 1, Mark &
Fritz JOHNSON
1981
February, SORC, Florida:
4e/13 Maxi
Early March, World Maxi Championship, Bahamas:
4e/7
1982 February,
SORC, Florida: 2 - 5 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 2 = 1st/10
Class A, RUMSEY
March "Latitude 38",
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New Peterson keel and (titanium) rudder, and new mast (33.5m)
Drawing and comment from Peterson Website, "In
1982, when Passage was no longer competitive against the newer Maxis, the owners
approached Doug to modify the boat.
She was changed from a ketch rig to a sloop, and had a Peterson keel and rudder
installed. She remained competitive for many years afterward, winning Big Boat
Series, SORC, etc.
Peterson again did modifications for the boat after she was retired from racing
by Rod Muir. A shorter rig and shoal keel, along with interior and deck modifications,
were designed."
Converted to a bermudan sloop,
August, Clipper Cup, Hawaï: 3 - 1 - 1 - 3 - dismasted = 4e/?
Class A, J. L. RUMSEY 2025
Picture from Facebook, "Windward
Passage in the Molokai Channel, mid channel. 1982 Pan Am Clipper Cup, Molokai
Race."
1983
February, SORC, Florida: 2e/6
Class A, rating: 67.0'
From Facebook 2025,
Picture from RB Sailing blog,
April "Yachting",
May "Yachting",
Sardinia
Maxis Series: 6e/6
November "Yachting", full
article below,
From Facebook 2024,
1984
Janvier "L'Année Bateaux",
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February, SORC, Florida: 3e/9 Class A,
rating 69.3'
February, St Petersburg Fort Lauderdale Race,
397 NM: ?e/? and record
1d15h15', John RUMSEY
July "Latitude 38",
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August "Yachting", For Sale,
1985
New owner, Rod Muir
"Offshore Sydney Hobart Race Program",
26 December, Sydney Hobart Race:
60e/178 corrected time 3d11h47', handicap 1.534,
R. MUIR
1986
Picture from "Sydney Hobart Official
Programe",
26 December, Sydney Hobart Race:
15e/106
IOR elapsed time 2d23h47', handicap 1.563,
R. MUIR
Picture from Facebook 2020,
1987 June
"Offshore",
1988 Picture from
Facebook 2021,
From Facebook 2026,
"Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Official Programme",
Pictures and comment from Facebook 2021 "Ok
brains trust, this is Windward Passage, one of the classics, that was bought
by Rod Muir in mid-80's, and did a couple of Sydney Hobarts. These pics may
have been taken over a couple of days. How many people can name crew here? I
can see Muno in the yellow t-shirt, and Michael Spies in the hawaiian shorts..
who else? Have fun!"
From Facebook 2021 "now we also did the first all girls maxi crew on old Windward passage from Sydney to Newcastle with both Kathy’s- Kathy Hawkins"
1989
Sydney
Mooloolaba race: 1st/?? IOR Div 1,
Peter STRONACH
Sydney Newcastle race:
1st/?? PHS,
Kathy MUIR
April "Offshore"
April "Offshore" japanese magazine,
1991
March "Yachting",
June "Yachting",
2004
April "Latitude 38",
2021
PASSAGE on the cover of the May/June issue Wooden Boat.
The caption reads: The storied maxi-yacht WINDWARD PASSAGE, built of spruce
in 1969, charges along in the Sydney Hobart Race in 1975. She is still going
strong today. It’s a great article about the boat, lots about Bob Johnson,
his family, and the new regime. The article says that :"PASSAGE at the
time, was considered to be the second-largest spruce structure in the world,
after the Spruce Goose. PASSAGE was, however, actually the largest because (Howard)
Hughes’s monster airplane incorporated a variety of other types of wood."
October, comment and picture from Facebook "Immaculately
maintained",
October, comment and picture from Facebook "Windward
Passage still alive and well in Newport Beach, CA"
2023
Picture from Facebook,
2025
3 May, NHYC Opening Day Race: 10e/46,
Cliff RONNENBERG
From Facebook 2025,
1983 November "Yachting",
