Description: Another exciting item from the Skipper Kent collection! Wood, bronze and enamel 1941 Transpacific Yacht Race Plaque, Los Angeles to Honolulu Race, honoring Frank Skipper Kent and his boat Magic Carpet. The plaque is decorated with the seal of the city of Los Angeles in colorful enamel over a smaller plaque with a braided rope border that reads: "Transpacific Yacht Race - Los Angeles to Honolulu 1941 - Presented by City of Los Angeles." Engraved "Magic Carpet" and "Frank Kent". Dimensions: approx 7 inches high x 5/25 inches wide x 3/4 inches deep. A red, white and blue enamel Transpacific Yacht Club pennant adorns the plaque at lower center. 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 2,225 nautical miles. In even-numbered years the Pacific Cup race starts out of San Francisco and is run by the Pacific Cup Yacht Club. Started in 1906 by Clarence W. Macfarlane and hosted by Los Angeles Yacht Club, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club. The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds.Magic Carpet, owned and captained by Frank Kent placed 5th behind yachts Escapade - 1st place, Pajara - 2nd place, Jorie - 3rd place, and Stella Maris II - 4th place. Elapsed time - 16:12:48:40 Corrected time - 13:23:35:12 Place:5 Class: B-3. It is noteworthy that "White Cloud" a yacht soon after purchased by Kent, finished 6th place in the race.Frank Kent was born in San Francisco one month after the 1906 earthquake, in which his family lost everything. They eventually moved to a farm in Hayward, but because there were five children in the family, Kent went to work early as a salesman for Continental Baking Company. Soon after he began building the first of his yachts, a 38-foot double-ended ketch named “Magic Carpet.” It took him three years to complete the ketch and when he was done, he and his wife Lucille sailed around the world, in what would be the first of many such trips in which they began collecting folk art, crafts, and jewelry from places such as Indonesia, Mexico, and Japan. Upon their return to the Bay Area, Kent founded Skipper Kent’s Zombie Village in Oakland and then a self-named restaurant in downtown San Francisco. They were both Polynesian-themed and provided inspiration for Trader Vic’s and Don the Beachcomber’s, which soon followed. Skipper's restaurants were an integral part of early Tiki culture, celebrating Pacific Island life, nautical themes, Hawaiian shirts, hula dancers, South Sea cuisine, and exotic rum cocktails. Tiki culture and aesthetic is still popular today. We are also including a FREE Skipper Kent's restaurant napkin, celebrating Skipper's incredible life as an American success story, explorer and entrepreneur. Happy Bidding!
Price: 200 USD
Location: Oakhurst, California
End Time: 2025-01-07T02:21:11.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
