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and will be awarded the Barn Door Trophy for the fastest elapsed time of 6 days and change despite their need to run their engine 24/7 to power their winches, hoist and trim sails, and keep the keel canted such that the all professional crew do not tip over. And indeed, there is no rule preventing a powerboat from entering and "winning" the Transpac, as PYEWACKET, the turbo-ed Volvo 70, is proving.
It was surprising when the TP allowed the "powered" boats to become eligible for the "Barn Door". That should have remained for human powered sailboats. In '13 the powered boats were not eligible (Maserati-Turbo'd Volvo 70, Ragamuffin 100', etc). This is why Rio was brought to the West Coast and likely why it is no longer racing the TP..... it's manually powered but is slower than the power assist smaller boats. At least they kept "some" award for human powered sailboats but that will be overshadowed by the first to finish crowd.