Welcome

Welcome to Team Cipango. This is the place for public postings about the boat 'Cipango" and her crew. The boat, an "Andrews '56" is a lightweight "racer/cruiser" designed by Alan Andrews and built by Dencho Marine in the early 90's.

The boat is actively campaigned in San Francisco, competing in most "big boat" buoy and ocean racing events. Cipango competed in the 2005 TransPac and the 2006 Pacific Cup.

We will use this site (teamcipango.com) to post information for family and friends of the Bartons and their crew. When possible, we will provide information about the races we are participating in - including offshore postings from the boat via radio and sat phone, and links to the regatta web sites and the near real-time satellite trackers that are being used.

Big events for 2007 are the 800 nautical mile Newport Beach to Cabo San Lucas Race in March and the 2200+ nautical mile Transpac LA to Honolulu race in July.

More to come...