Ninety-five years ago, on March 1, 1928 the Transpacific Yacht Club was born of an idea hatched by the same man who had sparked the 1906 inaugural race to Honolulu. That man was Clarence MacFarlane, still engaged with his brainchild but entrusting the leg work to an old friend known for getting things done. That was Albert Soiland.
An Intriguing StoryThe two had known each other since 1906, when Soiland, a member of South Coast Yacht Club (later Los Angeles YC)...
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