Rapid Transit, the Antrim 49 built at Berkeley Marine Center, has abandoned the race, and is making it's way back to the US mainland. The boat should be arriving in Southern California today. The crew are all safe though disappointed, according to Julie Partridge, who spoke with her husband Cree Partridge, the boat's builder, currently on board.

First indications are that the boat's innovative cassette rudder system failed on the race's third day.

We will provide more details in this article as they become available.