Clarence W. Macfarlane

Commodore Clarence William Macfarlane (March 8, 1858 – September 15, 1947), was a businessman and yachtsman of Hawaii.

He founded the Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) in 1906 by sailing from San Pedro/Los Angeles, California to Honolulu, Hawaii.

He later went into a myriad of business including liquor, exporting and importing, and hotel management with his brother George.

[1][4][5] This transpacific (Transpac) race is still held every two years from Point Fermin off San Pedro, Los Angeles and ending off of Diamond Head in Honolulu, covering a distance of 2,223 nautical miles.

[4] It also claimed he was the first Caucasian to master the traditional Hawaiian sports of surfing and sailing the outrigger canoe.