Official Race Guide
1 Pacific Cup 2016
Pacific Cup Yacht Club
About PCYC Gary Troxel Commodore Pacific Cup
What a terrific Pacific Cup Race the 2016 edition is shaping up to be. We maxed out the roster of boats entered and we had to implement a waitlist for tardy entrants. This year’s fleet represents a resurgence of interest in the Pacific Cup that we haven’t seen in 10 years. How did this happen? Through the tireless efforts of numerous volunteers including the PCYC officers and directors. Much credit goes to 2014 Commodore Steve Chamberlin who developed a platform that we’ve carried forward and augmented for 2016. Sponsors! Through the contributions of our sponsors we were able to increase our marketing and outreach to potential entrants. Every dollar counts, and we give our heartfelt thanks to our sponsors and our in-kind supporters that provided goods and/or services that benefit our entrants. What’s new in 2016? We continued our focus on preparation and safety, and were pleased to add a new 24/7 at-sea medical consultation service from GW Medical Associates at no additional cost to our racers. While the Pac Cup is the “FUN Race to Hawaii” we’re also known for providing the best support for passage preparedness – pre-race seminars, inspections, race communications. This year’s Pacific Offshore Academy seminars, sponsored by Alaska Airlines raised the bar once again with the addition of session devoted to medical issues at sea.
The Pacific Cup Yacht Club is responsible for organizing the biennial Pacific Cup, dubbed the “FUN race to Hawaii.” Since 1980, the Pacific Cup has been sailed from San Francisco Bay to Hawaii every other year, and since 1988 the finish has been at the warm and welcoming Kaneohe Yacht Club on the island of Oahu. With an emphasis on pre-race preparation for the 2,070mile race, PCYC’s volunteer membership has helped to ensure that thousands of racers have been delighted with their Pacific Cup experience. For more information about the Pacific Cup, visit PacificCup.org.
PCYC Officers
Commodore:
Gary Troxel
Vice Commodore:
Buzz Blackett
Rear Commodore:
Melinda Erkelens
Staff Commodore:
Steve Chamberlin
Treasurer:
Harold Marsh
Secretary:
Virginia Kelley
Director:
Rowena Carlson
Director:
Jeff Duval
Director:
Leslie Richter
Director:
Bobbi Tosse
We couldn’t hold this race without significant contributions from Richmond Yacht Club and Kaneohe Yacht Club and their army of volunteers. But our volunteers aren’t limited to these two yacht clubs, and I personally thank everyone who has given their time to make this the best sailing adventure across the Pacific every two years. This will be my 5th Pacific Cup Race and each one has its own sense of adventure and accomplishment. Over the decades, the Pacific Cup Yacht Club has helped hundreds of skippers and thousands of crew safely navigate across an ocean, many for the first time. We are so very proud to help make so many dreams come true. Wherever they finish in the results, I know it’s a memorable and inspiring experience.
PCYC Board and volunteers.
Gary Troxel Commodore PCYC
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Richmond Yacht Club
R YC E v e nt s Lance Elberling Commodore Richmond Yacht Club
Pac Cup Village.......................................................................July 2-11 Pasha Hawaii/Mount Gay Rum Kickoff Party.......................July 5 RYC Beer Can Race......................................................................July 6 Alaska Airlines Seafood Buffet...................................................July 7 Skippers’ Briefing..........................................................................July 9
The Richmond Yacht Club proudly welcomes the Pacific Cup competitors and their supporters to our 2016 Pac Cup Village. We have spent the two years since the last Pac Cup preparing to host this year’s event. Once again you have additional support from the California end of the starting line. RYC has put in extra energy and planning to give your dreams a boost from the start. We thank the PCYC for its guidance and support along the way. Thanks to a large and growing cadre of enthusiastic volunteers you will have fun, technical support and all the information you might need to get started on San Francisco Bay and head out the Golden Gate. Your host committees have a concierge desk, transportation, housing, “Adopt-a-Boat,” meals, activities, parties and racing suppliers at your service.
BMW San Rafael Bon Voyage Party..........................................July 9
Race Starts Honu Division A (PHRF).........................................................July 11 Kolea Double Handed Division 1...........................................July 11 Latitude 38 Cruising Division...................................................July 11 Weems & Plath Division B (PHRF)........................................July 12 Alaska Airlines Division C (PHRF).........................................July 12 North Sails Double Handed Division 2..................................July 12
Come visit the “Richmond Riviera” and join in any, or all of the festivities and other offerings we have planned for you. Please consider joining our members for one of our Beer Can Races on a Wednesday evening. Enjoy the club that was “Built for Fun!” We’re looking forward to seeing you one and all!
BMW of San Rafael Division E (ORR).................................July 15
Good luck, good sailing and may you enjoy a safe and quick passage.
RYC Officers
Lance Eberling Commodore RYC
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Pasha Hawaii Division D (ORR)..............................................July 14
Commodore:
Lance Elberling
Vice Commodore:
Dick Loomis
Rear Commodore:
Luther Greene
Secretary:
Lynn Branstad
Treasurer:
Susie Hodges
Port Captain:
Director:
Vickie Gilmour
Director:
Inge Lundegaard
Director:
Simon Winer
Director:
Anthony Murphy
Robert Salfi
Kaneohe Yacht Club
K YC E v e nt s Richard “Dick” Perkins Commodore Kaneohe Yacht Club
The members of Kaneohe Yacht Club extend a warm Hawaiian welcome to all the participants of the 2016 Pacific Cup Race, the “Fun Race to Hawaii” from San Francisco to Kaneohe Bay. Our club offers a great place to unwind, reconnect with friends and enjoy the traditions and the Aloha Spirit of the islands. Whether you want to sip a cool Mai Tai or have an ice cold beer at our bar, play tennis, or just lay by our pool, our members and staff will do everything in their power to insure you enjoy our Hawaiian hospitality. Our Entertainment Committee has been hard at work arranging a full week of festivities to keep you, your crewmates, friends, and family entertained in the true Hawaiian spirit of the islands. In addition to all the festivities planned at the club, KYC is located on the windward side of Oahu with the towering Koolau mountains, Kaneohe Bay with the world famous “Sand Bar”, and beautiful Kailua Beach and Lanakai. It is a short drive to the majestic North Shore, with the world class surfing beaches and 30 minutes to Waikiki on the other side of the island. If you and your family are looking for additional things to do while you are here, the island offers great scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing, kayaking, and of course surfing. Please stop by the Pacific Cup Information Desk located near our main entryway in the Ma Shultz lounge and our volunteers will be ready and willing to assist you with suggestions and directions for exploring the island. If you still want to do more sailing, please join our Bulkhead Fleet on Thursday, July 28 for a friendly race around the marks in the bay and for those who are extending their stay, this year’s Kauai Channel Race, from Kaneohe Bay to Nawiliwili, is scheduled for Friday, August 5. The flag officers, board of directors, membership, and staff of Kaneohe Yacht Club wish you a safe and fast crossing. Escort boats will be waiting upon your arrival to guide you through the reefs to a safe mooring. After a post race inspection, you will be greeted by our “Leis and Trays” crew with a beautiful Hawaiian Lei and an adult beverage for you and your thirsty crew. Aloha and Welcome to Kaneohe Yacht Club.
Richard (Dick) Perkins Commodore
Monday – July 25, 2016 1600 – 1800 .......................... Happy Hour 1730 – 1930 .......................... Grill/WindowDinner Tuesday - July 26, 2016 ............ Kanikapila Night 1600 – 1800 .......................... Happy Hour 1730 – 1930........................... Grill/Window Dinner 1900 – 2100........................... Harry Koizumi Live Music Wednesday – July 27, 2016 ...... Hawaiian Luau 1600 – 1800 .......................... Happy Hour 1830 – 2000 .......................... Food Service 1845 – 1915 .......................... Live Hawaiian Music 1930 – 2200 .......................... Chief Sielu’s Show Thursday – July 28, 2016 ......... Mt Gay Party 1600 – 1800 .......................... Happy Hour 1730 – 2000 .......................... Food Stations 1900 – 2200 .......................... Vinyl Frontier Live Music Friday – July 29, 2016 ............... Awards Ceremony 1600 – 1800 .......................... Happy Hour 1700 – 1900 .......................... Awards 1900 – 2130 .......................... Food Stations 1900 – 2200 .......................... 11th Hour Live Music Saturday – July 30, 2016............ Delivery Skippers’ Briefing Saturday – July 30, 2016............ Plywood Cup 0930......................................... Check In 1000 – 1200........................... Boat Building 1230......................................... Plywood Cup Race Snack Bar Daily Hours 0700 – 1030........................... Window- Breakfast 1100 – 1400........................... Window- Lunch 1730 – 1930........................... Grill- Dinner (Saturday, Sunday, ............................................................Monday, Tuesday only)
KYC Officers Commodore:
Richard Perkins
Vice Commodore:
Tom Wood
Rear Commodore:
Frederic Berg
Secretary:
Lucrecia Fry
Treasurer:
Greg LeLesch
Port Captain:
Mike Barker
Directors:
Karl Mench
Tim Hudson
Mark Andrade
Manager:
Norm Cote
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Mahalo to our Volunteers The Pacific Cup does not happen without countless hours of effort by hundreds of volunteers, not only from Pacific Cup Yacht Club, Richmond Yacht Club, and Kaneohe Yacht Club, but also from other yacht clubs and unaffiliated individuals. Every part of this special event is created, staffed, and executed by generous people who give freely of their time to make it memorable for all participants, and their family and friends. They are the heroes: they do whatever it takes, and they don’t have war stories to tell at the bar. We hope that all participants will join in personally thanking every one of the volunteers for his or her support.
RYC Volunteers RYC PACIFIC CUP VILLAGE 2016 RYC PACIFIC CUP VILLAGE CHAIR: ............................ Diana Gorsiski RYC / PAC CUP YACHT CLUB LIASON:...........................Tim Knowles APP DEVELOPMENT...............................Greg Gorsiski, Artysta Studios GUEST BOAT BERTHING AND DRY STORAGE:............................... ....................................................... RYC Harbormaster John Dinwiddie ALOHA BOATS:...............................................................Cinde Lou Delmas HOUSING/ADOPT-A-BOAT:............................................... Susie Hodges SHIPPING CONTAINER MANAGEMENT:...................Tim Knowles, ...............................................................................................Mike Costello EVENT CATERING COORDINATOR:......................Chef Mike Catalli TRANSPORTATION & SHUTTLES:....................................Bruce Powell CONCIERGE & EVENT SUPPORT................. Pat Stuart, Rita Gardner VILLAGE EVENING EVENTS COORDINATORS: ............................... Rosemary Costello, Diana Gorsiski, Eileen Lewis, ....................................................................Cathy O’Brien, Diana Powell LOCAL BUSINESS OUTREACH:..........................................Rita Gardner OTHER KEY EVENT VOLUNTEERS:.........................Mary Lou Clark, ...............................................................Luther Greene, Karin Knowles, ........................................................Hank Lewis, Pat & Jerry Tostenson, ....................................................................Kelly Troxel, Susan Hubbard
KYC Volunteers Co-Chair & Commodore............................................... Dick Perkins Co-Chair...................................................................................... Lindy Rollo Co-Chair & Events/Entertainment Chair....... Cathy Pratt Consulting Co-Chair................................Kim Ickler, Sandy Ragley Staff Duty Officer Chair............. Beau Barker, Lauren Faulkner Communications Chair..................................................Ellis Abram Decorations Chair................................Jenny Bond, Donna Perkins Deckhands Chair.... Ruthann Quitiquit, Betty Birdsong-McDowell Escort Boat Chair...........................................Rick White, JD Adams Finish Line & Permits Chair...................................... Iwalani Stone Finish Line............................................................................ Russell McRae Information Desk Chair............................................Becky Dodini Leis & Trays Chair......................................Linnea Brooks, Karla Silva Marine Corps Base Hawaii Liaison........................Swede Olson Mooring & Shuttles Chair............Ralph Foulger, Ken Schmidt, ................................................................................................. Mike Barker Protest Committee Chair......................................... Michael Roth Protest Committee Co-Chair ...................... Thomas Pochereva Protest Committee............................Guy Fleming, Scott Melander .................................... Steve Thomas, Joseph Shacat, Phillip Katzman
PCYC Volunteers TECHNICAL COMMITTEE: Buzz Blackett, Chair Jim Antrim Bob Gray Michelle Farabaugh Michael Moradzadeh Seadon Wijsen RACE COMMITTEE: Buzz Blackett, PRO Bobbi Tosse Bob Gray Betty Gray Mary Jane Roskosz Jack Durr Bob Henderson Julie La Plant Kathy Pickup Pat Lowther TROPHY COMMITTEE: Charlie Roskosz, Chair Ron Dodini Charlie Stone Steve Chamberlin WEBSITE: Michael Moradzadeh, Webmaster MEMBERSHIP: Catherine Sharpe, Chair Ellen Campbell
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BOAT MEASUREMENT: INSPECTIONS: Michelle Farabaugh, Chief Inspector Buzz Blackett, Chair Dick Horn Inspectors: Cree Partidge Roby Bessent Jack Durr Buzz Blackett Kenneth Frank Brian Boschma Berkeley Marine Center Michael Caplan Rowena Carlson VOLUNTEERS: Steve Chamberlin Betty Gray, Volunteer Coordinator Jeff Duvall Jessica Nelson David Garmin Tima Parsa Bob Gray Malia Riddle Chuck Hawley Catherine Sharpe Michael Moradzadeh Harold Marsh Phil Mummah Bob Gray Gordie Nash Kelly Troxel Dennis Ronk Nicholas Salvador SHIPPING CONTAINER: Robb Walker Tim Knowles David Greenlee Mike Costello Frederic Berg ALASKA AIRLINES PACIFIC David Nottage OFFSHORE ACADEMY: Katie Cruise Steve Chamberlin, Chair Jeff Cruise Speakers: MARKETING / Jim Antrim, Kent Benedict, Buzz COMMUNICATIONS: Blackett, Susan Chamberin, Jim Leslie Richter, Chair and Sue Corenman, Scott Easom, Elisa Williams Denny Emory, Bill Erkelens, Karin Knowles Melinda Erkelens, Michelle Luther Green Farabaugh, Chris (Lew) Lewis, Jessica Nelson Kelly Troxel
Mary Lovely, Jody McCormack, Skip McCormack, Pete McCormick, Michael Moradzadeh, Malcolm Morgan, Greg Newman, Francis O’Connell, Mike Pasha, Kame Richards, Sally Richards, Eric Steinberg, Jeff Thorpe, John Tysell SPONSORSHIP: Steve Chamberlin, Chair Leslie Richter Gary Troxel SAFETY AT SEA SEMINARS: Pat Lowther, Chair Moderators and Speakers: Chuck Hawley Bruce Brown Dr. Kent Benedict Dr. Gordon Geisbrecht Christopher “Lew” Lewis LT Wes Geyer, Coast Guard Sal Sanchez Jim Antrim Michael Moradzadeh Jim Quanci Host Yacht Club: Encinal Yacht Club
Hamachi, Greg Slyngstad. Winner - Sonnen Div. B. 9d:1:40:18. Pacific Cup 2014.
Table of Contents Commodores’ Messages 6 Commodores’ Messages and Volunteers The 2016 Pacific Cup Race Guide is published for Pacific Cup Yacht Club by: Roth Communications 2040 Alewa Drive, Honolulu, HI 96817 Ph: 808-595-4124 Email: rothcomm@lava.net Publisher.................................................................... Michael J. Roth Editor............................................................................. Leslie Richter Assistant Editors............................ Elisa Williams, Karin Knowles Contributing Writers............................Elisa Williams, Stan Honey, Louis Ickler, Michael Moradzadeh, Charlie Roskosz, Ross Tibbits Contributing Photographers ..........Leslie Richter, Karl Robrock, Free Bowl of Soup, Stuart Hooper, Leslie Johnson Designer......................................................... Leslie Johnson Design On the Cover: “In the Helmsman’s Hands” original artwork by artist Jim DeWitt. www.jimdewitt.com All photos by Official Race Photographer Leslie Richter, Rockskipper Photography, unless otherwise noted. For Pacific Cup Galleries visit www.rockskipper.com
The Prep
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The Prep Medical Preparations and Safety Services Pac Cup Village Bon Voyage Parties
The Race
12 13 14 18
The Race Race Communications Weather Routing by Stan Honey Boats and Crew
The Finish 29 Greetings 32 Trophies & Fun Prizes 32 Bill Lee “Wizard” Trophy 33 Artisan Wood Trophy Bowls
History 35 Race Highlights and History 41 2014 Pac Cup Results 42 1980 - 2014 Winners
Mahalo Nui Loa 39 Mahalo to our Sponsors Pacific Cup 2016 7
The Prep
S
ailing to Hawaii from the West Coast is a bucket list must-do for many racers and cruisers. But for first-timers, the planning and preparation for a Pacific crossing are daunting tasks. While the digital age has made the voyage to Hawaii safer than ever, novice adventurers face new hurdles: ever-changing safety requirements, choosing between multiple navigation and communications options, and busy work and home lives. Additionally, some ocean races cater predominately to high-end professional programs and require all yachts to have an Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) rating, an expensive proposition for smaller boats and more casual racing programs. The Pacific Cup welcomes not only those sleek sleds with pro teams, but also racers with limited ocean experience, smaller boats (24 foot +), double-handers, families, and even cruisers (a new division started in 2014). Moreover, the Pacific Cup Yacht Club (PCYC) has developed a remarkable set of resources to support participants throughout the planning and preparation process.
In-water safety at sea training.
Seminars & Certifications
A key component of PCYC’s support strategy is the series of Pacific Offshore Academy seminars, sponsored by Alaska Airlines and featuring respected experts from the sailing community. This series of seminars (five for the 2016 race cycle) pulls together the collective wisdom of race veterans and subject matter experts to cover a broad range of topics ranging from boat preparation to weather forecasting, tactics and medical emergencies. In 2016, the seminars were scheduled as four-hour, half-day courses with break-out sessions to make it easy for sailors to ask specific questions in a small group environment.
Alaska Airlines Pacific Offshore Academy seminars.
To help ensure that sailors could meet the race requirements for Safety at Sea training, PCYC sponsored three US Sailing sanctioned Safety at Sea seminars ahead of the 2016 race, including one at KYC. Covering US Sailing’s required topics, these seminars also featured Pac Cup veterans who provided tips based on their personal experiences. The last seminar, in May 2016, was expanded to offer a second full day featuring additional hands-on and in-the-water training. Participants in this second day also received World Sailing (formerly ISAF) certification. When it comes to responding to emergencies at sea, there’s no substitute for on-the-water practice. The race rules require that the skipper certify that he or she and at least two-thirds of the crew have
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First boat to pass inspection, Mas!, demonstrates safety gear.
The Prep conducted a man overboard recovery drill. Additionally, they must certify that they have demonstrated the ability of their chosen emergency steering method to steer the boat both upwind and downwind under sail.
Inspections
Boats racing in the 2016 Pacific Cup vary widely, from Moore 24s to a 100 foot maxi. Some have a bucket for a toilet, while others have hot water showers. Whatever their amenities – or lack thereof – every boat racing in the Pac Cup has to undergo a series of rigorous inspections to make sure that their vessel is seaworthy, with suitable safety gear and provisions to protect crew in case of unforeseen circumstances. The 2016 Pacific Cup requires compliance with the Pacific Cup Equipment Rules (PCERs), which incorporate by reference the US Sailing Special Equipment Rules and amend them by adding, removing or changing some of the requirements. The PCERs
establish uniform minimum equipment and training standards for all boats, whether racing or cruising. To help skippers comply with the fine points of the safety requirements, PCYC pairs each race boat with an inspector who will go through the boat and ensure that the required equipment, certifications, and plans for energy use, communications and fire response are met. Our team of inspectors also act as coaches when needed, helping ensure that each and every boat is ready for the 2,000+ nm journey across the Pacific.
Provisioning
“What do you eat during the race?” is perhaps the most common question posed to racers by non-sailors. Race menus vary by boat galley set up, crew size, budget and crew appetite. For some, food preparation involves adding water to a freeze-dried packet. On other boats, meals are cause for celebration – and competitive bragging rights back at the bar. What is the same for all boats, however, is the minimum amount of
water that must be aboard. All boats are required to have fifteen gallons of water per crew member at the start. Of that, one gallon per crew member is emergency water that must be shown to the inspector at the finish, unopened. Boats must also carry a reserve of seven extra days of food in the event of a prolonged delay due to weather conditions or vessel failure. Pac Cup half-way parties are legendary and often feature a special meal, costumes and other festivities to celebrate reaching the race’s half-way point.
Ready to Cast Off
Some of the most valuable advice is also the simplest: Beginning the race well rested and confident in your preparation will make the journey truly memorable. Days of fantastic downwind sailing, phenomenal sunrises and sunsets, the first sight of Oahu in the distance and, of course the spectacular finish at the ever-welcoming Kaneohe Yacht Club make this race a life-changing experience.
New for 2016
Medical Preparation and Maritime Medical Safety Services
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afety is the paramount concern for all racers – a boat won’t be fast if a crew member is injured. The Pacific Cup organization strongly supports the preparation process by continually adding new seminars and services to help make the entrant’s ocean crossing as safe and enjoyable as possible. For the 2016 crossing and return, the Alaska Airlines Pacific Offshore Academy added a medical seminar covering preparation for, prevention of, and response to common medical situations at sea. The sold-out, day-long session included presentations including: • • • •
Personal Welfare and First Aid - Mary Lovely (RN/ PhD, and veteran of multiple Pacific Cups) Immersion, Shock, Drowning and Hypothermia – Kent Benedict (ER physician, for 22 years Chief Medical Officer for California State University Maritime Academy training ship, Golden Bear) Medical Preparation for the Pacific Cup – Denny Emory, OceanMedix.com (Veteran of two Pacific Cups, a former certified Wilderness EMT) Medical Support at Sea – Dr. Francis O’Connell, Director, GW Medical Associates Maritime Medical Access
Maritime Medical Access
The seminar also introduced racers to a service that is new for the 2016 Pacific Cup. The Pacific Cup Yacht Club has partnered with The GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) to provide Maritime Medical Access (MMA) services to sailors during the 2016 Pacific Cup and the return delivery. This service will provide race participants with remote 24/7 access to board certified emergency medicine physicians for assistance in managing any medical emergencies that may occur while at sea on the way to Hawaii or on the return sail to the mainland. This service is provided by PCYC at no additional cost to the entrants. If a medical emergency arises, Pacific Cup sailors will be connected with a specially-trained GW Emergency Medicine Physician within minutes of calling MMA. The physician will guide the sailor through appropriate assessments and provide treatment recommendations. MMA staff and physicians will coordinate care for the duration of the transit or until symptoms resolve. The presentations from the medical seminars can be viewed online at pacificcup.org
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The Prep
Pacific Cup Village In the days leading up to the Pac Cup start, boats coming from out-of-town ports are invited to dock at Richmond Yacht Club for last minute inspections, preparation and provisioning. PCYC volunteers offer concierge services such as recommendations for repairs, restaurants and shopping. During the week leading up to the race starts, Pac Cup village hosts seminars for 2016 skippers and crew.
RYC converted into the 2014 Pacific Cup Village. Shuttle cars were provided by Sonnen BMW (now BMW of San Rafael), and a good time was had by all.
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Bon Voyage Parties Pre-race parties give Pac Cup racers an opportunity to meet their fellow sailors, while also providing friends and family with an opportunity to participate in the non-sailing aspects of the race. The 2016 parties include the Pasha Hawaii / Mount Gay Kick Off Party on Tuesday, July 5, the popular Alaska Airlines Seafood Buffet on Thursday, July 7 and the BMW of San Rafael Bon Voyage Party on Saturday, July 9. Alaska Airlines Division racers get to know each other before the race.
Your open invitation Enjoy our Koolau Mountain view, incredible Kaneohe Bay, and sip Mai Tais by our refreshing pool while visiting Hawaii.
Kaneohe Yacht Club
44-503 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe HI 96744 808-247-4121 www.kaneoheyachtclub.com Don’t forget to bring home our great KYC logo wear
PACIFIC CUP 2016 EVENTS AT KYC Live Hawaiian Music - Tuesday July 26 Luau - Wednesday July 27 Mount Gay Party - Thursday July 28 Awards Ceremony and Celebration Party - Friday July 29 Delivery Skippers’ Briefing - Saturday July 30 Plywood Cup Fundraiser for United Cerebral Palsy - Saturday July 30 Kauai Channel Race - Friday August 5
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The Race Few ocean races in the world present as varied a fleet as the Pacific Cup, where entries always include a diverse range of lengths, boat designs, crew expertise and home ports.
Boats to Watch
There are a number of big, sexy boats to watch in this year’s race. Topping the category is Rio 100, Manouch Moshayedi’s 98-foot Super Maxi. She won Transpac’s Barn Door Trophy in 2015 and set the mono hull course record for the 2016 Vallarta race. The three 70-foot sleds in the race include Roy P. Disney’s Andrews 70 Pyewacket, Hector Velarde’s Andrews 70 Runaway and Edward Marez’ Santa Cruz 70 Buona Sera. Jens Kellinghusen’s Varuna VI, a brand new custom offshore Ker 56 is the sixth “Varuna,” and is only ten percent longer and just seven percent heavier than the Ker 50 Varuna V, but she carries an impressive 35 percent more sail area.
Double Handers
Not all the fast boats have big crews. Some 16 entries will have only two people onboard, and ten boats measure 30 feet or under. Over the years, many of the smaller boats have been big winners and many of this year’s double handed crews have significant transpacific race experience – so the two double handed divisions will be worth watching closely.
Local Designs
Home Ports
The race may link San Francisco Bay to Hawaii, but many boats are delivered to the start from origins up and down the west coast, Hawaii, and even Germany. This year’s traveling boats include six boats hailing from the Pacific Northwest, seven from Southern California, one from Austin, Texas, and five from Hawaii – nearly one-third of the fleet. Traveling the furthest is Varuna VI, with a home port of Hamburg, Germany. She has just completed the spring Caribbean circuit and will arrive shortly before the start of the race. Each year a special trophy is awarded to the best corrected performance by a Hawaii-based boat. Kaneohe Yacht Club is well represented with three entries: J 109 RV Aloha; Express 37 One-Eyed Jack; and Santa Cruz 50 Chasch Mer. They will have their work cut out for them, however, competing against the two Andrews 70s Runaway and Pyewacket hailing from Waikiki.
Veterans and Virgins
While some Pacific races attract boats with primarily professional crew, the Pac Cup is proud to provide many sailors with their first ocean crossing opportunity. Just over half of the entrants have indicated that this will be their first Pacific Cup, and only seven boats have predominantly professional crew.
Of the veterans, many are not just on their second or third Pac Cup, but are into double digits. Pac Cup addict Jim Quanci is on his 14th Pac Cup, not on Green Buffalo this year, but on the fully crewed Sydney 36 Encore. The Santa Cruz 50 Oaxaca typifies the depth of experience found on many veteran boats: skipper Michael Moradzadeh has done seven Pac Cups on three different boats, and three of his 2016 crew have each done the race six times. The skipper and navigator of Santa Cruz 50 Adrenalin are looking forward to having some crew around in 2016. Shana Bagley Howe and Mark Howe did the 2014 race double handed on Mark’s Farr 36 War Pony, and subsequently married after the Pac Cup.
The Cruising Division
The cruising division was formalized with the 2014 race, providing folks who wanted to sail to Hawaii with the level of support provided by PCYC, the opportunity to do so without the extra challenges of racing. This year’s twelve cruising boats must meet the same safety and equipment requirements as the racing boats, but can use their engines with the wind gets light. Look forward to their stories – not only of the fantastic sailing, sunrises and sunsets, but also of their fabulous meals, wine lists, fresh water showers, and number of fish caught. Special prizes are awarded to all cruisers to commemorate their journey.
Northern California yacht designers are always represented in the Pac Cup. This year six boats will be vying for the trophy honoring Carl Schumacher, including four Express 37s, a custom Schumacher 28, and four-time Pac Cup veteran, the custom 46 Surprise. Jim Antrim is represented with two boats including the double handed Antrim 27 Mirador and Antrim 40 California Condor. Polecat, a Wylie 30, is the sole Tom Wylie design entered this year. Rounding off the locally designed boats are the seven Bill Lee designed Santa Cruz boats, that will compete this year for the new Bill Lee ‘Wizard’ Perpetual Trophy (see story on page 32).
Free Bowl of Soup, Eric Hopper. Winner - Weems & Plath Div. B. 13d1:58:25. Pacific Cup 2014. Photo: Free Bowl of Soup
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YB Tracker screen shot of the 2014 Pac Cup. The Yellow line is the track of the overall winner, Scarlet Runner.
Race Communication Following the Racers
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California Condor, Ragtime. Doublehanded Start. Pacific Cup 2014.
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ew aspects of ocean sailing have changed as much over the decades as the options for onboard communication. The tradition of daily radio safety check-ins with race organizers has been a part of the Pac Cup since the very first race in 1980. With satellite phones and single-side band radios, racers today can communicate with friends and loved ones – as long as they don’t receive any outside assistance that might give navigators an advantage in the race. For the 2016 race, daily check-ins may be done by radio, email, or even by text message. While the position reports provide some excitement for those following the race back home, the daily check-ins by the racers ensure a vital communications link. Whether a boat on the water needs to request assistance or the race committee needs to send safety information to racers, this requirement
ensures that communication channels remain open. It has repeatedly helped prevent the various problems that may occur out on the ocean from becoming serious emergencies. All Pacific Cup boats will also be carrying broadcast positioning devices that will enable friends and loved ones to follow them from the start to the finish line. YBTracking devices make it easy for race organizers and shore team supporters to follow every boat throughout the race, with results being delayed by 6 hours to ensure that racers don’t have access to real-time data. In addition, many boats will have onboard scribes capturing the drama – or the flat seas – during the race by publishing blogs. This means that Pac Cup land-based support crew will often know nearly as much about the race as the racers themselves. So, remember – don’t relay any race-related information to your favorite boat. That’s considered outside assistance and could cost them a trophy!
To follow the action, go to: • PacificCup.org – The official race website will include pre- and post- race event information, weather updates, race news and links to Pac Cup competitor blogs. • Facebook -- Follow the race on the Pacific Cup Yacht Club Facebook page for frequent updates and insights before, during, and after the race. • YBTracking.com – Once the race begins, you can track the action using the YBTracking link on PacificCup. org. Or use the YBTracking app on your Apple or Andriod phone or tablet (available in the Apple and Google stores).
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The Race
Weather Routing By Stan Honey Stan Honey has navigated in twenty-two transpacific races, finishing first ten times. As navigator, Stan has set the single-handed, double-handed, and fullycrewed passage records for monohulls to Hawaii. In 1996, Stan and Sally (Lindsay Honey) won the Pacific Cup overall, sailing their Cal 40 Illusion doublehanded. Stan was the navigator on ABN AMRO I, which won the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race around the world, and was navigator on Groupama3 which set the Jules Verne non-stop circumnavigation record in 2010 (superseded) Stan was the US Yachtsman of the year in 2010 and is in the US Sailing Hall of Fame. Stan serves as the chairman of the World Sailing Oceanic and Offshore Committee. Stan is married to Sally Lindsay Honey, a two time US Yachtswoman of the Year.
Overall race structure and necessary decisions The primary feature that determines the tactics in a transpacific race is the Pacific High, an area of high pressure situated between Hawaii and California. Typically there is no wind in the center of the high, and increasing wind as you get farther south, up to a limit. The central question concerning course selection is: how close to sail to the high, or how many extra miles to sail to get farther from the high? In years when the Pacific High is weak (or weakening) and positioned well south, there can be strikingly more wind to the south. There have been transpacific races where yachts that are 10 miles to the south of competitors can experience one knot more wind. An ultra-light-displacement (ULDB) maxi/sled, in one knot more wind will sail 1/2 knot faster, and therefore would gain 12 miles per day on the northern competitor. Smaller ULDBs will similarly gain from the additional wind. Although the gain is less for heavier boats, it is still a significant factor. This condition can persist for the entire middle of the race. Note that all yachts in this middle period of the race are nearly fetching the finish on starboard pole, so the boats caught too far north cannot jibe out of their predicament without sailing a dramatically unfavored angle, and passing far astern of the competitors to the south. Occasionally, however, the Pacific High will be strong (or strengthening), and located far to the north. In these conditions, it IS possible to be too far south. The boats that sail closer to the high will not only get more wind, but will sail the shorter distance. Typically in these sorts of years, the wind stays “reachy” throughout the middle of the race, so the boats that paid extra distance to get south cannot even “cash in” the southing and reach up in front of the northern boats, because everyone is reaching fast, and the boats to the
North and ahead get the shift first and gybe to port, crossing ahead of the boats to the South. So the critical characteristic of the correct “lane” as you approach the High, is to get sufficient veer on which to gybe to port before the wind gets too light. If you are too far North, you have to gybe before you get enough veer, and end up gybing on a rotten angle. If you are too far South, the boats to the North get the veer first and gybe and cross your bow.
The four phases of the Pacific Cup: It is helpful to think of the Pacific Cup in four phases: 1. The race to the synopic wind before nightfall on the first day. 2. The windy reach to the ridge 3. “Slotcars” through the middle third; and 4. The run for the finish…
Phase 1 – The start and exit from San Francisco Bay – reaching the synoptic wind Get a comfortable start. It is senseless to risk a foul or collision at the start of a 2000 mile race, so consider starting 15 to 30 seconds late. The start is generally scheduled for an ebb tide, so this discussion will make that assumption. Tack shortly after the start, and take long tacks across the center of the bay in order to stay in the favorable current. Pass under the bridge at mid-span. As you leave the Bay, be sure to know where the inside edge of the synoptic wind is, and race to that wind. If you don’t get to the synoptic wind by nightfall of the first day of your race, you will spend the first night slatting. Typically the synoptic wind runs from Pt. Reyes through the Farallones but be sure that you know where it is. Coamps from Saildocs, or other mesoscale models from SailFlow or PredictWind are good for working this out before the start. Note that the great circle course to Hawaii passes nearly over the Farallones, so as you leave the Bay if the closest point of the synoptic wind is over the Farallones, then race to the Farallones. Tack close to Pt. Bonita to be inside the right hand shift that you get just beyond Pt. Bonita. After clearing Pt. Bonita the wind velocity will reduce and the wind will begin to veer. As you free your sheets it’s very important to work out your overall race tactics; the course that you select for the first night and the next day will determine your tactics for the rest of the race.
Phase 2 – Windy reach to the ridge The Pacific High nearly always has a ridge extending from its southeast corner. On the weather map this is visible as a “U” shape in the isobars on the southeast corner of the Continued on page 16
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Layers. Pacific Cup 2014. Photo: Snafu, Karl Robrock
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In this final phase of the race the wind speed is generally even across the course. Oddly, the boats that get too far north in the middle of the race, and stew about it for 3-4 days, often jibe onto port as soon as they can, sailing to the south when there is no longer a wind speed advantage. These boats then miss the right shift in the last third of the race and lose even more.
Puffs. Pacific Cup 2014. Photo: Snafu, Karl Robrock Continued from page 14
high. After leaving coastal waters, you will have a windy reach for a couple of days, depending on your yacht’s speed, but when you get to the ridge, the wind will lighten and veer very quickly. Within 6 hours after you initially set the spinnaker, the wind will lift and you will be running on your downwind polars in much lighter air. You just crossed the ridge. The most critical decision of the Pacific Cup is where to cross the ridge. The reason this is critical is, once you get to the ridge and the wind comes back, you can not “change lanes” to a lane that is farther south. It never pays to sail lower than your polars, and you cannot jibe (onto the dramatically unfavored port pole) without huge penalty. That is why the middle third of the race is called “slotcars.”
Phase 3 – The Slotcars As you left the coast you made your decision about where you wanted to cross the ridge, you sailed there, and now you have to live with it for four or five days. If you are too far to the north, you will be slowly destroyed by the yachts to the south of you, and there is nothing that you can do about it; you cannot jibe (without huge penalty), and you should not sail lower than your polars. If you are substantially too far north, you will experience torture. As the wind gets lighter, your polars force you to sail higher and higher, until you “spin out” up into the high. If you have to jibe to avoid total calm, your angle on port pole will have you heading due south, far behind your competitor’s transoms. The “slotcars” leg ends when the wind eventually veers far enough so that both jibes are symmetrical around the course to the finish, allowing you to sail either jibe. Watch for cutoff lows on the first half of the race. If there IS a cutoff, remember that there is light wind South of a cutoff, good wind to its North. So if you have to sail past a cutoff low, either pass well to the South of it or pass North of it. Cutoff ’s make a big difference to the race so watch for them carefully.
Phase 4 – The run to the finish – just like the brochure promised The final phase of the race is “the run.” This is why we sail Pacific Cups. The wind picks up as you approach the Islands, and you get to practice your helmsmanship surfing tradewind swells. Generally the right hand side of the course is favored in this portion of the race, because the wind slowly veers as you sail west. 16 Pacific Cup 2016
Instead, favor starboard pole until you can nearly lay the Islands, and then approach Oahu on port pole. Be sure to account for the fact that the wind will continue to veer, and do not overstand Kaneohe. One way to avoid overstanding is to plot a waypoint that is 60-100 miles directly upwind of the finish and jibe onto port pole when you can lay that waypoint. The wind should continue to shift to the right, so that when you actually cross the line that is upwind of the finish you may find that you are substantially closer to Kaneohe than your initial waypoint. Keep an eye out for tropical depressions, or “inverted troughs”, that move along the trades from East to West. There is more wind to the NW of a tropical depression and a backed wind direction whereas there is less wind to the NE of a tropical depression with a veered wind direction. So if there is a significant inverted trough that will be behind you as you approach the Islands, it can sometimes pay to sail down closer to the trough to take advantage of the increased wind velocity and the backed direction.
Approaching the Finish Arrange your final jibe or two so that you pass 10 miles due upwind of the finish. Then sail half the remaining distance on starboard pole, and make your final 5 mile approach on port pole. As you approach the finish, plot your track on the chart, and take GPS fixes as well as periodic bearings with your hand bearing compass. The finish line for the 2016 race has been moved about a quarter mile from its prior location for safety reasons. In addition to the live-fire range around Mokumanu island, the area immediately north of the finish area is now populated with unlit anchor buoys for experimental wave power generators. It’s expected that the area south of 21 degrees 29 north will be restricted and that the finish line will be “on a bearing from the aeronautical beacon atop Puu Hawaiiloa (on the Marine Corps Base) northwest through Pyramid Rock, north of 21 29 North”. In the daytime, take bearings on: 1. Mokapu (the turtle’s head) 2. The giant ping pong balls near Pyramid Rock (labeled “radomes” on chart) 3. Makapuu (the left edge of Oahu) 4. Pyramid Rock (white house with diagonal stripes on conical rock) At night, take bearings on: 1. Molokai light, range 28 miles, loom visible 60 miles (flashing 10s) 2. Makapuu light (occulting 10s) 3. Marine AeroBeacon, sometimes obscured (alt green/white or red/ white) 4. Pyramid Light (occulting 4s) Remember that the reef is just over 1 mile beyond the finish line, so douse your spinnaker promptly. If for some reason you have trouble dousing your spinnaker, jibe onto starboard and sheet your mainsail hard. If you can maintain a beam reach, even with the kite flogging in the rigging, you will stay clear of the reef.
The Race Squalls Typically, you will get tradewind squalls for the last three or four nights of the race. They only occur at night, starting about midnight and continuing and strengthening until dawn. If there is a moon, the squalls are visible for miles because of their height. If there is no moon, you can often detect squalls behind you by watching for the absence of stars. If you have radar, squalls are easily detectable. Each squall on a given night will behave almost exactly like its predecessor, except it will be a little stronger. So “go to school” on each squall in order to sort out how to best take advantage of the next one. If one squall provided more fun than you really wanted, douse the kite and wing out a jib for the next one. If a squall is approaching, and you get rain before the wind, prepare for lots of wind. At dawn the squalls vanish, but leave calm zones around and particularly behind them. These calm zones are worth taking great care to avoid. The comments below assume normal right shifting squalls. Occasionally there will be a night of squalls with no wind shifts in them, or even with left shifts. The following characterizations are very typical, but the best prediction of what you will experience in a squall is the experience you had in the previous squall the same night. In contrast to popular perception, squalls do not generally work the way “catspaws” do. Catspaws have diverging wind in front of them. Surprisingly, tradewind squalls often have converging winds at their leading edge. The wind converges because there is an updraft in front of the squall. In addition, the average wind in the squall is generally veered about 15 degrees or so to the right of the prevailing surface wind, and the squall itself moves about 15 degrees to the right of the path of the surface wind. Behind squalls the wind is light, particularly near dawn.
you and your wind speed and angle have returned to the prevailing conditions. If you jibe back to starboard pole too early, you run the risk of crossing behind the squall and getting into the light air in the wake of the squall. If you have the good fortune to be sailing on a sled, you can sail fast enough to stay in the accelerated wind in front of the squall for hours. This requires jibing back and forth in front of the squall, jibing about every 15 minutes. Each jibe “back” towards the squall will be at a horrible angle, because of the way that the wind “toes in” in front of the squall, but jibe back anyway. The additional wind velocity in front of the squall makes up for the horrible angle. If you are racing aggressively, you will jibe over 50 times in a Pacific Cup, with most jibes taking place at night in squalls. Port pole is more effective to avoid the calm behind a squall because the squall itself is moving to the right of the path of the surface wind, so port pole allows you to diverge rapidly from the light air area behind the squall. It is perilous to exit a squall on starboard pole because of the risk of getting becalmed behind the squall, particularly near dawn.
Weather Information The best source of information about the future position and strength of the high comes from grib files and OPC weather maps via weatherfax or via the internet. Definitely use a mesoscale model to make sure you know where the inside edge of the synoptic wind is before the start.
If you want to race aggressively, watch for squalls and jibe to get in front of them. As they overtake you, jibe to port pole. Stay on port pole during the squall, sailing as deep as you dare, and then jibe back to starboard only when the squall has passed completely over
Author’s Disclaimers All of the above comments are relevant to typical Pacific Cups. There are unusual races in which you have to break the above rules to win. Pay attention to your boat’s polars. If you are racing a light displacement boat, it is worth sailing extra miles to get extra wind, because no matter how hard it blows, a light boat will sail still faster if you get more wind. On the other hand, if you are racing a heavy displacement boat, do not sail any extra miles in order to get more wind than necessary to reach hull speed. If you sail farther to get more wind, you will have more fun, but your average speed will not increase enough to pay for the extra distance. Watch for tropical depressions. The inverted troughs that extend north of a tropical depression can cause the tradewind direction to shift from normal. This can make a huge difference as you are picking your approach to the Islands. Watch for cutoff lows. Passing just South of one can take a very long time. Finally Pick your strategy, and stick to it. Then whatever happens, make up your story for the bar in Kaneohe, and stick to it. Pacific Cup 2016 17
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36’ Catalina Mk I Sloop Sail No: 1068 Hailing Port: Sacramento, CA Yacht Club: Pacific Cup YC Skipper: Christopher Cox Skipper/Navigator: Ginger Cox
Synergy 1000
Adrena li n
Ag aséa
Santa Cruz 50 Custom
Jeanneau SO43DS
Sail No. 7008 Hailing Port: Point Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC, Clipper Race YC Skipper: Shana Bagley Howe Navigator: Mark Howe Crew: Jon Eberly, Del Olsen, Jasper Van Vliet, Alex Knox, Alex Farell, Randall Landaiche
Sail No. 126 Hailing Port: Point Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC, Skipper/Navigator: Gene Scott Crew: Susan Scott, Chuck von Schalscha, Marilyn von Schalscha, Jim Allen
Aeri a g nie
Albion
C&C 40 Tall Rig Sloop
J124
Sail No. 67777 Hailing Port: Marina del Rey, CA Yacht Club: Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Association Skipper: Cecile Generaux Schwedes Navigator: John Lovell Crew: Benjamin Samuel Hager
Sail No. USA 14 Hailing Port: Alameda, CA Yacht Club: Royal Ocean Racing Club, Encinal Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Skipper/Navigator: Graham David Ellis Crew: Brian Blair, John Notman, Robert Amos, Angel Rodriguez, Tony Day, Ashley Perrin
Aero
Alchimiste
Hobie 33
Archambault A27
Sail No. 77545 Hailing Port: South Beach, San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: SSS Skipper: Joe Wells Navigator: Bruce Ladd Driver: Synthia Petroka
Sail No. 38973 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: Lido Island YC, Skipper/Navigator: Amanda Kleha Steve Kleha
Sail No. S1001 Hailing Port: Stockton, CA Yacht Club: Stockton Sailing Club Skipper: Russ Rieber Navigator: Crew: Bobby Doscher, David Bussey, Linus Ralls
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Nelson Marek 366 Sail No: 4502 Hailing Port: Alameda, CA Yacht Club: Skipper: Matt Shore Navigator: Crew: Alexia Mullis, Jacob Shore, Huned Botee
Bianca 414 Sail No: 30345 Hailing Port: Alameda, CA Yacht Club: Encinal YC Skipper: Thomas Abbott Navigator: Megan Laney Crew: David M. Bennett, Stacy Riggs
Alt er na te R e a li t y
Bear B oat
Express 27 Sail No: 18079 Hailing Port: Seattle, WA Yacht Club: STYC Skipper: Darrel Jensen Crew: Jay Douglas Jensen
Jeanneau 40.3 Sail No: 38403 Hailing Port: Danville, CA Yacht Club: Ballena Bay YC Skipper: Paul A Koenig Navigator: Madeline Loh Crew: Dwayne Richard Sullivan, Rodney Stephen Witel, Renee Kiml, Marye Ellen Valentine
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Bullet
Jeanneau 42i P Sail No: 7381 Hailing Port: South Beach Harbor Yacht Club: Santa Cruz YC Skipper: Michael Hutchinson Navigator: Paulo Irulegui Crew: Michael J. Peterson, William Joseph McCombie, Magnus Lindblad, George Slater
Express 37 Sail No: 40311 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: SSS Skipper: Laurence Baskin Navigator: Nick Grebe Crew: John Taylor, Nicolas Schmidt, Kurt Magdanz
Ardea
Buo n a Sera
Tartan 37 Sail No: 285 Hailing Port: Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Pacific Cup YC Skipper: Glen Margolis Navigator: Charles Washburn Crew: Tony English, Mary Kraybill, Jonathan Howell, John Amen
Santa Cruz 70 Sail No: US 41104 Hailing Port: Santa Cruz, CA Yacht Club: Santa Cruz YC Skipper: Edward Marez Navigator: William G “Gerry” Swinton Crew: Bret Gripenstraw, Michael Anthony Evans, Jack E Halterman, John Buchanan, Tim Cordrey, Christopher J Deaver, Mackenzie Cook
P A C I F IC CU P 201 6 Boats & Crews C a lifor ni a C o ndor Antrim Class 40 Sail No: USA 94 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper: Hill Blackett III Navigator: Jim Antrim
C hasch M er Santa Cruz 50 Sail No: USA8929 Hailing Port: Honolulu, HI Yacht Club: Kaneohe YC Skipper: Gib Black Navigator: Jack Everett Crew: Mark Svenson, Mark Maglin, Kevin Dudney, Tod Curtis Moody, David Holscher, Vito Bialla, Richard N Garman, Jonathan Edelman
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Islander 36 Sail No: 6763 Hailing Port: Alameda, CA Yacht Club: Pacific Cup YC Skipper: Kit Wiegman Crew: Dan Primus, Lee Krasnow, Nathan Bossett, Carlos Cadiente
Peterson 34 Sail No: 23713 Hailing Port: Sausalito, CA Yacht Club: Antigua YC Skipper/Navigator: John P Crutcher II Crew: Suzanne Miller
C e t a cea
D ouble Espresso
Hudson Force 50 Ketch Sail No: C2H60 Hailing Port: Tacoma, WA Yacht Club: Berkeley YC Skipper: Peter T Masson Navigator: Steve Armstrong Crew: Kelvin Phillips, Gavin McDonald, Brian Pratt, John K Frazier, James O’Halloran
Olson 30 Sail No: 18069 Hailing Port: Santa Cruz, CA Yacht Club: Santa Cruz YC Skipper: Jason Lauer Crew: Evan Diola
C h a nce
Elan
Wauquiez Centurion 42 Sail No: 4213 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper/Navigator: Mark Lowry Crew: David Berke, Jennifer McKenna, Fred G Paxton, Ted Strand, Deb Lowry
Express 37 Sail No: 87700 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: SSS Skipper: Jack Peurach Navigator: Zac Judkins Crew: John Duncan, Rebecca Hinden, Jack Duncan
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Club Swan 42 Sail No: 4216 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: San Francisco YC Skipper: Thomas Furlong Crew: Ronnie Simpson, Adam P Correa, Hilary Walecka, Adrian Johnson, Patrick O’Connor, James M Smith
Express 37 Sail No: 18513 Hailing Port: San Pedro, CA Yacht Club: SBRYC Skipper: Shawn Ivie Navigator: Douglas Johnstone Crew: Chad McNeely, Michael Kennedy
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Mas!
Sydney 36 CR Sail No: USA 3632 Hailing Port: Pt Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper: Wayne Koide Navigator: Jim Quanci Crew: Ben Burbridge, Susie Koide, Julia Paxton
Moore 24 Sail No: 138 Hailing Port: Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper: Mark English Navigator: Ian Rogers
E v ermoore
Mio Vi no
Moore 24 Sail No: 109 Hailing Port: Portland, OR Yacht Club: Thorn City YC Skipper: Rhys Balmer Crew: Martin Gibson
Beneteau 473 Sail No: 56060 Hailing Port: Napa, CA Yacht Club: Pacific Cup YC Skipper: Gregory Miller Navigator: Aaron Williams Crew: Sean Smith, Doug Pajak, Matt Solhjem, Steve Olson, Lance Schulte
J World ’ s Hula G irl
Mirador
SC50 Mod Sail No: 77285 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: San Diego YC San Francisco YC Skipper: Wayne Zittel Crew: Jimmy Peter, Brendan Huffman, Chris Walker, Steven Gordon, Andreas Kral, Michael Joffre
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Antrim 27 Sail No: 22 Hailing Port: La Salle, MI Yacht Club: San Diego YC Skipper/Navigator: Eric Devaney Crew: Will Devaney
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Archambault A35 Sail No: 18250 Hailing Port: Alta Coma, CA Yacht Club: Marina Del Coma YC Skipper/Supercargo: Kirk Denebeim Navigator/Cook: Robb Daer Watch Captain/Other: Roark Smith Rail Meat: Mark Warren
Santa Cruz 50 Sail No: USA 8927 Hailing Port: Tiburon, CA Yacht Club: Corinthian YC, St Francis YC, RORC, Pacific Cup YC Skipper: Michael D Moradzadeh Navigator: Elizabeth Baylis Crew: David B Ritchie, Tom Thayer, Todd Hedin, Tom Paulling, Brett Dewire, Mike Kastrop, David B Smith
Nicole
Ohan a
Orion 35 Sail No: 8210 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: Folsom Lake YC, Richmond YC Skipper: Mel Morrison Navigator: John Dillow Crew: Dave LaBrie, Mark Werder
Beneteau 45f5 Sail No: 38023 Hailing Port: Yacht Club: SYC Skipper: Steve Hocking Crew: Benjamin Solinsky
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On e- Eyed Jack
Beneteau 411 Sail No: 28757 Hailing Port: Vallejo, CA Yacht Club: Vallejo YC Skipper: Jack Vetter Navigator: Travis Vetter Crew: Nicholas Vetter, Mark Littlefield, Stephen Kennery
Express 37 Sail No: 18334 Hailing Port: Haleiwa, HI Yacht Club: Kaneohe YC Skipper: Dawson Jones Navigator: Josh Dean Crew: Kimo Lyman, Ross Kaaa, Dave Yester, James Booth
No zomi
Pacem
Cal 40 Sail No: 164 Hailing Port: San Diego, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC, San Diego YC Skipper/Navigator: Rowena Carlson, Robb Walker
Islander 48 Sail No: 38099 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Skipper: Chris Berge Navigator: Willam Jorge Pearce Crew: Brandon A Whitney, Marnie Merriam, John Kelly
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Cal 40 Sail No: 7903 Hailing Port: Los Angeles, CA Yacht Club: Los Angeles YC Skipper: Steve Calhoun Navigator: Jim Barber Crew: William Grandfield Wright, Don Burdge, Scott Ford Barber
Super Maxi Sail No: USA2121 Hailing Port: Newport Beach, CA Yacht Club: St Francis YC Skipper: Manouch Moshayedi Navigator: Chris Branning Crew: Richard Bardwell, Gavin Brady, Alastair Campbell, Morgan Cox, Justin Ferris, Morgan Gutenkunst, Keith Kilpatrick, Peter Kinney, Jeff Messano, Sebastian Moshayedi, Mike Van Dyke, Tyler Wolk, Joseph Penrod, Ryan Lynch
P yew a cke t
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Andrews 70 Sail No: USA 678 Hailing Port: Honolulu, HI Yacht Club: Waikiki YC Skipper: Roy Disney Navigator: Tom Addis Crew: Ben Mitchell, Gary Weisman, Dan Morris, Scott Easom, Stu Bannatyne, Mark Callahan, Robbie Haines
J46 Sail No: 46960 Hailing Port: Portland, OR Yacht Club: Portland YC Skipper: Scott Campbell Crew: David C Moran, Jeff Duvall, Chris Deiss, Charles H Rice, Brian Haveman, Andrew Haliburton
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Caliber 40 LRC Sail No: 5 Hailing Port: Berkeley, CA Yacht Club: Berkeley YC Skipper: Gregory Newman Navigator: Mike Spicer Crew: Susan Wells, Mary Starkey, Toni Spicer
Melges 32 Sail No: 174 Hailing Port: Point Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper: Rufus Sjoberg Navigator: Dylan Benjamin Crew: Ruben Gabriel, Johnny Goldsberry
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Cal 40 Sail No: 7817 Hailing Port: Point Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper: Walter Chedester Smith Crew: Peter B Baldwin, Robin Jeffers, Scott Arlen Brigham, Rowan Fennell
Andrews 70 Sail No: 46269 Hailing Port: St John Yacht Club: Waikiki YC Skipper: Hector Velarde Navigator: David Voss Crew: Tom Corkett Sr., Steve Dodd, Craig Chamberlain, Cecil Rossi, Chadwick Hough, Tyler Austin Prentice, Carl Fuller, Brian Torrensen
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J 109 Sail No: 335 Hailing Port: Kaneohe, HI Yacht Club: Kaneohe YC Skipper: Ray Sanborn Navigator: Victor Lozano Crew: Mark Petritz, George Petritz, Ohu Sanborn, Marc Barra
Allied Mistress MKIII - Ketch Sail No: 57779 Hailing Port: Coyote Point, CA Yacht Club: Coyote Point YC Skipper: Lad Burgin Navigator: Bill Myers Crew: Kathleen McGraw, Donna Domasin Austin, Eric B. Holmes, Kimber Oswald
S a ili ng F or Al s
Shearw ater
Beneteau First 30E Sail No: USA 60477 Hailing Port: Marina del Rey, CA Yacht Club: California YC Skipper/Navigator: Charles Devanneaux, Fred Courouble
J35 Sail No: 40248 Hailing Port: Tacoma, WA Yacht Club: Corinthian YC Tacoma Skipper: Karl Haflinger Navigator: James Ianelli Crew: David Smullin, Ben Munday
S a nguine
Sierra
Tartan 3800 Sail No: 38 Hailing Port: San Pedro, CA Yacht Club: Cabrillo Beach YC, Transpac YC Skipper: Ken Fullenwider Navigator: Donald McLennan
2004 Beneteau 423 Sail No: 304 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: Encinal YC/Oakland YC Skipper: Hal Lynam Navigator: Cindy Meloy Crew: Laurie Lynam, Bill Nork, Mike Meloy
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Spadefoot
Islander 36 Sail No: 82659 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: Coyote Pt YC, San Jose Sailing Club Skipper: Eric Mueller Navigator: Ulli Steiner Crew: Patricia Lowther, Bob Adams
Schumacher 28 Sail No: 28339 Hailing Port: Austin, TX Yacht Club: Austin YC, GBCA Skipper: Christina Wolfe Navigator: Justin Wolfe
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Tiki J
Schumacher 46 Sail No: 28098 Hailing Port: Point Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Encinal YC Skipper: Bob Hinden Navigator: Brent Draney Crew: Scott Owens, Karina Vogen, Jeffrey Draney, John Claude
J/42 Sail No: 33 Hailing Port: San Mateo, CA Yacht Club: Coyote Point YC Skipper: Scott Dickinson Crew: Kim Worsham, Brad Worsham, Vincent Swerkes
Swee t Okole
Varu n a VI
Farr 36 Sail No: 29000 Hailing Port: Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper: Dean Treadway Navigator: John Norheim Crew: Ron Boehm
Ker 56 Sail No: GER 7111 Hailing Port: Hamburg, Germany Yacht Club: NRV, APC Skipper: Jens Kellinghusen Navigator: Guillermo Altadill Crew: Günter Alajmo, Tim Daase, David Blass, Jonas Blass, Hartwell Jordan, Andreas Niemeier, Peter Knight, Lindsay Stead, Fynn Terveer, Jan Hilbert, Vasco Ollero
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Jeanneau 57 Sail No: 38098 Hailing Port: Sausalito, CA Yacht Club: St Francis YC Skipper: Rick Niello Navigator: Ken Grayson Crew: Derrick Niello, Randy Reynoso, Mike Brown, Gary Fay
J/42 Sail No: 28642 Hailing Port: Hood River, OR Yacht Club: Portland YC, Hood River YC Skipper: Tom Keffer Navigator: Bjorn Freeman-Benson Crew: Kevin Driscoll, Carl Hosticka, Jeff Olin, Mike Brockman
Tiki B lue
Vera Cru z
Beneteau 423 Sail No: 38423 Hailing Port: Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper: Gary Troxel Navigator: Rune Storesund Crew: Chris Gilbert, Larry Nelson, Lindsay Gilbert
Beneteau First 40 Sail No: 1003 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: Pacific Cup YC Skipper/Navigator: Michael Johnson Crew: Vera Chotzen, Nika Chotzen Johnson, Kira Chotzen Johnson, Mike Smith, Beau Null, Rick McDonald
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J44 Sail No: 67 Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper/Navigator: Bill Williams Navigator: Suzie Grubler Crew: Barton L Harris, Jr., Michael I Moyers, Steve Cameron, Dogen Hannah
MORC30 Sail No: 3001 Hailing Port: Richmond, CA Yacht Club: Richmond YC Skipper: Melinda Erkelens Navigator: Bill Erkelens
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Zipper
X-Yachts X-362 Classic Sail No: 50980 Hailing Port: Rio Vista, CA Yacht Club: Pacific Cup YC Skipper: Kerry Sheehan Navigator: Stan Phillips Crew: Norbert Kiesel, Charles Watt, Ella van Gool
Santa Cruz 27 Sail No: 57878 Hailing Port: Seattle, WA Yacht Club: Washington YC Skipper/Navigator: Alexia Fischer, Bob Rinker
L to R: Absinthe, Giant Slayer, Blade Runner. Double Handed start. Pacific Cup 2014.
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1. Blade Runner, Ward Naviaux and Andy Schwenk. Santa Cruz 27 OD Award. 14d:00:11:25. 2. Lei Greeters. Photo: Leslie Johnson 3. Por Favor. Photo: Leslie Johnson 4. Pyewacket crew arrives at KYC. First Hawaiian Boat: Roy Pat Disney, 7d: 17:54:49 5. War Pony. Photo: Leslie Johnson 6. Mai Tais.
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Greetings
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or some boats, the arrival at Kaneohe Bay is filled with bright sunshine and spectacular views of tropical Hawaiian paradise. For others, it’s lit with stars and moonlight. But whatever the time – day or night – each boat is greeted by volunteers. Escort boats help guide each boat from the finish line, through the reef channel to the Kaneohe Yacht Club dock, where each and every crew member is handed a Mai Tai, a lei and a warm “aloha”. And that’s only the start of the celebration. Kaneohe Bay isn’t that far geographically from Honolulu’s Waikiki Beach, but it’s a totally different environment from the bustling urban jungle. Kaneohe is green and tropical and very relaxing. Kaneohe Yacht Club volunteers are on hand to answer questions about local activities and a swimming pool is on hand for a refreshing swim.
KYC Leis & Trays.
After more than a week of round-the-clock watches onboard, on land the priority for both skippers and crew becomes socializing. There’s the Mt. Gay Rum Night with the iconic red hats, and the famous luau with a pit roasted pig and traditional entertainment to enthrall the entire family. The grand finale is the Awards ceremony that celebrates the accomplishments of everyone who made the journey. And the next day, everyone can join in the plywood boat challenge to benefit United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii. Best of all: hours spent at the incomparable Kaneohe Yacht Club whether at the bar, on the lawn, or poolside chatting with fellow competitors to swap war stories – and plan strategies for the next Pac Cup crossing.
Keiki greeters. Photo: Leslie Johnson
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Scarlet Runner, Robert Date. Winner - Pacific Cup Overall. First Place Latitude 38 Div. E. First Place ORR. Winner Latitude 38 Performance Trophy. 7d:14:25:18. Pacific Cup 2014.
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The Finish
Invisible Hand, Frank Slootman. Winner - Fastest Passage Trophy. 6d:22:04:11. Pacific Cup 2014.
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Trophie s & Fun Prizes The Pacific Cup Yacht Club provides outstanding, unique awards. In addition to the perpetual trophies described below, Koa bowls of varying sizes are awarded for achievements in most categories. Native to Hawaii, Koa was used by ancient Hawaiians to build outrigger canoes and surfboards. In the Hawaiian language the word Koa means brave, bold, fearless or warrior. The bowls are turned by Robert Butts, one of Hawaii’s premier woodcrafters www.rwbutts.com. Division Winners receive very special Weems & Plath clocks of superb quality featuring beautiful nautical designs. The clocks have precision quartz movements housed in beautiful, solid, forged brass cases, which are hand polished and flawlessly lacquered. The clock’s classic bezels allow easy access to components for adjustment. Each clock is specially engraved for the Pacific Cup by Weems & Plath. You can view all Weems & Plath instruments at www.weems-plath.com.
Perpetual Trophies
Winners of perpetual trophies can keep them until one month prior to the next Pacific Cup Race. They also receive a lovely Koa wood bowl to keep. Bill Lee and the famous Merlin.
Bill Lee ‘Wizard” Perpetual Trophy W
hich yacht designer has had the greatest influence on boats racing downwind from California to Hawaii? Judging by the numbers, it’s Bill Lee. Lee’s 68-foot Merlin, the first in a long line of innovative Ultra Light Displacement Boats (ULDBs) designed to take advantage of the downwind conditions from California to Hawaii, won top honors in the first three Pacific Cup (San Francisco to Kauai) races. The inaugural race time of 10 days, 4 hours, 5 minutes was almost 4 days and 700 miles ahead of the second boat in, a Bill Lee designed Santa Cruz 50, Secret Love. Merlin was the first in a series of Santa Cruz 70s to set records in the Transpac, Pacific Cup, Tahiti, and Mexico races.
PACIFIC CUP TROPHY – awarded to the winner on corrected time among all mono-hull PCR rating divisions, this trophy is a large bronze cup on a lovely wood base. RECORD PASSAGE TROPHY – awarded for the fastest passage on record in the Pacific Cup, this trophy is a half-model of Merlin. FASTEST PASSAGE TROPHY – awarded to the boat in the current race with the shortest elapsed time without time allowance, this trophy is an etching on glass featuring a boat surfing a Pacific swell. FIRST HAWAIIAN BOAT TO FINISH TROPHY – awarded to the first boat skippered by a resident of Hawaii to finish on corrected time, this is a three-foot tall carved wooden statue of King Kamehameha.
Those early boats were just the beginning of The Wizard’s dominance in Pacific race crossings. Lee-design boats have crossed the Pac Cup finish line 70 times, and the range includes Santa Cruz 27s, 40s, 50s, 52s and 70s. Lee designed boats engraved on the Pacific Cup trophy include Horizon (Santa Cruz 50), Lightning (Santa Cruz 52), Winnetou (Santa Cruz 52), Octavia (Santa Cruz 50) and Oaxaca (Santa Cruz 50).
CARL SCHUMACHER TROPHY – awarded to the first Carl Schumacher designed boat to finish on corrected time, this trophy is a large Koa wood bowl created by Robert Butts.
In 2016, the Pacific Cup Yacht Club will honor Lee’s many contributions to ocean racing with the new Bill Lee ‘Wizard’ Perpetual Trophy. It will be awarded to the Bill Lee designed boat with the best corrected performance. To date, five boats entered in the race are eligible for the trophy but they also have their eye on the overall Pacific Cup – after all these years, Lee’s designs are still highly competitive on corrected time. Watch for a varied fleet of Lee competitors: Zipper and Giant Slayer (Santa Cruz 27s); Oaxaca Adrenalin, Chasch Mer, and J World’s Hula Girl (Santa Cruz 50s); and Buona Sera (Santa Cruz 70). Be sure to follow their progress during the race – it’s likely to be a close competition that won’t be decided until the final corrected times are scored. -- Ross Tibbits
TEAM TROPHY – awarded to the 3-yacht team from the same yacht club with the best total performance, this trophy is a bronze sculpture of three dolphins.
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BILL LEE “WIZARD” TROPHY – awarded to the first Bill Lee designed boat to finish on corrected time, this trophy is a half model of Merlin with spinnaker flying.
HENRI-LLOYD PACIFIC CUP NAVIGATOR’S TROPHY– presented to the navigator of a division-winning yacht who is deemed the most skillful in navigation and weather routing by a panel comprised of all division-winning navigators, this trophy is a Wempe Marine-Quartz Chronometer mounted in a mahogany box. GEORGE R. BARRETT MEMORIAL TROPHY – awarded by the PCYC Commodore to the individual who exhibits outstanding seamanship as well as distinguished service, dedication, and enthusiasm for the race, this trophy is a beautiful teak sailboat.
The Finish George is remembered for his leadership in organizing PCYC, finding sponsorship for the race, and establishing Kaneohe Bay as the finish destination. DOUG VANN MEMORIAL TROPHY – awarded to the individual selected by Kaneohe Yacht Club who, through their enthusiasm and dedication, best exemplifies the spirit of the “Fun Race to Hawaii,” this trophy consists of five silver dolphins leaping over a cresting sea. LATITUDE 38 PERFORMANCE TROPHY – awarded to the yacht with the most convincing win relative to its own division, this trophy, formed from Plexiglas, prominently displays a slide rule and is engraved with some of the equations used to determine the award.
Division and Group Awards
In each division a Weems & Plath clock is awarded to first, second, and third place finishers on corrected time. ONE DESIGN DIVISIONS – Winners of One Design Divisions will receive a Robert Butts Koa Bowl. PHRF TROPHY – Awarded to the boat competing in any of the PHRF divisions with the shortest corrected time of all the boats in those divisions. ORR TROPHY – Awarded to the boat competing in any of the ORR divisions with the shortest corrected time of all the boats in those divisions. CRUISING DIVISIONS – Yachts completing the voyage will receive a Robert Butts Koa Bowl.
“Best” Awards
Each “Best” Award winner receives a Robert Butts Koa Bowl. BEST FIRST PASSAGE – awarded to the best passage by a “rookie” yacht and crew as identified by the Race Committee. BEST PREPARED YACHT – awarded to the yacht identified by the Chief Inspector, with input from all inspectors, that best demonstrates a thorough, thoughtful, and seamanlike preparation for the race, including implementation of the Equipment Requirements. BEST FAMILY YACHT – awarded to the best performing yacht crewed by family members. The PASSAGE NAUTICAL Trophy – awarded to the Beneteau boat with the fastest 24-hour passage on elapsed time. Both racing and cruising division boats are eligible. Other Prizes may be awarded for notable performance in a variety of special categories, some just for fun and some for serious accomplishments during the race. These prizes are announced at the Awards Ceremony.
Pacific Cup’s Artisan Wood Trophy Bowls
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et’s be honest – not all sailing trophies are suitable for living room display. But the Pacific Cup’s awards honor yacht racing achievement with fine artwork created by Robert Butts, a leading Hawai’i-based woodworking artisan who is also a mariner. Butts was introduced to woodworking at a young age, making and selling jewelry boxes with a table saw instead of having a paper route. Butts was inspired by an industrial arts teacher at his high school in Eureka, CA, and when his father – who was in the U.S. Coast Guard - was transferred to Hawaii Bob was impressed with the intricate and beautiful grains of the Hawaiian woods. Upon graduation from high school in Florida, Bob joined the Coast Guard and was eventually stationed back in Hawaii. In his spare time, Bob made bowls and furniture. After 21 years in the Coast Guard, retirement in Hawaii gave him more time for his art, and Butts is now recognized as one of the foremost wood artists in Hawaii. His piece Voyager is in the Honolulu Museum of Art’s collection and other works have been shown in The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii Craftsman and numerous other locations. Each reflects a love of the wealth of woods in Hawaii. One collection includes 90 bowls, each made with a different wood from the Hawaiian Islands. Another striking piece is an intricate marquetry screen with more than 100 Hawaiian woods incorporated into the scene of mountains and waterfall, sky and flowers. The work that goes into his Pacific Cup bowls reflects the effort it takes Pac Cup sailors to prepare. Butts carefully selects each piece of raw Koa wood – not always an easy process due to the relative scarcity of the wood. He then begins by roughing it out with a chainsaw to the size required for the bowl. The rough-cut bowls dry in a hot box for months to season the wood before they are ready to be turned. The turning process is painstaking, and once finished, the bowls are some of the highest quality available. “What makes the bowls so valuable is that they are something you couldn’t purchase in a gallery,” says PCYC staff commodore Steve Chamberlin. “The combination of a unique Hawaiian Koa hardwood and the lasered Pac Cup burgee genuinely makes these ‘Pacific Cups.’” Butts’ trophy bowls are a fitting tribute to note Pacific Cup racing achievements, and their beauty will bring years of enjoyment and memories to their recipients. Pacific Cup 2016 33
Mirage, Stan Pekins. Winner - Best Prepared. 15d:10:46:05. Pacific Cup 2014 .
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The History
By Louis Ickler With recent reports by Michael Moradzadeh In January 1979, Hal Nelson approached Ballena Bay Yacht Club (BBYC) Commodore Vytas Pazemenas with the idea of starting a low-key, fun race for fully crewed boats from San Francisco to Hawaii. Nelson, who was instrumental in bringing PHRF racing to San Francisco Bay, saw that the first single-handed race to Hawaii had just been successfully completed the previous summer, and the Alameda-based BBYC had a nucleus of members interested in ocean racing. The timing appeared to be right. BBYC worked with a small but enthusiastic group of volunteers from Kauai’s Nawiliwili Yacht Club to put a race together, setting a finish line on the southeast corner of Kauai. That race became the Pacific Cup.
Race Highlights 1980 – Race number one. Racing began with one of the
roughest crossings in Pac Cup history. Forty yachts started the first Pac Cup on June 15, 1980; only 32 of the boats finished. The three Santana 35s in the race all had damage to their rudders during the first several days. Friendship was picked up by a Navy ship and Raccoon Straights returned to San Francisco with water pouring in a cracked rudder bearing, leaving Wild Hair the only Santana to finish in Hawaii. The 63-foot yawl Corsair retired from the race and was lost on a shoal on her way back. After the rough weather of the first few days, the winds diminished and only Merlin, the 67-foot Bill Lee ULDB, had the speed to outrun the high-pressure area that moved down on the rest of the fleet. She reached Nawiliwili more than four days ahead of the rest of the fleet to win first to finish as well as first on corrected time.
Over the next few years interest in the race increased rapidly and by the end of the 1986, the Pacific Cup was well established with both serious racers and more casual racing cruisers. However, BBYC was finding it 1980 – The Pacific Cup Begins: difficult to administer what was First race from SF to Hawaii, finishing at turning into a major event, especially Kauai’s Nawiliwili Bay at a club with a number of competing 1984 – Double-handled division debuts activities. In Hawaii, the 1986 race had taxed the facilities of the Nawiliwili 1986 – Pacific Cup Yacht Club is Harbor, prompting talk of moving the incorporated finish elsewhere in Hawaii. It began to look as if the race might fade away unless someone could organize a committed group to keep it going. On August 4, 1987, George R. Barrett assembled a number of sailors, including Lou Ickler, the original author of this history, at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. With the support of some leading participants from prior races and the BBYC organizers, Barrett drafted the Articles of Incorporation for a new club. The Pacific Cup Yacht Club, whose function would be to take over the organization of the race, was born.
1988 – Finish moves to Kaneohe on
Oahu
1982 - Competition intensified
among the big boats, although the number of boats racing under the International Ocean Racing (IOR) rule had declined to eight boats from 13 in 1980. Merlin was there again, beating her previous record by 1 hour and 28 minutes in elapsed time to win the San Francisco to Kauai award, but was only able to place sixth on corrected time.
1984 - Merlin again beat her old
1990 – Debut of staggered starts 2008 – Addition of several new trophies, including Fastest Family Afloat and yacht club Team Trophy 2012 -- First Pacific Offshore Academy 2014 – Cruising division with early start and eased rules. First Pacific Cup Village at RYC.
record and set a new San Francisco to Kauai fastest passage record in elapsed time, 9 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes, once again earning the top trophy. The winners on corrected time were the Freres 36, Surefire, in the IOR division and the Smith 42, Magic Carpet, in PHRF. In the newly added doublehanded division, the Express 27, Light’n Up, won, arriving only six hours behind Magic Carpet.
1986 - Merlin set yet another new elapsed time record of 8 days, 14 hours, 53 minutes. On corrected time the Farr 36, Sweet Okole, skippered by Bobbi Tosse, took the last San Francisco to Kauai trophy.
One of the first items of business was the choice of a new finish line. Talks with Kaneohe Yacht Club, one of the three principal clubs on Oahu that had handled the finish of the Transpac race from Los Angeles, led to the important and happy choice of Kaneohe. Barrett had sailed the race as the chartering skipper of Charley, a Holland 67, winning third place in 1986. In 1988, he ran the race from the shore, and he ran it well. George died in the fall of 1988, but the Pacific Cup continues as a living memorial to him.
1988 – Light winds. On corrected time, the winner of the inaugural Pacific Cup trophy to Kaneohe Bay was Saraband, a Westsail 32 that had sailed a consistent pace for 14 days, 17 hours elapsed time, an amazing feat. Kathmandu, Phillipe Kahn’s Santa Cruz 70, took first in IOR after her competition got caught too far north and suffered from light winds.
Over the years, the Pac Cup has evolved with new divisions, new sponsors and new trophies. What has remained the same is a commitment to safe and enjoyable racing by hundreds of skippers and crew and the participation of an army of volunteers in both California and Hawaii.
1990 – A race of firsts. After light wind for the first few days, race conditions were generally nice. There were a number of firsts, including the initiation of staggered starts over a four-day period and a record number of entries that peaked at 53 with 45 actually crossing the starting line. The first three Pacific Cup 2016 35
The History 1998 – Yet another record. The Pac Cup speed record was
demolished by Roy Disney’s Santa Cruz 70 turbo, Pyewacket, as she took more than a full day off the record, finishing in 6 days, 14 hours, and 23 minutes. Pacific Cup veteran Bob Nance won first overall on handicap in the Newport 30, Water Pik.
2000 – GO SLOW was the theme. The 2000 race was so
slow that several boats floated around the Farallone Islands for three days in the early part of the race and 27 of the 80 boats entered did not finish within the time limit. The overall winner was Octavia, a Santa Cruz 50, with a remarkable elapsed time of 10 days, 12 ½ hours. The fastest passage was claimed by Phillipe Kahn’s Andrews 70 Pegasus.
2002 – Experience is rewarded. Normal weather returned,
with most boats finishing within a few days of each other. Skip Allan on the Wylie Custom 27, Wildflower, proved that experience (over 25 ocean passages) does count. Wildflower won not only the double-handed division but also came in first overall to take home the Pacific Cup.
2004 – Fastest passage record demolished. The day before Reinrag2, Thomas Garnier. Winner - Fastest Family. 9d: 10:43:36. Pacific Cup 2014. Continued from page 35
boats overall represented a complete range of sailboat types with first being the Lee ULDB, Oaxaca (Santa Cruz 50), the second a medium displacement racer-cruiser, Heart of Gold (Schumacher 50), and the third a heavy displacement cruiser Saraband (Westsail 32). Oaxaca took the Pacific Cup with the best corrected time.
1992 – A rhumb line race. The first start was windy and the next starts were very slow, but overall, the race was relatively fast with 46 boats starting and 43 finishing. It proved to be a rhumb line race because the Pacific High was quite far north. Some boats successfully chose a great circle route. The two largest boats in the race were double handed – Mongoose (SC 70) and Peregrine (N/M 70). The smallest boat in the fleet, Team Bonzi, a Moore 24, swept the top awards, taking both the double-handed and the Pacific Cup trophies. Fleet second place went to Ghost, the Morgan 38 from Kaneohe. 1994 – Records fall. An all-time high of 58 boats started,
with 52 finishing. Steve Rander’s Sunrise 70, Rage, broke Merlin’s longstanding elapsed time record by finishing in 8 days, 7 hours and 13 minutes. The small boats dominated the corrected time standings, with Bill and Melinda Erkelen’s home-built Dogpatch 26, Moonshine, winning Division B, the Double Handed class, and the overall Pacific Cup.
1996 – More records. With starting conditions a repeat
of 1992, the first starters blasted away from the coast, while the next three divisions were wondering if they would ever make it past the Farallones. Conditions were right for Rage, which broke her own 1994 record with a new record of 7 days 22 hours. Not only did the speed record fall, but a record 60 boats made it to Kaneohe. Among them was the Cal 40 Illusion, a tried-and-true California-to-Hawaii veteran, sailed by Stan Honey and Sally Lindsay, sweeping the double handed fleet and winning the overall Pacific Cup. 36 Pacific Cup 2016
the first start, the weather service issued gale warnings for the area of the Farallones, which proved overly pessimistic. The race was marked by uneventful weather after that, with the high filling in after the first two days, making it a slow race. The overall winner was the Santa Cruz 52, Winnetou, and eighteen years after her first Pacific Cup race, the Morgan 38, Ghost, won Division A. The Pacific Cup’s first female duo Silvia Seaberg and Synthia Petroka won the double-handed division on Eyrie, a Hawkfarm 28, with an elapsed time of 14 days and 4 hours. Mari Cha IV, a custom 147 footer, set a new elapsed record of 5 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes, 10 seconds.
2006 – Another slow race. The position of the high, and
the direction it was moving, made it a guessing game. Most boats tried a course close to the rhumb line, but after the first few days changed their minds and tried to go south. It took 9 to 12 days for most of the boats to finish, and after 15 days there were still 9 boats that had not finished. The Santa Cruz 52, Lightning, took home both the best elapsed time trophy and the Pacific Cup, and Jim Gregory’s Schumacher 52, Morpheus, was awarded the inaugural Schumacher trophy.
2008 - A full fleet – from start to finish. Nearly 70 entries, with every monohull that entered starting, and every boat that started, finishing. Philippe Kahn’s Open 50, Pegasus, set a new double-handed record of just over seven days, fifteen hours. Once again the Pacific Cup went to a double hander, Joby Easton on the Cascade 36, Rain Drop. 2010 – A Northerly course. As a testament to the impact of weather information and routing software available to sailors, virtually all racers adopted their northerly courses early in the race. Back on shore, race officials were startled to see, day after day, that the courses taken were all north of the rhumb line. The final group of starters, the fastest boats in Division E, took the northerly plan to an extreme, in some cases sailing slightly away from Hawaii as they positioned themselves north for their drive to the finish line 2,070 miles away. Limit, a R/P 63 was the fastest boat on elapsed time, and Horizon, a Santa Cruz 50 was not only first to finish, but also took home the Pacific Cup.
2012 – Mid-July start. The July 16 start date was the latest ever, designed to avoid the light and uncertain winds that are often found earlier in the summer. Pac Cuppers in the early part of the week ventured out into a near desert of wind and a generally benign crossing. Kevin P Welch in ICON finished in 7 days 16 hours 33 minutes and took the Fastest Passage trophy. Swazik, a Swan 45, took home the Pacific Cup for her eight-day, 22-hour crossing after the J/125 Double Trouble, having put in a stellar performance including two 300-mile days and initially correcting out to first overall was assessed a time penalty that lowered her place. 2014 – A mixed bag. It was a race slow to start and wild to finish. As in 2012, the early days of the race tested skill and patience as tacticians, weatherguessers, and sail handlers worked to eke every bit of speed out of the light and variable winds. Daily runs in the of range of 30 miles vexed the ordinarily swift boats. Several days after the starts, the band of light air relented, allowing a few, then more boats through to more reliable breezes and a race "the way it is supposed to be." Unlike 2012, the fleets split widely with some betting on a far north course, and others on the south – the North won. But easy sailing was not to last. Surprisingly boisterous weather greeted the early finishers, with
Surprise, Bob Hinden. Carl Schumacher Award Winner. 10d:4:28:56. Pacific Cup 2014.
heavy winds and lumpy seas. Scarlet Runner, Australian Robert Date’s Reichel Pugh 52, won the Pacific Cup grand slam – 1st in division, 1st in the ORR rating group and 1st overall, despite putting in an intense last 24 hours to compensate for time lost dealing with an A4 spinnaker blown to smithereens during a middle-of-the-night broach and an encounter with a fishing net. Snafu, a Moore 24, double handed by Karl Robrock and Giles Combrisson, won her double handed division and was 1st overall in the PHRF rating group. The Team Award was won this year by the Richmond Yacht Club team of Green Buffalo, Tiki Blue, and Encore.
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The History
Azure, Rodney Pimentel. Winner - Alaska Airlines, Div. A. 13d:21:04:12. Pacific Cup 2014.
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2 0 1 4 P A C IFIC CU P RESU LTS Name
Type
Skipper
Elapsed Time
Behind Div First
Div Rank Group Rank Fleet Rank
Snafu (647.0) Blade Runner (632.0) Green Buffalo (618.0) Absinthe (650.0) Mirage (635.0) Giant Slayer (621.0) Lil Angel (675.0) Kaos (624.0)
Moore 24 Santa Cruz 27 Cal 40 Moore 24 Santa Cruz 27 Santa Cruz 27 Newport 30 MKII Santa Cruz 27
Robrock Naviaux Mary Lovely Nitake Perkins Garman Schwartz Parker
13d 21:43:35 14d 00:11:25 13d 20:52:17 15d 18:10:10 15d 10:46:05 15d 09:49:29 16d 22:04:23 16d 01:53:03
- 11:05:20 15:49:12 1d 18:43:05 1d 19:56:30 2d 03:02:54 2d 08:14:48 2d 17:22:58
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Iwi Double Handed 1 start 07 Jul 2014 10:55:00 PDT 1 2 6 21 22 27 28 30
11 13 17 32 33 -
Kolea Double Handed 2 start 08 Jul 2014 12:10:00 PDT
Wolfpack (570.0) Donovan 30 Erkelens 12d 13:21:55 - 1 3 Thirsty (591.0) Beneteau First 30 Devanneaux 13d 03:18:51 1:52:26 2 5 California Condor (480.0) Antrim Class 40 Blackett III 11d 19:34:45 1d 09:57:50 3 23 Shearwater (545.0) J/120 Wolfe 13d 10:16:00 1d 11:16:35 4 25 War Pony (485.0) Farr 36 Howe 13d 01:16:55 2d 12:47:30 5 31 Aeriagnie (596.0) C&C 40 Tall Rig Schwedes 18d 20:14:21 5d 15:55:26 6 32 Ragtime! (589.0) J/92 Johnston
14 16 34 36 39 40
Azure (623.0) Cal 40 Pimentel 13d 21:04:12 - 1 4 California Girl (611.0) CAL 40 Lessley 13d 20:21:13 6:11:01 2 8 Back Bay (610.0) Cal 39 Schoenburg 14d 05:40:42 16:05:00 3 10 Gypsy Lady (672.0) Cal 34 Mk 1 Clayton 15d 18:13:44 16:59:02 4 12 Valis (613.0) Pacific Seacraft 44 Elliott 14d 18:14:00 1d 02:54:48 4 18 Redress: Awarded a tie for 4th in Division -- Seamanship award for assistance to Sweet Okole Blue Mist (714.0) Pearson Vanguard 32 Nichols 17d 05:16:34 1d 03:52:52 5 19 Cayenne (633.0) Passport 40 Moradzadeh 15d 12:27:47 1d 09:38:35 5 24 Redress: Awarded a tie for 5th in Division -- Seamanship award for assistance to Tiburon Europa (654.0) New York 36 Samodurov 15d 19:30:05 1d 04:36:23 6 20
15 19 22 24 -
Alaska Airlines Division A start 07 Jul 2014 10:40:00 PDT
29 35 31
Weems & Plath Division B start 08 Jul 2014 11:40:00 PDT
Free Bowl of Soup (580.0) J/105 Hopper 13d 01:58:25 - 1 7 Coyote (586.0) Beneteau First 42 Hill 13d 12:28:20 7:02:55 2 9 Tiki Blue (580.0) Beneteau 423 Troxel 13d 13:11:44 11:13:19 3 11 Red Cloud (582.0) Farr 36 Ahrens 13d 18:38:37 15:31:12 4 13 Avion (579.0) Bianca 414 Abbott 13d 19:25:19 18:01:24 5 16 Sweet Okole (585.0) Farr 36 built 1976 Treadway
18 20 23 25 27
Por Favor (547.0) Hobie 33 Denny 12d 23:55:16 - 1 14 Aero (551.0) Hobie 33 Wells 13d 02:26:21 0:13:05 2 15 Encore (565.0) Sydney 36 CR Koide 13d 14:12:06 3:55:50 3 17 Blue Crush (578.0) J109 Devaney 14d 08:29:42 14:44:56 4 26 Shoofly (561.0) Custom Barnett Offshore 41 Palmatier 14d 12:20:39 1d 04:22:23 5 29
26 28 37 38
Hamachi (440.9) J-125 Slyngstad 9d 01:40:18 - 1 3 Reinrag2 (437.6) J-125 Garnier 9d 10:43:36 10:57:08 2 5 Swazik (451.1) Swan 45 de Halleux 9d 19:46:22 12:14:09 3 7 Hana Ho (446.3) Santa Cruz 50 Dowdy 9d 19:07:52 14:21:16 4 9 Surprise (460.7) Schumacher 46 Hinden 10d 04:28:56 15:25:31 5 10 J World's Hula Girl (432.7) SC 50 Zittel 9d 14:27:27 17:30:02 6 11 Delicate Balance (439.8) Andrews 56 Custom ULDB Storkovich 11d 07:53:36 2d 06:51:15 7 12 Terremoto (439.2) Riptide 35 Weinstein 11d 18:08:45 2d 17:27:05 8 13 Tiburon (464.8) Santa Cruz 37 Stroub
4 9 2 7 5 10 21 30
Scarlet Runner (385.0) Reichel Pugh 52 Date 7d 14:25:18 - 1 1 Pyewacket (387.5) Andrews 68 Disney 7d 17:54:49 2:03:16 2 2 Invisible Hand (333.7) Reichel/Pugh 63 Slootman 6d 22:04:11 13:08:43 3 4 Locura (399.1) Nelson/Marek 92 Velarde 8d 12:48:32 14:16:46 4 6 Caro (354.8) Botin 65 Klink 7d 12:51:38 15:48:14 5 8
1 3 6 12 8
Matson Division C start 08 Jul 2014 11:55:00 PDT
Sonnen BMW Division D start 10 Jul 2014 13:40:00 PDT
Latitude 38 Division E start 11 Jul 2014 14:40:00 PDT
Hokulea Multihull start 10 Jul 2014 13:55:00 PDT
Humdinger (530.0) Walter Greene Acapella Trimaran Olsen 13d 15:15:54 - 1 - Transit of Venus (482.0) Trimaran Waltonsmith 12d 23:58:00 12:18:06 2 -
Holo Cruising Division - Start 06 Jul 2014 10:40:00 PDT
Venture (0.0) Koh-Ring (0.0) Med Viking (0.0) Rapture (0.0) KnopKierrie (0.0)
Jeanneau 49 SO Chobotov Tayana 48 DS Hausen Beneteau 411 Debbasch Caliber 40LRC Sloop-Cutter Newman Pacific Seacraft 37 Majewska
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P AST A W ARD REC IPIENTS Past winners exemplify the diversity of the Pacific Cup fleet, racing everything from double-handed 24-foot boats to fully crewed cruisers and "fast-is-fun" sleds – and every participant is a winner in the “Fun Race to Hawaii” whether they win a major trophy or not! This year's awards will be presented during the Awards Ceremonies at Kaneohe Yacht Club on July 29, 2016.
1990 Heart of Gold, Schumacher 50, Sue and Jim Corenman 1988 Kathmandu, Santa Cruz 70, Philippe Kahn 1980-1986 competitors raced from San Francisco to Kauai 1986 Sweet Okole, Farr 36, Bobbi Tossi 1984 Merlin, Lee Custom 67, Ben Choate III* 1982 Merlin, Lee Custom 67, Syndicate* 1980 Merlin, Lee Custom 67, Norton Smith* *Set Fastest Record Passage Time RECORD PASSAGE TROPHY: The time to beat is Mari-Cha IV’s 5 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes and 10 seconds set in 2004 by Robert Miller. In 2008 Philippe Kahn on Pegasus 50, an Open 50, was given an award for setting a double-handed elapsed time record of 7 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes, and 50 seconds. LATITUDE 38 PERFORMANCE TROPHY: 2014 Scarlet Runner, Reichel Pugh 52, Robert Date 2012 Moonshine, Dogpatch 26, Dylan Benjamin and Rufus Sjoberg 2010 Horizon, Santa Cruz 50, Jack Taylor 2008 RainDrop, Cascade 36, Joby Easton and Bill Hiseby
Tiki Blue, Encore and Green Buffalo. Team Trophy Winners. Pacific Cup 2014.
YACHT AWARDS PACIFIC CUP TROPHY: 2014 Scarlet Runner, Reichel Pugh 52, Robert Date 2012 Swazik, Swan 45, Sebastien de Halleux 2010 Horizon, Santa Cruz 50, Jack Taylor 2008 RainDrop, Cascade 36, Joby Easton and Bill Huseby 2006 Lightning, Santa Cruz 52, Tom Akin 2004 Winnetou, Santa Cruz 52, Martin Brauns 2002 Wildflower, Wylie Custom 27, Skip Allan and Tad Palmet 2000 Octavia, Santa Cruz 50, Shepard Kett 1998 Waterpik, Newport 30, Robert Nance 1996 Illusion, Cal 40, Sally Lindsay and Stan Honey 1994 Moonshine, Dogpatch 26, Bill and Melinda Erkelens 1992 Team Bonzi, Moore 24, Frank Ansak and Jim Quanci 1990 Oaxaca, Santa Cruz 50, Jim Ryley 1988 Saraband, Westsail 32, David King FASTEST PASSAGE TROPHY: 2014 Invisible Hand, Reichel Pugh 63, Frank Slootman 2012 Icon, Perry 66, Ian Sloan 2010 Limit, R/P 63, Alan Brierty 2008 Pegasus 50, Open 50, Philippe Kahn 2006 Lightning, Santa Cruz 52, Tom Akin 2004 Mari Cha IV, Custom 147, Robert Miller* 2002 Zephyrus V, R/P 86, Robert McNeil and John Bertrand 2000 Pegasus, Andrews 70, Philippe Kahn 1998 Pyewacket, Santa Cruz 70 Turbo, Roy Disney 1996 Rage, Wylie 70, Steve Rander* 1994 Rage, Wylie 70, Steve Rander* 1992 Mongoose, Santa Cruz 70, Stan Honey and Paul Simonsen 42 Pacific Cup 2016
CARL SCHUMACHER TROPHY: 2014 Surprise, Schumacher 46, Bob Hinden 2012 Elan, Express 37, Jack Peurach 2010 Tule Fog, Express 37, Steve Carol 2008 Sapphire, Synergy 1000, David Rasmussen 2006 Synge, Synergy 1000, Michael Amirault 2004 Morpheus, Schumacher 50, Jim Gregory FIRST HAWAIIAN BOAT TO FINISH TROPHY: 2014 Pyewacket, Andrews 68, Roy Disney 2012 Buzz Off, Henderson 30, Linda Rodriguez 2010 Pegasus, OP-50, Philippe Kahn 2008 Cirrus, Steadfast 40, Bill Myers 2006 2 Guys on the Edge, 1D35, Dan Doyle 2004 Ikaika, Tartan 3700, Tony Miller TEAM TROPHY: 2014 Richmond Yacht Club (Green Buffalo, Tiki Blue, Encore) 2012 Richmond Yacht Club (California Condor, Moonshine, Sapphire) 2010 Richmond Yacht Club (Moonshine, Summer Moon, Sweet Okole) 2008 Encinal Yacht Club (Shaman, Azure, Music)
Shearwater, Christina Wolfe. Winner - Best First Passage. 13d:10:16:00. Pacific Cup 2014.
The History 2006 Jim Antrim, Richmond Yacht Club 2004 Sue and Jim Corenman, Richmond Yacht Club 2002 Lucie Van Breen, PCYC 2000 Chuck Cunningham, PCYC 1998 Bobbi Tosse, Bodacious 1996 Jim Quanci, Miramar 1994 Joseph Starr, Kaneohe Yacht Club 1992 Stan Honey, Mongoose 1990 Ned Flohr, Tin Man 1998 Ralph Wilson, Alpha
Simon Walker, Henri-Lloyd Navigator’s Trophy. Por Favor, John Denny. Winner - Matson Division C. Pacific Cup 2014.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
DOUG VANN MEMORIAL TROPHY: 2014 L. J. Benson 2012 Georgia Schmidt 2010 Kim Ickler 2008 Lynda Jones 2006 Cheryl Hunt and Taimi Small 2004 Marcy Fleming and Genie Simeona 2002 Iwalani Stone 2000 Honey and Kimo Corstorphine
HENRI-LLOYD PACIFIC CUP NAVIGATOR'S TROPHY: 2014 Simon Walker, Por Favor 2012 Dylan Benjamin and Rufus Sjoberg, Moonshine 2010 Jon Shampain, Horizon and Philippe Kahn, Pegasus OP-50 2008 Bill Huseby, RainDrop 2006 Spencer Fulweiler, Cayenne 2004 Robert Stege, Punahele 2002 Doug Mahone, Sonata 2000 Paul Kamen, Elan 1998 Robert Woodford, Grey Eagle 1996 Bill Myers, Sonata 1994 Craig Walker, Different Worlds 1992 David Sapiane, Ta Mana Snafu, Karl Robrock & Giles Combrisson. Winner Iwi Double Handed 1 and PHRF Overall. Pacific Cup 2014.
2014 DIVISION 1ST PLACE AWARDS Iwi Double Handed 1: Snafu, Karl Robrock and Giles Combrisson Kolea Double Handed 2: Wolfpack, Melinda and Bill Erkelens Alaska Airlines Division A: Azure, Rodney Pimentel Weems & Plath Division B: Free Bowl of Soup, Eric Hopper Matson Division C: Por Favor, John Denny Sonnen BMW Division D: Hamachi, Greg Slyngstad Latitude 38 Division E: Scarlet Runner, Robert Date
2014 SPECIAL AWARDS BEST FIRST PASSAGE: Shearwater, J/120, Christina & Justin Wolfe BEST PREPARED: Mirage, Santa Cruz 27, Stan Perkins FASTEST FAMILY: Reinrag2, J/125, Thomas Garnier Kim Ickler, Winner - George Barrett Memorial Trophy Pacific Cup 2014.
GEORGE R. BARRETT MEMORIAL TROPHY: 2014 Kim Ickler, Kaneohe Yacht Club 2012 Sally Honey, St. Francis Yacht Club and Steve Chamberlin, Richmond Yacht Club 2010 Sally and Kame Richards, PCYC 2008 Pat Lowther, PCYC
2014 ONE-DESIGN AWARDS CAL 40: Azure, Rodney Pimentel SANTA CRUZ 27: Blade Runner, Ward Naviaux and Andy Schwenk
2014 GROUP AWARDS PHRF Trophy: Snafu, Karl Robrock and Giles Combrisson ORR Trophy: Scarlet Runner, Robert Date Pacific Cup 2016 43
Valis, Paul Elliot. Seamanship Award Winner. Pacific Cup 2014.
Wolfpack, Melinda Erkelens. Kolea Doublehanded Winner. 12d:13:21:55. Pacific Cup 2014.
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Humdinger, Lawrence Olsen. Winner - Hokulea Multihull Div. 13d:15:15:54. Pacific Cup 2014.
Wishing all of you fair winds, following seas and a star to steer by on your race to Kaneohe Bay. If you like the ride come join us in 2017. Bo Wheeler Commodore Transpacific Yacht Club Pacific Cup 2016 45
Cayenne, Michael Moradzadeh. Seamanship Award Winner. Pacific Cup 2014.
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