Pacific Cup tip of the day

Make sure the crew brings their favorite pillow. Eases the fear of leaving home.

Join the Fun and Adventure of Pacific Cup Yacht Club

Pacific Cup Yacht Club

Posted by Leslie Richter · 19 hrs ·

Join our community of passionate sailors of all levels to support the FUN race to Hawaii by becoming a member of the Pacific Cup Yacht Club (PCYC). Open to anyone with an interest in the race -- racers, cruisers, family, friends -- it's a great way to get involved!
We will recruit many of our seminar, entertainment and race volunteers from our membership. Members also receive other benefits such as reciprocal access to other yacht clubs, participation in PCYC seminars and ent...ertainment events to socialize with others who have a love for sailing and the Race.

Dues are just $50 and membership lasts through September 2016.
Join today at https://pacificcup.org/16/node/105226

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Pacific Cup Membership | Pac Cup Participants

Join the Club!Your membership supports the race, gets you a discount to certain events, and entitles you to a vote. Your $50 dues carry you through September of 2016.Membership is open to all friends and supporters of the race.Note: to save postage and trees, we prefer to send notices by email. Pl…

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Task 2- Division flag-for Pacific Cup 2016

This race series division bow stickers will NOT be required. Instead division flags will be flown at the start and finish. I know where my division flag will fly on Tiki Blue, Task 2 done!

2015 Three Bridge Fiasco

Re-cap TBF race: 6 transits under Golden Gate bridge, swept out under South tower restricted zone, three 360 degree tide induced uncontrolled pirouette at base of GG north tower, two transits under Bay Bridge, spent 3 hours going backwards, great sandwiches made be Kelly Troxel, great crew work by Chris Gilbert and a beautiful day on the water! Tiki Blue wanted out of the bay due west to Hawaii!

Pacific Cup 2016--Get your boat mascot ready!

One of the easiest tasks for Tiki Blue boat prep for 2016 Pacific Cup Race to Hawaii is getting the boat mascot, icons, flags ready and make sure they are in good working condition. Check, done and now on to task number 2.

Pacific Cup 2016 robust early sign up!

 

10 boats already signed up for 2016 Pacific Cup race to Hawaii, and Tiki Blue made the 2016 advertisement with no backstay tension and soft jib halyard! See anybody can do this! Can't wait to the first start on July 11th, 2016. Aloha!

Thoughts from Captain Steve Hill from Coyote about the 2014 Pac Cup Race

Thanks Gary...

The PacCup races are so interesting, especially at night, every night is so different from all the others for me.

But the 2014 Pacific Cup race was so special, I will never forget.  TIki Blue, Tiki Blue, where are you.

The Tiki Blue vs Coyote Battle Royal was just terrific.....It must have been 5 days long, all I know is every time I came on watch, the crew would point in the direction where Tiki Blue was.  Some times this was in front of us and over the horizon (drat) and others it was on our port, or later on our starboard, oops then on our port side again!

I thought for sure, when we reached the "secret" jibe point, jibing for the finish, we would split up, and not see each other for the remainder....but was I wrong - EVERYONE jibed at nearly the same exact spot, and there we were neck and neck for the climax of the battle.

Then the last night was frigging crazy windy,,,,, Isn't it bizarre the winds we will fly spinnakers in out in the ocean on the way to Hawaii? I would not even think of putting up the kite in those conditions in SF Bay!  

Back and forth we went, you took off that last night, I thought you were gone for sure..... then crashed, put up your small kite, and we were able to keep up....The morning was light, so we were able to pull away, way away, way way away, and then you finished just 48 minutes behind us!!!???#$%##  

It was great fun, and most amazing.  Both of us from the same YC, and hell both from the same "C" fairway!

A race, and a fun time I will never forget.

Great memories,

Steve