We've collected some of our favorite starting shots and videos for you to relive the thrilling starts.
YouTube Video Playlist with our 2018 Videos is here (Credit Ronnie Simpson)

The latest video, Friday, can be found here. It'll get your blood racing.

Click any of the below for your favorite starting gallery (Credit: Erik Simonson)

With the start of the BMW of San Rafael E division, all eight divisions in the 2018 Pacific Cup are now on course and racing to Hawaii.

A Fond le Girafon still leads on line honors, but the J/120 Jamani has taken over as your new overall handicap race leader! Southerly boats in the first wave beginning to slow while Wednesday and Thursday fleets are favoring the north route over this wind hole. Final fleet starts today!

Wednesday starters are underway, though in light, sticky conditions. Monday starters still smoking along with A Fond le Girafon out front, Green Buffalo leading on corrected and Motorcycle Irene crushing it in the Express fleet.

In the daily 8 am check-in, we invite boats to include a "message for the world". They're starting to respond.  Here's what we saw this morning:

• I-phone found in bilge under water could not work later may be last communication will try drying in rice otherwise all ok (Foamy)
• Good start slow night (Mirthmaker)
• Light air (Venture)
• Please disregard prior checkin my clock was off (Name withheld)
• Due to laptop and other electrical problems, Abstract has a new email. (Abstract)
• Double rainbow!!! (La Bonne Vie)
• Steering cable fixed... though still using Autopilot for this messy reaching. Water in the fuel