News

Kaneohe Bay, HI, Thursday, July 24, 2010 – Winning an ocean race like the Pacific Cup requires skill, but also some luck. Unlike many previous years where a boat performance was key, this year was more of a chess match, with luck and weather analysis making a big difference. Everyone in the fleet sailed south of the rhumb line for the first third of the race, but those who remained south suffered severely.

Scarlet Runner, Australian Robert Date’s Reichel Pugh 52, won the Pacific Cup grand slam – 1st in the Latitude 38 division, 1st in rating group and 1st overall. The variety of weather

With new horizons to challenge and more races to run, a few of our boats have already headed back to the mainland, though they will be well-represented and feted at our events. The return trip tracking page can be found here.

The tracker rental page is here.

Seven more boats have finished since yesterday’s report. Rapture, cruiser Gregory Newman’s Caliber 40LRC Sloop-Cutter, arrived shortly before midnight on Tuesday. And with the arrival of Monika Maajewska’s Seacraft 37, Knopkierre, at dawn, all boats in the Holo Holo division are now at KYC exchanging stories of adventure, fishing, and even taking a dip in the water during doldrum days in the Pacific high.

Gypsy Lady, Val Clayton’s Cal 34b MK1, and Europa, Alex Samodurov’s New York 36, both in the Alaska Airlines division, both arrived in the early hours of July 23. One boat in this division, Bl

It’s been a busy day (and night) at the finish line of the 2014 Pacific Cup race now that the wind has filled in again. The boats finishing on Tuesday, July 22 were, in order of finish: VALIS, Paul Elliott’s Pacific Seacraft 44; Red Cloud, Don Ahrens’ Farr 36; Avion, Thomas Abbott’s Bianca 44; Terremoto, William Weinstein’s water-ballasted Riptide 35 from Seattle; Bernard Debbasch’s Nolo Nolo Division cruiser Med Viking, a Beneteau 411; Blue Crush, Eric Devaney’s J 109 from San Diego; Mirage, the Santa Cruz 27 raced by father-daughter team Stan Perkins and Kerry Hallyburton; Cayenne, Michael

For Immediate Release

Winning isn't Everything

Kaneohe Bay, HI, July 22, 2014 – Winning an ocean race feels great, but three boats – Mirage, Thirsty, and Free Bowl of Soup – are competing in the 2014 Pacific Cup race from San Francisco Bay to Hawaii with a goal more rewarding than just coming in ahead of the other competitors.

The father-daughter team Stan Perkins and Kerry Hallyburton have been competing in multiple sailing events since 2013 to publicize and raise funds for Remember Nhu, an international nonprofit dedicated to preventing the exploitation of children in the sex trade industry