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Pacific Cup 2022 – It’s a Wrap!
We’ve been in Hawaii for 2 days now. Time to eat, shower, sleep, and meet/welcome many friends to Kaneohe Bay that arrived soon before or after we did. That has definitely been a highlight this year. In previous years we’ve been a later arrival and having prepared for Pacific Cup while living in Texas, we didn’t know very
Pac Cup – we’re all good!
EOD 12 – Adrenaline
EOD 11 – Countdown
We are counting down the miles like no one’s business, but we’re having to work pretty hard for them. Breeze is 18-20 knots in boisterous seas, but we’re learning new modes on the boat. Of course, the big surfs are our favorite. It’s getting so commonplace to do these monsterous surfs that roar for the
EOD 10 – Lots of surfing
EOD 9 – Changes, Squalls and More Wind
Some change is in the air. Last night we followed along the left side of a squall for a good hour in mid-teens wind (5 knots more than the base), headed right towards Hawaii. A friendly squall? This afternoon we are snaking between squalls trying to take advantage of the additional wind without getting too
EOD 8 – About to turnover 1,000 miles to go!
We’re somewhere out in the Pacific, approximately 1,000 miles from the closest land. That milestone has always been a little unsettling to me. In 2016, where the race was brutally exhausting, it was such a relief to see our GPS start the countdown at 1,000 miles, then 999 miles, where we felt like we were
EOD 7 – Keepin’ on Truckin’
Today was pretty straightforward. We sailed west as fast as we could in slowly lowering wind speeds. Last night saw some great breeze and great boat speeds. We did 228nm between 3pm-3pm, which is fantastic for us and faster than all the Monday/Tuesday starters + all but one of the Thursday starters. We also had