Don't forget the Website at www.pacificcup.org. (That's 2 c's) Our Web Masters will be on the property and updating the site as information comes in by SSB from the fleet. All ETA and yacht arrival information will be posted as it comes to the KYC Host Committee Communications Team. Visit the site often. It takes on a life of its own and is in constant motion during the race! Also available on the Website are resources for accommodations during your stay in Hawaii. If you have not made arrangements for a place to stay NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT!

KYC Volunteers will staff an Information Desk at the yacht club from 08:00 - 18:00, from Wednesday July 17 to Friday July 26 and 09:00 to Noon July 27 to 29. They can be reached during those hours at (808) 235-8722. They are there to inform, help understanding race results, getting places, and finding things' Updated daily, a recorded voice message of race standings will also be available "24/7" at (808) 235-8700 from July 9, until July 26.

Laundry Service: The Kaneohe Laundromat will pick up dirty duds (laundry) each morning at 09:00 and return it washed and folded at 17:00. No need to spend your vacation doing the wash. Let the Kaneohe Laundromat do it for you! E-Mail: Get your hotmail account set up now! A PC will be available for sending and receiving E-mail.

Telephones: Bring your cell phone or calling card. There are no telephones on KYC property from which you can make a long distance call without one or the other.

ATM Machine: Bring that all important card with you, there will be an ATM on the property.

Shipments to KYC: Zac Zorn has been authorized to coordinate a consolidated container shipment of gear to KYC for this year's race participants. No other containers will be allowed on the property and no shipments will be accepted for individuals by the KYC Office. Contact him soon for guaranteed space in the container.

KANEOHE YACHT CLUB OFFICE HOURS

09:00 - 17:00 daily until July 18

08:00 - 18:00 daily from July 19 to July 26

THE KYC BAR

Bar Hours are M - F 16:00 to closing, and Sat & Sun. 10:00 to closing, until July 18.

From July 19 to July 28, Daily, 09:00 to closing.

THE KYC GALLEY

Tex-Mex Family Dinner, Wednesday, July 17

Yacht Club Dinner, Thursday, July 18

Coffee and doughnuts will be available in the bar Friday, Saturday July 19 and 20

Snack Bar Daily 11:00 to 17:00 until Friday July 19.

Extended Snack Bar Hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday July 19 - 21 with dinner specials available. The Snack Bar will open for lunch at Noon and serve to 20:00 on Sunday July 21. Monday, July 22 through Thursday, July 25 the Snack Bar will be open Noon to 16:00. From 16:00 to 18:00 popcorn and hot dogs will be available in the Bar.

BOAT GREETINGS AND DAILY EVENTS

Each boat arriving at KYC after its finish, after its inspection, after its clearance with the Staff Duty Officer (fill out the Ag form please!) will be greeted by a Greetings Team with lei and maitais for each member of the crew. Family and friends are encouraged to practice their best "Aloha!" all week long as each boat arrives. We hope you plan stay around the club and help greet your competition as they arrive.

Bow Lei: Order a lei for your favorite boat! Freshly made of island greens and flowers, it will be delivered to the boat on its arrival at the KYC dock. Haleku'ai Co-op will take your order by phone or e-mail. Visit their web site at www.halekuai.com.

Introductions: All Skippers and Crew who have arrived since 17:00 the day prior are invited to the stage to be introduced and greeted by the crowd on the lawn at 17:00 on the day of their arrival. We hope you'll join us in welcoming you and your crew. Bring your families and friends along too!

NOW, WE PARTY!!

2002 WEST MARINE PACIFIC CUP WEEK EVENTS

Buona Sera! On Monday July 22 the KYC galley will feature an Italian dinner just right for the whole family: green salad, spaghetti with sauces, lasagna, and garlic bread for $8.00 per person. Live music will be available for your listening and dancing pleasure until 22:00.

Calling all Parrotheads! Tuesday July 23, get out the shark hat and blowout a flip flop! Sing along to Jimmy Buffet from the sound system or bring your guitar and do your best imitation and, eat the cheeseburger you've been thinking about all the way to Hawaii, A KYC Burger. Yes, with the big kosher pickle, the fries - your choice of a real beef burger or a Garden burger grilled the way you like it on that toasted sesame seed bun! $8.00 per person.

Aloha! It's Wednesday July 24 and time for Luau! A conch shell blower and torch lighting ceremony will start the evening's activities. Come to the buffet line for your plate of ono kalua pork, poi and all the trimmings, right down to authentic haupia cake for dessert. We've lined up some hula halau to teach all the malihini how to hula the night away. It's sure to be an evening full of fun and real Hawaiiana! $25.00 per person.

Thursday July 25, the last night to really party before the big Awards Banquet and guess what? Mount Gay is coming to KYC! There will be great music, A Mount Gay Raingutter Regatta (build your own boat and race it in the raingutter), loads of door prizes and giveaways, Caribbean style jambalaya, two tickets for Mount Gay drinks AND, A RED COMMEMORATIVE MOUNT GAY CAP for the 2002 West Marine Pacific Cup for each ticket purchased. This is a first for the West Marine Pacific Cup. Don't miss out. (No tickee, no cap). Sure to be a super night of fun! $18.00 per person. This will be sure to sell out early so get your tickets now!

The week's festivities will wrap up with the event all the racers are waiting for, The 2002 West Marine Pacific Cup Awards Banquet on July 26. Your seat will be reserved if tickets are purchased no later than Wednesday, July 24. Seating is limited and this event never fails to sell out. For groups wishing to sit together it is recommended that one person purchase all tickets needed for that group. The event will begin with a no-host cocktail hour at 17:00, and dinner will be served at 18:00. The menu will include a dinner salad with bay shrimp, and a double entree of Beef Bordelaise, and cold poached salmon with dill sauce, rice pilaf, dessert, coffee and tea. Fun prizes and Awards will be presented during and after dinner and when the ceremony is over the music will begin and the party roll on. $40.00 per person.

TICKET SALES

Dinner Tickets will be available at the KYC Office for all dinners which have not sold out each day from 09:00 to 11:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00. Ticket Sales for the Awards Banquet (with guaranteed seating) will close at 18:00 on Wednesday, July 24 (if not previously sold out). Tickets sold after that time will be for unreserved seating in the back of the Longhouse. Ticket sales for the Mt. Gay Night will also close at 18:00 on Wednesday July 24 (if not previously sold out). Tickets are Non-Refundable. An order form is included with this article. To prevent lost tickets or tickets left on the mainland, tickets will be available for pickup at the KYC Office after July 17. Please direct any specific questions about ticketing directly to the KYC Office at (808) 247-4121. The facsimile number for the KYC office is (808) 235-8180.

SEE HAWAII BEFORE GOING HOME

If you've got the time, we recommend a cruise in the islands. Information about cruising the Hawaiian Islands is available on the Website and more can be found when you get here. The Information Desk and the Website will have information to help you provision and ready your boat for the return trip. Propane is available on the Windward side at only one location, Kaneohe Propane Sales and dry ice only at GasPro in Honolulu.

SHIPPING THE BOAT HOME ?

Remember, NO West Marine Pacific Cup yacht may haul out or use the hoists at KYC. Our hoists are not rated for much weight and our insurance does not cover non-club member use. There are two boatyards on Oahu, one in the Ala Wai Harbor (Waikiki) (808) 946-4213 and one on Keehi Lagoon (near West Marine) (808) 845-6465. Both have Travel lifts capable of hauling any boat - Keehi up to 165 tons. Both yards are "do-it-yourself" operations although machine shop, painting, and other services are available. For those exploring the Islands, there is also a large boatyard at Kona on the Big Island. If you have a trailer and can put your boat on it by using a launching ramp, there is one at KYC. Remember that you can't get to the ramp if your boat draws more than 7 feet. Please contact the Staff Duty Officers for permission, scheduling and assistance.

We here at KYC are looking forward to the best West Marine Pacific Cup yet! See you in July.