With each running of the race, we add to our store of information and advice available to our participants and friends. Collected below, we hope that these materials will help you prepare for your crossing.
With each running of the race, we add to our store of information and advice available to our participants and friends. Collected below, we hope that these materials will help you prepare for your crossing.
Collections of Advice
Collections of Advice- Doublehanding to Hawaii -
- Presentations from October 2015 POA -
- Materials from 2015 POA #1 -
- Boat Optimization -
- Ask a Vet -
- One Year after Low Speed Chase -
- Optimize your boat for the trip to Hawaii -
- Thoughtful Hints by Richard Leevey -
- 100 Things You Can Do For a Better Pac Cup -
- Outfitting Tips from Surprise -
Communications
Crew selection
Driving
Emergency Situations
Emergency Steering
Food
Getting Back
Getting Back- Getting your Boat Back from Hawaii: Webinar -
- Getting your Boat Back from Hawaii: Webinar -
- Shipping by Pasha 2018 -
- The Fun Sail Back from Hawaii -
- Sailing Back from Hawaii: Twice the Fun for Half the Price -
- Getting the Boat Home: Hired Delivery -
- DIY Return delivery (Do It Yourself) -
- Shipping your Boat -
- Fishing -
- Cruising the Hawaiian Islands -
- Shipping home -
Boat Selection
Clothing
Hawaii
Insurance
Medical
Personal Welfare
Race Functions
Safety Gear
- Slides from March 5 Safety at Sea Seminar -
- Your Liferaft! At your service -
- Preparing for an Offshore Race, OSR Sections 1 and 2 -
- Preparing for an Offshore Race, Introduction -
- Preparing for an Offshore Race, OSR Sections 5 and 6 and Appendices -
- Preparing for an Offshore Race, OSR Section 4 -
- Preparing for an Offshore Race, OSR Section 3 -
Sails
- Sail Selection and Repair -
- Sailing Under Control as the Wind Increases -
- Build a Better Offshore Inventory -
- Sail Selection for the Pac Cup -
- Symmetric or Asymmetric Spinnakers to Hawaii -
- Sail Inventory Suggestions for San Francisco to Hawai’i Passage -
- Pacific Cup Sail Selection -
- Spinnakers by Kame Richards -
- Sail Repair Suggestions, by Synthia Petroka -
Weather
Weather- Paul Kamen's 2020 Weather Presentation -
- Presentation Materials from POA 5 -
- Peter Isler's Weather Links -
- Avoiding Danger Area in Cyclones and Hurricanes -
- Weather Notes from Bill Erkelens -
- Weather, Routing, and Navigation -
- Weather Forecasting and Waves -
- Weather Models - Fine Tactics -
- Weather and Tactics -
- Waves and Safety Near Land -
- Tsunami Marine Debris -
- Weather Resources -
- Offshore weather resources, in a nutshell -
- Stan Honey's Weather Advice -
- Max Ebb on Squalls -