2008 Pacific Cup
Report 26 Jul 2008 06:00 HST
Displaying positions and predicted times from official software

Double Handed 1 start 14 Jul 2008 12:50:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Raindrop	21-44	156-55	50	180	244°	179	26 Jul 13:00	12d 03:10:00	-2d 19:38:00	-	1	1
Plus Sixteen	24-15	151-52	366	156	237°	155	28 Jul 19:04	14d 09:14:21	-21:02:09	1d 22:35:51	2	41
Rubicon III	24-09	151-03	404	155	239°	153	29 Jul 03:02	14d 17:12:59	-14:47:01	2d 04:50:59	3	45
Giant Slayer	24-48	151-03	421	158	243°	158	29 Jul 06:30	14d 20:40:35	-4:59:55	2d 14:38:05	4	50
Dart	25-25	147-10	629	158	288°	132	31 Jul 10:11	17d 00:21:32	2d 01:33:32	4d 21:11:32	5	58
Neptunes Daughter	26-17	144-22	789	117	257°	117	02 Aug 13:12	19d 03:22:50	3d 04:25:50	6d 00:03:50	6	59
Double Handed 2 start 14 Jul 2008 13:20:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Bar-ba-loot	23-08	154-24	212	175	264°	169	27 Jul 14:18	13d 03:58:06	-1d 22:16:54	-	1	9
Alternate Reality	22-32	155-02	165	176	240°	175	27 Jul 06:31	12d 20:11:11	-1d 17:59:19	4:17:35	2	22
Le Flying Fish	23-21	152-16	325	168	253°	168	28 Jul 10:51	14d 00:31:48	-1d 03:26:42	18:50:12	3	37
Moore Havoc	24-18	152-37	331	186	234°	185	28 Jul 12:02	14d 01:42:14	-1d 02:16:16	20:00:38	4	38
Moonshine	23-35	152-32	316	165	242°	165	28 Jul 09:10	13d 22:50:53	-17:03:07	1d 05:13:47	5	42
Mirage	24-10	152-45	321	184	230°	182	28 Jul 10:03	13d 23:43:02	-15:36:28	1d 06:40:26	6	44
The Contessa	22-07	155-24	137	167	248°	167	27 Jul 02:09	12d 15:49:09	-8:58:51	1d 13:18:03	7	49
Elise	23-11	149-47	455	154	252°	153	29 Jul 13:53	15d 03:33:45	13:23:15	2d 11:40:09	8	56
Division A start 14 Jul 2008 13:05:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Shaman	22-18	155-25	140	177	241°	176	27 Jul 02:33	12d 16:28:49	-1d 22:16:11	-	1	10
Green Buffalo	22-25	155-12	153	181	238°	179	27 Jul 04:44	12d 18:39:38	-1d 20:05:22	2:10:49	2	16
Azure	22-38	155-08	162	176	246°	176	27 Jul 06:06	12d 20:01:12	-1d 18:43:48	3:32:23	3	18
Gaviota	22-33	155-19	151	179	263°	175	27 Jul 04:17	12d 18:12:10	-1d 17:40:20	4:35:51	4	23
California Girl	22-34	154-59	168	166	254°	165	27 Jul 07:04	12d 20:59:49	-1d 16:01:41	6:14:30	5	26
No Ka Oi	22-29	154-46	177	171	247°	170	27 Jul 08:37	12d 22:32:36	-1d 11:01:54	11:14:17	6	30
Valis	22-47	154-06	218	177	244°	177	27 Jul 15:28	13d 05:23:45	-1d 06:28:45	15:47:26	7	35
Acacia	24-54	151-32	400	170	232°	168	29 Jul 02:05	14d 16:00:53	2:59:23	2d 01:15:34	8	53
Division B start 15 Jul 2008 13:30:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Checkered Past	22-50	154-00	224	189	244°	189	27 Jul 13:34	12d 03:04:47	-2d 00:44:43	-	1	7
Music	23-08	153-58	233	178	243°	178	27 Jul 14:56	12d 04:26:22	-1d 21:05:08	3:39:35	2	13
Cirrus	23-15	152-48	295	186	230°	179	28 Jul 01:12	12d 14:42:12	-1d 18:17:48	6:26:55	3	19
Kokomo	23-12	152-33	307	169	245°	168	28 Jul 03:16	12d 16:46:06	-1d 09:54:24	14:50:19	4	31
Gavilan	24-59	149-42	492	165	261°	162	29 Jul 14:54	14d 04:24:53	0:35:23	2d 01:20:06	5	51
Compromise	25-36	149-36	513	155	243°	155	29 Jul 19:27	14d 08:57:31	1:06:31	2d 01:51:14	6	52
Pacific High	24-37	148-38	538	153	237°	149	30 Jul 01:12	14d 14:42:45	10:53:15	2d 11:37:58	7	55
Horizon Hunter	27-03	144-42	788	117	254°	117	01 Aug 21:46	17d 11:16:19	3d 04:34:19	5d 05:19:02	8	60
Division C start 15 Jul 2008 13:45:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Bullet	22-19	154-51	170	180	246°	179	27 Jul 05:11	11d 18:26:50	-2d 01:19:40	-	1	5
Sweet Okole	22-52	154-14	213	185	235°	182	27 Jul 11:46	12d 01:01:47	-1d 21:37:13	3:42:27	2	12
Tiki Blue	23-20	153-39	254	181	263°	176	27 Jul 18:16	12d 07:31:10	-1d 13:58:50	11:20:50	3	27
Bequia	23-50	153-14	288	175	247°	175	27 Jul 23:54	12d 13:09:36	-1d 12:56:24	12:23:16	4	29
Urban Renewal	25-22	152-30	372	192	236°	192	28 Jul 14:49	13d 04:04:28	-15:42:02	1d 09:37:38	5	43
Oceanaire	24-29	151-15	402	168	245°	168	28 Jul 20:36	13d 09:51:25	-13:22:05	1d 11:57:35	6	46
Ada Helen	25-16	151-20	421	174	224°	169	29 Jul 24:11	13d 13:26:03	-9:47:27	1d 15:32:13	7	48
Rabian	24-41	149-54	475	164	222°	152	29 Jul 11:11	14d 00:26:56	4:40:26	2d 06:00:06	8	54
Division D start 16 Jul 2008 14:10:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Sleeping Dragon	22-03	154-26	189	191	256°	191	27 Jul 05:35	10d 18:25:20	-2d 09:15:10	-	1	2
Sapphire	22-58	155-44	144	224	230°	224	26 Jul 23:32	10d 12:22:33	-2d 03:47:57	5:27:13	2	3
Summer Moon	22-44	154-26	200	196	241°	195	27 Jul 07:07	10d 19:57:10	-1d 20:13:20	13:01:50	3	14
E T	24-06	152-06	351	167	218°	155	28 Jul 05:54	11d 18:44:39	-1d 18:07:51	15:07:19	4	20
X-Dream	23-13	151-45	350	179	247°	178	28 Jul 05:46	11d 18:36:13	-1d 13:40:17	19:34:53	5	28
J World	25-16	152-30	368	206	226°	205	28 Jul 08:51	11d 21:41:35	-1d 03:40:55	1d 05:34:15	6	36
Jamani	23-35	151-02	394	163	234°	156	28 Jul 13:13	12d 02:03:02	-1d 01:02:58	1d 08:12:12	7	39
Ohana	23-41	150-03	447	179	271°	174	28 Jul 22:47	12d 11:37:41	-1d 00:05:49	1d 09:09:21	8	40
Buzz Off	24-19	147-42	582	194	276°	185	30 Jul 01:51	13d 14:41:02	20:47:02	3d 06:02:12	9	57
Division E start 17 Jul 2008 14:45:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Hula Girl	21-51	156-39	66	257	232°	255	26 Jul 12:56	9d 01:11:00	-2d 01:02:30	-	1	6
Sabrina	24-16	150-09	453	198	234°	192	28 Jul 16:55	11d 05:10:51	-1d 21:55:09	3:07:21	2	11
Recidivist	24-43	152-34	346	213	257°	206	28 Jul 24:16	10d 12:31:54	-1d 20:10:05	4:52:24	3	15
Morpheus	23-25	154-38	209	236	237°	236	27 Jul 05:37	9d 17:52:05	-1d 19:16:55	5:45:35	4	17
Low Speed Chase	24-18	151-33	383	209	247°	209	28 Jul 05:45	10d 18:00:09	-1d 16:25:21	8:37:09	5	25
XL	23-29	155-15	184	250	237°	249	27 Jul 02:31	9d 14:46:48	-1d 09:43:12	15:19:18	6	32
Roxanne	22-39	154-54	174	255	232°	252	27 Jul 01:19	9d 13:34:12	-1d 09:12:18	15:50:12	7	33
Division F start 19 Jul 2008 15:50:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Criminal Mischief	23-14	151-37	357	261	240°	256	27 Jul 15:37	8d 02:47:01	-2d 03:18:59	-	1	4
Velos	24-25	149-34	486	242	233°	234	28 Jul 07:28	8d 18:38:56	-1d 23:31:34	3:47:25	2	8
Holua	24-18	153-03	311	294	233°	293	27 Jul 10:28	7d 21:38:50	-1d 18:04:40	9:14:19	3	21
Flash	24-02	153-15	293	276	243°	276	27 Jul 08:35	7d 19:45:36	-1d 17:39:54	9:39:05	4	24
Pegasus OP-50	23-35	154-00	244	315	225°	310	27 Jul 03:32	7d 14:42:00	-1d 06:37:30	20:41:29	5	34
Rage	23-12	151-10	380	252	236°	242	27 Jul 18:19	8d 05:29:12	-11:48:48	1d 15:30:11	6	47
Multihull start 17 Jul 2008 15:00:00 PDT
Name	Lat	Lon	Miles To Go	Day Run	COG True	CMG	Arrive Hawaii	Elapsed Time	Corrected	Behind First	Div Rank	Fleet Rank
Humdinger	No Report/DNS/DNC

_______ _____ARR - the Advanced Race Reporter_____ ______
_______ Base data (pos, ETE, scoring)from pCup06 program ______
COG is course over ground
ETE is estimated time enrouteCMG is progress made toward finish
Hawaii Arrive times are estimated and in Hawaii Time
Generated Sat Jul 26 07:59:37 HST 2008

 A Boisterous night on the Sea

As the boats approach Kaneohe Bay, the firm pressure of the tradewinds drives them ever faster, with some best-to-date runs posted by several entrants. Of course, these winds come with a price: squalls.

Squalls are moving weather systems that often include rain and always include a zone of doubled wind speed (good ... to a point) and a zone of virtually no wind (bad). Our Pacific Cup racers like to get just enough squall to move faster than otherwise and then jump out of the way of the system to avoid that languorous lull.

On the north side of the course, boats are reporting a gentlemanly one or two squalls per night. That's enough to make it fun, once you pry your hands off the wheel. On the south side of the course, there are many more squalls. These supercharge the times of the boats able to handle them, but do pose some chance of damage. The boatyard bill from last night was the highest yet, though still vary light compared to other years.

The Contessa, owned by the owners of The Boatyard at Grand Marina, lost both its main and spinnaker halyards in a single incident, leading to a rather exciting recovery. A few boats have broken bits of rigging, such as Mirage, which will be slowed down by the inability to fly spinnakers. Likewise Summer Moon, with a broken bowsprit, will be hampered in her speed quest. None of these elements of damage should have any impact at all on safety.

Dart, a Peterson 34, has shown a great spirit "just tell folks we got a late start and we have a bulemic masthead: it keeps eating and spitting out our spinnaker halyards, so we are going to be late ... no problem." Dart is in contention for the "extra value award" which, if it existed, would be awarded to the boat that gets the most days on the water per dollar spent.

Meanwhile, Hula Girl is on the verge of finishing as this is written. We hope the Cayards leave a few pupus for us!