Following a congenial general meeting at Berkeley Yacht Club, the following previously-nominated folks were elected as the new board for the 2024-26 race cycle

Commodore: Bob Hinden

VC: Cory Schillaci

Treasurer: Eric Tecza

Secretary: Moni Blum

Rear Commodore: Elizabeth Bishop

Staff Commodore: Hawkeye King

Directors

• Michael Moradzadeh
• Jeff Duval
• Galen Loving
• William Pryor
• Walt Niemczura
• Aaron Wangenheim
• Tim Collins
• Marc-Andrea Klimaschewski

Director, KYC: Cathy Pratt

[Kaneohe Yacht Club, HI, August 3, 2024] – From July 15th’s light wind first starts to the final days of the race with 15 foot swells and unrelenting winds on the approach to Kaneohe Yacht Club, the 2024 Pacific Cup Race was nothing short of an adventure.

The standings tell the story, but not the whole story. It's easy to see Velvet Hammer at the top of the standings, Azure dominating her hard-fought division, and double-handers Accelerando and Moonshine topping their respective divisions, for example. However, the real story can be read in our participants' faces on shore.

"Squallmageddon" was the phrase used by one boat (Gilligan) to describe some of their experiences. Gilligan, perhaps named with less irony than intended, was in the middle of the 2024 Pacific Cup's windy race to Hawaii.

After a deeply frustrating, almost windless first two days of racing, the wind picked up and built to a fairly constant wind strength in the 20s and sometimes 30s. Those of us at home could comfortably click on the wind chart and see a civilized 17 knots, but those at sea found the wind a bit higher.