The 50th Transpac race is safely put to bed. It was, by all accounts and our personal experience, a great run to the islands. With a large number of entries there were, of course, a number of incidents. Several boats had turnbacks out of prudence, and one, we were sorry to learn, was lost (all souls rescued by Disney and crew on Pyewacket).

It's "Katie bar the door" here at Pac Cup central.  Starting with "the Boss" just before noon, and continuing through Jason Vannice, we got a record 11 entries in our first day. Interestingly the first and most recent entries are both J/35's.

In the "we eat our own cooking" category, we see entries by Vice Commodore Melinda Erkelens on her and Bill's new-to-them Hobie 33 "Sleeping Dragon", and newest Staff Commodore Buzz Blackett's yet-to-be-completed 'io, a carbon Antrim 27 under construction.

Entries for the 2020 Pacific Cup, the FUN race to Hawaii, are now open. The race is open to seaworthy boats in fully-crewed, doublehanded, and cruiser divisions. The race will start over several days beginning June 29, 2020.