Pacific Cup Finishes

July 18, 2010

It's been a good weekend for all those hippie builders of Santa Cruz Yachts in the 1970s. The Santa Cruz 50 still lives a strong life in ocean racing, and Horizon, an SC 50 from Dana Point, is the overall leader in this year's Pacific Cup. Another, Deception, from St. Francis YC, is third overall with newcomer R/P 45 Criminal Mischief from Tiburon squeezing between them in second.

Horizon in Kaneohe Bay. ©2010 Pacific Cup YC/www.pacificcup.org

The crew of Deception celebrates their arrival in Hawaii. ©2010 Pacific Cup YC/www.pacificcup.org

The 'Criminals' at 'the Gathering Place' (Oahu). ©2010 Pacific Cup YC/www.pacificcup.org

Almost half the fleet have finished, and everybody should be in by the end of the week. The committee had a busy Saturday with seventeen boats streaming in. The closest gap was between Deception and Trunk Monkey, with a mere six minutes separating them.

The McCormacks' marriage seems to have survived the doublehanded Pacific Cup aboard their Farr 30 Trunk Monkey. ©2010 Pacific Cup YC/www.pacificcup.org

Emma Creighton and Andy Hamilton on the Mini Transat Pocket Rocket finished 2 hours, 51 minutes, 28 seconds after Trunk Monkey, but will correct out over them. ©2010 Pacific Cup YC/www.pacificcup.org

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