Kevin, I have sailed the PacCup and it was a great trip. We sailed a Westsail 40 ft with a crew of 6. We trained for 6 months prior to the race and so we knew the crew dynamics which were excellent.
The first 3 days are the hardest as you head out under the Golden Gate Bridge into the fog and its a close fetch in the cold fog until you pop out the back side. The first few days decide almost everything, since you have to decide how far south to go at the beginning so you get a good angle in the trades. Once through the fog, it's T-shirt weather and beautiful blue water spinnaker running. We kept ours up for 10 days. The finish is at Kaneohe YC which is a great club to enjoy Hawaii from. A whole week of festivities leading up to the awards ceremony. We finished 2nd in our division. I'd do it again in a heartbeat! Cheers Ian Matthew "Siento el Viento" C&C 29-1 San Francisco Bay On Thursday, January 29, 2015, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Kevin, > > > > I have crewed on 4 Transpacs (a course similar to Pac Cup but starting > near LA) and one Vic Maui. I also crewed or was delivery skipper on 4 > trips back to the west coast. > > > > I would do either race again. The deciding factor for me would be crew > compatibility and boat suitability. Spending two weeks on a small boat > with 6 to 8 other crew can be heaven or hell depending on the crew > dynamics. Being confident in the boat’s design, build, and preparation > leads to sleeping well when off watch and increases the chance of reaching > Hawaii in time for the party. > > > > The Pac Cup will attract higher performance boats and more competitors. > The Vic Maui typically offers more complex weather to de-code, a smaller > but more similar fleet, and finishes in Lahaina, Maui, home of my favorite > yacht club. > > > > One of the advantages of having the starts farther south (Transpac and Pac > Cup) is how quick the boat can be in the trades. Most years the Pac Cup is > likely to have 2 to 7 days less sailing time than a Vic Maui. If you are > calculating your cost per hour of actual sailing the Maui might pencil out > better. > > > > Starting the Vic Maui in Victoria means first getting out of the Straits > of Juan de Fuca (lotsa current, probability of light wind, chance of fog, > always cold water) then getting far enough south to reach the trades. > > > > Both races offer the chance of 7 to 10 days of trade wind sailing in deep > blue water with a finish in Hawaii. The start and finish social events are > worth the price of admission. Best of all there are often custom race > T-shirts to be purchased. > > > > Martin > > Calypso > > 1971 C&C 43 > > Seattle > > > [image: Description: Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On > Behalf Of *Kevin Driscoll via CnC-List > *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:33 PM > *To:* C&C List > *Subject:* Stus-List Vic-Maui or Pacific Cup > > > > Looking for objective opinions i.e. sans nationalism. > > > > Thanks! > -- Ian Matthew "Siento el Viento" C&C 29 mk 1 San Francisco Bay Sent from my iPad using Gmail Mobile
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