Good Jibes #150: Tony English on Pacific Cup Memories and Volunteering
This week’s host, Chris Weaver, is joined by Tony English to chat tales from the Pacific Cup (Pac Cup) and teaching the next generation of sailors. Tony is a sailor, boat restorer, and even delivery driver for Latitude 38 sailing magazine!
Hear how to train for the wide range of Pacific Cup scenarios, how he managed to win or finish top-five in many races, how to problem-solve during a race, what he loves so much about volunteering in the sailing community, and how to keep sailing fun.
This episode covers everything from the Pac Cup to junior sailing programs. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear:
- How did Tony start sailing?
- What were the early days of GPS like?
- How did Tony start doing Pac Cup races?
- What did he do for work?
- How did he start working for Latitude 38?
- Where is his delivery route?
- How did he start volunteering teaching sailing?
- What’s an exciting sea story he can share?
Learn more about the Pacific Cup: https://www.pacificcup.org/.
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“Swiftsure” raced the 1982 Pacific Cup. The first two days were sunny and mild conditions which I had never experienced off San Francisco. It was that way most of the way until we caught the end of a hurricane a few days out from Kauai. I know Tony has done many Pacific Cups, but he did forget about this ride over where it was mostly pleasant on the floating blue condo as we called her. Tony was wonderful on the ocean.