Pacific Cup Events

Hawaii-bound sailors and hopefuls, take note: Saturday’s Alaska Airlines Pacific Offshore Academy at Richmond YC still has some space left. The POA on January 23 will begin at 1 p.m. and feature the following topics:

• Provisioning in three modes with race veterans Susan Chamberlin, Jody McCormack, and Melinda Erkelens
• Routing by Chris ‘Lew’ Lewis 
• Ratings and Notice of Race, Buzz Blackett
• Personal gear, Sally Richards and Aimee Daniel
• Inspections update, Michelle Farabaugh 
• Hawaii local knowledge, Steve Chamberlin
• Prepared boats in the water, Surprise and Wolfpack 

Twenty-minute Breakout Sessions will enable students to explore their particular interests. A social hour will follow at 5 p.m. You can sign up online for $30 at www.pacificcup.org. A free seminar on watermakers will precede the POA at 10 a.m.

Other Pacific Cup educational events coming up this winter and spring include: 

• Feb. 13 — Medical Seminar, RYC, $30. Preparation for, prevention of, and response to common medical situations onboard. Presented by a panel of experts with at-sea experience: Kent Benedict, MD, FACEP, marine emergency medicine expert: Mary Lovely, RN, PhD, past PCYC commodore; Denny Emory, EMT, founder of OceanMedix; and Francis O’Connell, MD, director of Maritime Medical Access
• Mar. 5 — US Sailing Safety at Sea, Kaneohe YC, Oahu, $135
• Mar. 26 — Alaska Airlines Pacific Offshore Academy #4, RYC, $30
• Mar. 26 — SailMail/Grib Seminar, RYC, free
• May 14-15 —  US Sailing / ISAF Safety at Sea, Encinal YC, Alameda

Races from the West Coast of North America to Hawaii this year include:

• Singlehanded TransPac, Tiburon to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, starting July 2
• Vic-Maui Race, Victoria BC to Lahaina, Maui, starting July 7-12
• Pacific Cup, San Francisco to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, first starts July 11