Sail-World.com : 16 More Pacific Cup Racers Hit One-Week Mark
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16 More Pacific Cup Racers Hit One-Week Mark |
The Pacific Cup - steadily gaining on the fleet, Raindrop (Portland, Ore.) has pushed into first place overall, recalling Skip Allen's double-handed victory aboard Wildflower in 2002. Employing a similar strategy of a sharp southern starting course, combined with superior boathandling, Easton and Huseby on Raindrop are now the ones to beat.
With some superbly well-equipped and crewed boats chasing them from a more favorable Saturday start – more wind always being good – Raindrop will have quite a job holding on to her #1 spot. Following close in second and third place are Dean Daniels’ Sleeping Dragon (San Francisco) and Paul Cayard’s Hula Girl (San Francisco).
July 15th Start Divisional Standings
(in order per July 22 standings)
Division B
Checkered Past
(Richmond, Calif.)
Music
(Bellingham, Wash.)
Cirrus
(Kaneohe, Hawaii)
Kokomo
(Browns Point, Wash.)
Gavilan
(San Francisco)
Pacific High
(San Francisco)
Compromise
(San Francisco)
Horizon Hunter
(Santa Cruz, Calif.)
Division C
Sweet Okole
(Richmond, Calif.)
Bullet
(San Francisco)
Bequia
(Vallejo, Calif.)
Tiki Blue
(San Francisco)
Ada Helen
(Coyote Point, Calif.)
Oceanaire
(Vallejo, Calif.)
Urban Renewal
(Honolulu)
Rabian
(San Francisco)
Half the boats are, or will today be, halfway to Hawaii, 1035 miles from San Francisco, 1035 miles from Hawaii. People watching the race can continue to check updated official standings at www.PacificCup.org, which also has links to time-delayed satellite reports.
by Barby MacGowan
6:25 AM Wed 23 Jul 2008 GMT
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