Hi everyone!

Thanks for faithfully checking the blog….ummm, where are Pam and Roger you ask? I have NO idea! Haven’t heard from them yet, but hoping for something to come in over the weekend sometime so check back….again

On Saturday, August 9th, my
friends Pam and Roger will be taking off on a sailing adventure. We thought it would be great fun to keep track of their journey on the Adventure Sports Blog so stay tuned for more…..

Greetings all:
Many of you know Pam and I have been learning to sail; first on small boats and more recently on bigger boats. We have been gaining experience in leaps and bounds while under the tutelage of many experienced sailors at the Vallejo Yacht Club.
Our regular wednesday nite “beer can” races have provided a great training
ground for making all the mistakes while not hurting ourselves or breaking
things too much. Ultimately, we aspire to have enough experience to safely set
off on the high seas when we retire. So when the opportunity came up to be part
of the delivery crew for a returning Pacific Cup Yacht Race boat presented
itself, we jumped all over it.

The Pacific Cup occurs every other year and is one of the longest offshore races at over 2100 miles.

The race starts in front of the San Francisco Yacht Club and ends in Kaneohe Bay on
Oahu. Check out the race website at: http://www.pacificcup.org/ The majority of
boats take between 12 and 18 days to make the mostly downwind trip. Coming back
to the mainland, its upwind and usually slower – 16 to 21 days depending on the
wind. The boat (named Bequia) is very comfortable at 42′ long with dual heads,
a decent-size galley, refigeration and all the latest navigation and
communication equipment (including e-mail). We hope to keep a daily blog, but
are limited in the content (just text – no pictures) as the bandwidth is
extremely low. We should be sailing from Kaneohe Yacht Club on the 11th of
August, returning to the Bay by the end of the month (hopefully much earlier).

Aloha
Pam and Roger

Oh, and did I mention that they love to cycle too!