It is hard to believe that life is starting to return to "normal." Today, I gave a talk about the race to my fellow realtors at Coldwell Banker. Doing the race was a bucket list item for me.

Wayne and I actually had the goal over 8 years ago to do this race. One morning I left him a note," I have a bodacious idea! Let's do the Pacific Cup in 2012 on our boat."

We had no idea how we were going to make it happen. The first thing we had to do was buy a boat. Purchasing Encore was the first step. The rest fell into place.
We missed the 2012 PacCup, Wayne did the 2014 on our boat and I finally achieved my goal of going this past July.

It was a great feeling going under the GG Bridge out to the Farallones. Within 5 hours of the race, I was so seasick and asking myself "What was I thinking?" The sea sickness lasted for 3 days.
Within 24 hours 5 boats turned around: 3 dismasted due to high winds, 1 boat crew member broke his ribs, 1 boat had engine trouble

I have been often asked, "Was it fun?" well not really. "Would I do it again?" Probably not. "Was I glad I did it?" YES! It was an adventure of a lifetime that I will never forget.