2010 Pacific Cup

Vessel Name: Delicate Balance
Vessel Make/Model: Andrews 56 Custom
Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA
Crew: Douglas Storkovich, Owner/Captain, Nick Salvador, Navigator; Ben Haket; Tom Faralola, Steve Cameron, Angie Rowland, Ron Kell, Tim Meany
07 July 2010 | Richmond
06 July 2010 | SF Bay
05 July 2010 | Richmond
01 July 2010 | Waiting on the launch pad...
26 June 2010 | Richmond and San Rafael, CA
25 June 2010 | Richmond, CA
Recent Blog Posts
07 July 2010 | Richmond

T - 15 hours

I have loved boats all of my life. I can remember staring with rapt attention at pictures of sailboats in Sail Magazine at the barber shop while everyone else was trying to sneak peeks at Playboy...I love women, but sail boats are my passion.

06 July 2010 | SF Bay

It's happening everywhere

At nearly every marina and boatyard around the bay, there are dozens of sailors crawling all over their boats in preparation for their respective Pacific Cup race starts. It's an interesting bit of observation. Some boats have most of their crew aboard, worrying every detail. Others sit silent, apparently ready to go. I think we're somewhere in between. Delicate Balance is rigged...the only decisions left are headsails. Two more sleeps and we're off.

05 July 2010 | Richmond

Three more sleeps

A new starter battery was installed today, probably the final major install before we load the food and crew. The Iridium satphone is up and operating, thanks to Lewis from Global Marine Networks without whom I'd still be staring at the screen asking...wtf?

01 July 2010 | Waiting on the launch pad...

Thank you Latitude 38

Hey Rob Grant, one of the boats that you failed to mention in your July piece on the Pac Cup was the OYRA season champion in 2009. Now granted, the Pac Cup is a different race, and we haven't sailed to Kaneohe before, but we're clearly capable of getting someplace in a hurry. How about a little respect for us and our friends on Cinnabar?

26 June 2010 | Richmond and San Rafael, CA

We're under two weeks?

Today Doug and I assembled our spinnaker poles after getting them "beefed up" a bit by Eric Chase out in Marshall. They were a bit frightening to watch originally, as they were kind of.....like fly rods. They bent like hell under a load, and we load t hem up pretty well with our huge asymmetrical kites. [...]

25 June 2010 | Richmond, CA

Greetings from Delicate Balance

Welcome family and friends to the Delicate Balance Pacific Cup weblog. We're going to attempt to bring the race a bit closer to you through nightly postings describing our experiences on the 2010 Pacific Cup. It'll probably be boring as hell because we're actually a boat full of friends that like sailing [...]

It's happening everywhere

06 July 2010 | SF Bay
Nick
At nearly every marina and boatyard around the bay, there are dozens of sailors crawling all over their boats in preparation for their respective Pacific Cup race starts. It's an interesting bit of observation. Some boats have most of their crew aboard, worrying every detail. Others sit silent, apparently ready to go. I think we're somewhere in between. Delicate Balance is rigged...the only decisions left are headsails. Two more sleeps and we're off.
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