Tiki J's Pacific Cup Blog

What a day! So much happened so quickly that I have writer's block...

The picture is worth a thousand words as we celebrated halfway with a shot of Fireball. ...then poor-man's dark and stormies with leftover ginger ale from the PacCup and cheap rum we brought. Then we caught a tuna. Then the engine wouldn't start. Then I rigged up the toilet trigger starter. Then we had fish tacos. Then we had leftover fresh-bake cookies. Then I made poke for tomorrow.

Quotes from the day:

- Unattributed: "don't go gay 'til halfway"

- Tom: "Brad, slow down the boat" Mike: "Tom, we're sailing" (as we're landing the tuna while sailing after having motored for 24+ hours)

Now we're motoring for our old target waypoint. Shortly I'll be downloading weather and we'll be motoring to our new target waypoint.

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Vessel Name:	Tiki J
Vessel Make/Model:	J/42 Sail No. 33
Hailing Port:	Coyote Point YC, San Mateo, CA
Crew:	2016 Update - Kim Worsham, Scott Dickinson, Brad Worsham, Vince Swerkes, Max Dickinson & Cody Dickinson
About:	2016 Update: Max (12) & Cody (9) Dickinson will be joining us this year. Their first passage half way across the Pacific Ocean. Scott and Kim are former Foster City, CA residents recently transplanted to Portland, OR. [...] More
Extra:	2016 Update: The Year of the Kids! A lot of Worshams and those mental enough to be on a boat with them! In the Small World department, the Tiki J race crew, return crew (including Bill Sr) and shore support crew a.k.a. our extended families were saddened to learn of the passing of Charley [...] Dole in Hawaii earlier this year. Charley and the University of Hawaii collegiate sailing team stayed with us in Port Neches, TX during a regatta hosted by the Lamar University sailing team long ago (early '80s?) and we had several later occasions to stay in touch. Kim saw him after the 2010 Pac Cup when he was helming a J/24 in the local beer can race at age 90-something. We had hoped to see him again this summer. We will think about him often during the race and would like to lift a glass with others who knew him once we arrive in Hawaii. More
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