The Pacific Cup (formerly the "West Marine Pacific Cup" but now having multiple sponsors) is a yacht race from San Francisco, California to Kaneohe, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. The enjoyable exercise in Yacht racing is run in even-numbered years by the Pacific Cup Yacht Club and sponsored by West Marine and others. While billed as "The Fun Race to Hawaii," this race take preparation seriously and provides a number of seminars and resources to help sailors and crew find safety and success. The level of competition rises each year as well—and yet, the FUN factor remains.
This "Fun Race to Hawaii" has run for over 26 years with hundreds of boats from 24-foot (7.3 m) doublehanders to 140-foot spectaculars, and innumerable family efforts, avid racers, and "sail of a lifetime" efforts in between having sailed the 2,070-nautical-mile (3,830 km) course.
The first start for 2010 will be July 5 at the starting line off the St. Francis Yacht Club on San Francisco's cityfront..
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