Racing, and Cruising… and more Racing, more Cruising

Well, no sooner has our trusty J/120 returned back from the 2008 Pacific Cup race to Hawaii and our offshore cruise back to California, than we are launching into another epic Race/Cruise combo! The mighty vessel J/World is in the yard right now getting all new standing rigging, and then she’s off to the races in the 2008 Rolex Big Boat Series.

Right after this grand-prix event wraps up, all the comfort items get loaded aboard again and she goes into ‘cruising mode’ for the J World Annual Cruise to Mexico! This series of coastal/offshore cruising courses begins in mid October, and is one of our very favorite things we do. Each of the legs is a truly special adventure, and we even join in the world famous cruiser’s rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas… that’s right, you too can join the 2008 Baja-Ha-Ha!

If you haven’t seen it, here is the report from last years’ cruise south. It was an absolute blast, and this year promises to be just as great. Click here for more info…

We’ll keep you posted on how the racing goes… we have a ton of work to get done before the event starts… we hadn’t planned on pulling the rig before the regatta, but the unfortumate timing of the broken intermediate shroud (see below) has forced our hand. In the fiercely competitive J/120 class, this gear failure has cut into any practice time we had hoped to have which will likely cost us down the line, but we have a fabulous team and I’m sure we’ll rise to the occasion! And a huge thank you goes out to my long time buddy Chris at Svendsen’s for working to get the boat back together quickly…

Eugenie, rested after the offshore trip from Oahu to SF, has been out practicing with the J/145 Raincloud in preparation for the Big Boat Series. Barry and Josh will both be aboard the IMX 38 Hawkeye, while Travis will be slugging it out aboard the J/122 TKO. Yours truly will be on our trusty J World, so we’ll try to post a lot of updates as we go along…