Pac Cup 2010 - 21 foot Pocket Rocket and Pocket Rocket Skipper leads



3:25 PM Tue 13 Jul 2010 GMT
'Emma Creighton'
ific Cup 2010 As the sun rose on the fleet this Bastille Day, Pocket Rocket, the tiny Mini Transat design, was the closest boat to Hawaii. Sailing with only two aboard, and starting with the Doublehanded 2 fleet on Tuesday, July 6, Emma and her Rocket have used the head start to great advantage. The tiny boats, designed for trans-Atlantic racing, were admitted to the Pacific Cup for the first time this year. With their light weight and broad, flat underbodies, these boats are ideal for surfing along in the brisk winds and long swells that characterize a Pacific tradewinds ...


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