West Marine Pacific Cup - 2070 miles from San Francisco Bay to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. The "FUN Race to Hawaii" runs every even year from San Francisco to Hawaii. Started in 1980, the race has been enjoyed by thousands of racers sailing well over a million miles in total. Before the race, participants will attend safety and preparation seminars and social events including the very popular Bon Voyage party.

The Vic-Maui International Yacht Race, the pinnacle of Pacific Northwest ocean racing, covers a distance on the rhumbline of 2,308 nautical miles. The Vic-Maui race was first contested in 1965 and has been sailed every two years since 1968. The start venue is Victoria, BC, on Canada's West Coast, where pre-start preparations are completed in the picturesque Inner Harbour. The fleet starts just outside the harbour, sails out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, leaves Cape Flattery on Washington's Olympic Peninsula to port, and heads across the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Boats aim to sail around the North Pacific High and into the Trade Winds for the sub-tropical run to Hawaii.