What does it take to get people ready to sail (double handed) to Hawaii?

Another good question!

Both Cathy and Lori have extensive offshore sailing experience, and have taken the two-day, intensive safety at sea seminar and participated in many webinars ranging from boat prep and provisioning to weather, routing, and sailing/sail choices. We started sailing together in 2021, and have done a handful of races together in the Bay, mostly double-handed (two people) plus the 150-qualifying sail required for the Pac Cup. 

Lori has done two races from San Francisco to Hawaii (on bigger boats with more people) and has also done a return from Kauai to Port Townsend, Washington. Along with that, she has raced offshore (outside the Golden Gate bridge anywhere from 20 to 90 miles) for the last 15 years. The last six of those years she has raced double-handed on Hang 20 offshore (and won a season). 

Cathy has been racing since 2009, including inshore double-handing, seven Double-Damned races (fully crewed), and four Oregon Offshores on a similar but different design to Hang 20. She raced in the 2016 Vic-Maui and the 2018 Pac Cup, both fully crewed.  

We can both fill in any position on the boat, but Lori is happiest on foredeck, and Cathy is happiest trimming. Now, who's going to drive? (har har har)

We can always use more practice and plan to practice extensively the week prior to leaving.  We're really excited to go!!