Pacific Circuit • Departs Oxnard, California • April 1, 2027

Rim Run Pac

Shamrocket leaves Oxnard, California on April 1, 2027, runs north up the Pacific coast to Washington State, then returns south to San Diego. After at least 30 days in the San Diego area, she crosses into Mexico on December 1, 2027 then stays in the Sea of Cortez on the Baja California side and hauls out at Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, on October 1, 2028.

Oxnard • California • Oregon • Washington • San Diego • Baja California • Sea of Cortez • Puerto Peñasco

🇺🇸 Oxnard, California — Departure • April 1, 2027

Shamrocket departs Oxnard on the Ventura County coast on April 1, 2027. The Channel Islands lie offshore. This is the start of the Pacific circuit.

🇺🇸 Southern California — Coast and Channel Islands

From Oxnard the route runs north along the California coast, past Point Conception, Monterey, and San Francisco, toward Washington State.

🇺🇸 San Diego — Southern Turning Point

The northbound run ends in Washington State. The route then turns south and returns to San Diego, where Shamrocket stays at least 30 days before crossing into Mexico on December 1, 2027.

🇺🇸 California to Washington — Northbound Coast

Shamrocket heads north from Oxnard, up the California and Oregon coasts, to Washington State.

🇺🇸 Washington State — Northern Limit of This Stretch

Washington State marks the northern limit of the Pacific circuit. The return south starts here.

Why

Built to Impress One Person.

People ask who this expedition is meant to impress. The answer is one person — me. Not the sailing community. Not social media. Not institutions, sponsors, or strangers with opinions about what constitutes a worthy adventure. Three decades of work — on submarines, in boardrooms, on the water, and in the kind of places that reshape how a man sees the world — have produced a value set that doesn’t need external validation. The standard is internal. Always has been.

What that means in practice: the planning is meticulous, the preparation is relentless, and the execution is measured against one question — did I do this right? Not fast. Not impressively. Right. The sea is an honest judge and a poor audience. It doesn’t care about the narrative. It rewards preparation, punishes arrogance, and has no interest in anyone’s personal brand. That suits this expedition perfectly.

The highest loyalty here is to humanity itself — not to a tribe, a nation, a religion, a politics, or an ideology. The mission underneath every mile of this route is the advancement, protection, and survival of human civilization and the natural systems that sustain it.

This is not performance. It is purpose — built from the inside out, over thirty years, and now pointed at the water.

Turnagain Arm, Alaska — birthplace of 4 Tides Cantina

Turnagain Arm, Alaska — Where 4 Tides Was Born

4 Tides Cantina — Better Beachy Than Bitchy

4 Tides Cantina — The Onboard Bar

The Onboard Bar

4 Tides Cantina.

Every expedition needs a bar. This one was named at Turnagain Arm, Alaska — one of the most geologically dramatic stretches of water in the world, and the place where the Alaska to San Diego run found its rhythm.

Turnagain Arm got its name in 1778 when William Bligh — sailing master for Captain James Cook, later infamous for the Bounty mutiny — was sent to survey the inlet looking for the Northwest Passage. He had to turn around. Twice. He named it Turnagain in exasperation. The arm generates the largest tides in the United States — up to 40 feet — and twice a day those tides collide in the narrow channel and produce one of the largest tidal bore waves on earth: a wall of water up to 10 feet high, moving at up to 15 miles per hour, stretching the full width of the inlet. Local surfers ride it for miles. Harbor seals ride it in. Beluga whales follow.

Four tides. Two bores a day. The same water, returning. That's the bar. Named at the place where Cook had to turn around — because this expedition doesn't.

"Better Beachy Than Bitchy®" — Anchor down. Drinks up.

What It Is

The Pacific Circuit. Starting on the Coast.

Rim Run Pac starts in Oxnard, California, on April 1, 2027. Shamrocket heads north up the Pacific coast to Washington State, then returns south to San Diego. She crosses into Mexico on December 1, 2027, then stays in the Sea of Cortez on the Baja California side and hauls out at Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, on October 1, 2028.

Same boat. Same sailor. Same methodology. The coastline is new, with its own weather, its own water and its own marine life.

The Start

Departure from Oxnard, California, April 1, 2027. Leg one: north to Washington State. Leg two: south to San Diego, with at least 30 days there. Leg three, from December 1, 2027: down the Baja California coast to Cabo San Lucas, then the Sea of Cortez on the Baja side, hauling out at Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, on October 1, 2028.

Why It Matters

One Coastline. Covered Stretch by Stretch.

The Pacific coast of North America runs from the warm waters of Southern California to the cold, green coast of Washington State. Shamrocket covers it one stretch at a time.

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Channel Islands

Offshore islands near Oxnard, part of Channel Islands National Park. The route starts beside them.

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San Diego

The southern turning point of the first stretch. The route turns north from here.

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Northbound Coast

From Southern California through Central and Northern California and up the Oregon coast.

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Washington State

The northern limit of the first stretch. Cold, green water and a very different coast from the south.