01 / SINGAPORE / RIAU / INDONESIA
SINGAPORE
& THE STRAITS
From Singapore’s waterfront to the islands of Riau and Indonesia: harbour life, marine craft, island passages and the energy of cities beside the water.
PACIFIC RIM OFFSHORE / RACE. EXPLORE. BELONG.
THE WHOLEPACIFIC.
Offshore racing. Remarkable boats.
The cultures around the water.
From Singapore, China and Japan through Australia and New Zealand, to Hawaiʻi, Alaska, British Columbia and the coast down to San Diego. One ocean. Every coast has a story.
ONE OCEAN. EVERY COAST.
SINGAPORE · CHINA · JAPAN · AUSTRALIA · NEW ZEALAND · HAWAIʻI · ALASKA · BC · SAN DIEGO
01 / THE PACIFIC FIELD INDEX
FOLLOW
THE WATER.
City harbours and island passages. Warm-water coastlines and northern working ports. PRO’s outlook stretches around the Pacific, with a place for the people, boats and character of every shore.
SINGAPORE
02 / COASTAL CHINA / HONG KONG / MACAU
CHINA’S
WATERFRONT
Coastal China, Hong Kong and Macau belong in the Pacific story. Boats, working harbours, contemporary waterfronts and the people behind the marine industries give this chapter its range.
03 / JAPAN / CITY HARBOURS & ISLAND COASTS
JAPAN AT
WATER LEVEL
Follow Japan from city waterfronts to island harbours. Boats, workshops, coastal roads and life beside the sea bring the detail, character and people into focus.
04 / AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND
SOUTHERN
HORIZONS
Open water, harbour life, boatbuilding and coastal communities across Australia and New Zealand. A southern Pacific chapter with room for performance, design and everyday time afloat.
05 / HAWAIʻI / THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
IN THE MIDDLE
OF IT ALL
Hawaiʻi deserves a chapter of its own: shoreline, harbour and ocean life, told with local voices. Surf, paddling, boats and care for the water belong in the same conversation.
06 / ALASKA / THE NORTHERN PACIFIC
THE NORTHERN
REACH
Bring Alaska’s coasts, boats and communities into view. Working waterfronts, island passages and the scale of the northern landscape give the Pacific story another dimension.
07 / BRITISH COLUMBIA / VANCOUVER ISLAND
HOME WATERS.
WIDE HORIZONS.
Vancouver Island anchors the HUNTER story within the wider Pacific. Coastal communities, boatyards and time on the water connect our home ground with the ocean beyond.
08 / SEATTLE / OREGON / CALIFORNIA / SAN DIEGO
ALL THE WAY
DOWN THE COAST
Continue from Seattle through Oregon and California to San Diego. Follow the changing coast, light, boats and waterfront life, with the Pacific thread running all the way south.
These chapters describe our Pacific outlook and editorial interests. Confirmed PRO events, venues and participating teams will be announced separately.
02 / AURA // PACIFIC
A CULTURE
OF WATER.
The Pacific story lives in the boatyard, at the dock, along the beach and around the table. Fast boats are part of it. So are the people and everyday traditions that make each coast its own.
THE CRAFT
Built beside the water.
Offshore hulls, fishing boats, harbour craft, surfboards and paddling traditions. Meet the builders, mechanics, designers and local specialists behind the way each coast moves.
THE SHORE
Life after the dock.
Harbour food, waterfront markets, music, art, coastal roads and the places crews gather. Singapore, Japan, China, Australia and the North American coast each deserve their own texture and voice.
THE PEOPLE
Local voices. Wide horizons.
Photographers, boat owners, fishers, paddlers, surfers, young makers and waterfront communities. The people who know a place should help tell its story.
THE OUTLOOK
Cold water to blue water.
Alaskan harbours, the BC coast, Hawaiian ocean life, Asian waterfronts and the southern Pacific. A shared love of the water gives the page its thread; the differences give it life.
03 / PACIFIC RIM OFFSHORE
A PACIFIC
AMBITION.
An international offshore racing vision, built coast by coast.
PRO is developing the idea of a Pacific Rim Offshore Championship connected to the communities around the ocean. Vancouver Island is the proposed starting point for a wider Pacific programme of racing, marine craft and coastal participation.
Singapore and the Asian coast, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Hawaiʻi, Alaska, BC and the coast to San Diego belong in that long view.
THE ORGANIZATION / PRO
Pacific Rim Offshore
The proposed international organization and future event series: a platform for competition, crews, marine businesses and coastal communities.
THE TEAM / HUNTER
HUNTER Offshore Racing Team
The team-development project: vessels, engineering, crew preparation and the work toward future competition.
Explore the racing team ↗THE COMMUNITY / ON THE WATER
HUNTER Boating Club
The boating and community connection: shared knowledge, future outings and the people around the dock.
Explore the boating club ↗EVENT DEVELOPMENT
Race locations, dates, entries and partners are in development. This regional atlas is an invitation to help shape PRO’s future. Confirmed announcements will appear here.
04 / PEOPLE MAKE THE PACIFIC
LOCAL PEOPLE.
OUT ON
THE WATER.
Part of the PRO vision is to bring the surrounding community into the experience: time on the water, a closer look at the boats, and real contact with the people who build and run them.
A place for locals.
We want to develop community viewing boats, hosted experiences and sponsored local seats with suitable operators. Each opportunity will need its own confirmed arrangements.
A way into the craft.
Connect curiosity with boatbuilding, engines, electronics, photography and practical marine skills through HUNTER Boatworks and ROOTED’s learning pathways.
A coast that speaks for itself.
Invite local contributors and communities to shape the stories, places and activities associated with their home waters.
A reason to come together.
Make room for boats, food, music, workshops and people of different ages around a future event programme.
05 / BOATS & THE WORK BEHIND THEM
THE BOAT.
THE CREW.
THE PREPARATION.
Offshore performance remains a whole-boat conversation: hull, propulsion, setup, crew and the water. Bring the vessel and the question. Build the project around the details.
Vessels & platforms
Hull, propulsion, operating environment and the specific project you are considering.
Explore the boat model collection ↗Rigging & controls
Record the existing components, interfaces and proposed changes before choosing a package.
Bring a rigging question ↗Instrumentation & setup records
Keep equipment models, fitted configurations and observations attached to the conditions in which they were recorded.
Discuss a setup project ↗Crew & project preparation
Crew roles, relevant event requirements and a defined technical scope belong in the plan alongside the machine.
Introduce a project ↗06 / READ THE WATER
RACING. BOATS.
COASTAL LIFE.
Follow the machines and the people behind them through the HUNTER marine publications. A Pacific outlook, with room for remarkable stories from the wider boating world.
COMPETITION / CREWS / MACHINERY
THE RACE LINE
Offshore racing, championship coverage, engineering and the people around the machines.
EXPLORE THE RACE LINE ↗BOATS / EQUIPMENT / LIFE AFLOATTHE WAKE
Boating, equipment, marine industry stories and the life surrounding the water.
READ THE WAKE ↗BUILDING / RESTORATION / TECHNIQUETHE BOATYARD
Boatbuilding, workshop craft, restorations, tools and marine technology.
EXPLORE THE BOATYARD ↗07 / JOIN THE CONVERSATION
WHAT’S
YOUR COAST?
Bring your boat. Your knowledge.
Your part of the Pacific.
Competitors, crew, builders, coastal communities, photographers and prospective partners: tell us where you are and what you would like to contribute.
info@rootedcanada.org ↗Expressions of interest help shape the project. Event participation, local experiences and partnerships are confirmed individually as the programme develops.
PRO / THE IDENTITY COLLECTION
A MARK FOR
THE PACIFIC.
The PRO visual collection stays part of the story, alongside the real places, people and boats that give the Pacific its character.
PHOTOGRAPHY / PLACES & CREDITS +
Real photographs of the places named in the captions. Images are resized, converted to WebP and may be cropped to fit the layout. Photographic adaptations remain available under the linked image licences. Regional chapters describe PRO’s interests; the photographs do not imply local endorsement or an operating PRO venue.
- Marina Bay, Singapore — viewed from Helix Bridge
Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence. - Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong — sunrise from Lugard Road
Photo by Benh LIEU SONG · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence. - Minato Mirai waterfront, Yokohama, Japan
Photo by Fg2 · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. - Sydney Opera House and harbour, Sydney, Australia — viewed from a ferry
Photo by Sebastiandoe5 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence. - Viaduct Basin, Auckland, New Zealand
Photo by Ziqi CHAI · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence. - Nā Pali Coast, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi
Photo by Romain Guy · CC0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. - Resurrection Bay, Seward, Alaska
Photo by Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence. - Tofino waterfront, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Photo by Kristina D.C. Hoeppner · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence. - Seattle waterfront, Washington
Photo by hakkun · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence. - San Diego skyline from Coronado, California
Photo by JDrewes · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence. - Cigarette Racing 515 Project One — archive photograph, 2018
Photo by Elya · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in some display frames. Photographic adaptation shared under this licence.