Yosh Han had long dreamed of sailing around the world, but a serendipitous journey crossing the equator on a catamaran from Papua New Guinea to Palau and a pact with Poseidon changed the trajectory of her life.
Once a pollywog, Yosh became a shellback after that trip. It was a canon event that shaped the next several years of Yosh’s life—starting with ASA 101, 103, 104, and 114 classes, a Nautic Ed class with Emory Heisler, sailing across the Pacific Ocean, to all the requirements of becoming a USCG captain and ASA instructor in five years.
Please join us for the February meeting and bring a guest! Yosh inspires everyone and will share her journey to obtain her USCG Captain’s License and teaching credentials. She will also touch on several exciting trips she made in the past few years.
Join us on Tuesday, February 11 at 7pm. Doors open at 6pm so arrive early for dinner.
Location: Dave and Busters in Tempe Marketplace (In the Showroom)
2000 E Rio Salado Pkwy / Suite 1100 / Tempe AZ 85281
As a blue water sailor, Yosh loves all activities on and below the water. She is a USCG 25T Captain, former PADI MSDT scuba instructor, and avid wild swimmer. Last April-May, she ventured on a South Pacific Odyssey from Channel Islands Harbor to the Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti, and return, crossing the equator in both directions.
In July 2023, Yosh competed in the prestigious TransPac race from Los Angeles to Hawaii on s/v Good Trouble, an Andrews 56 with Offshore Racing Outreach, a team of minorities, and the first of its kind in the race’s 100+ year history.
Yosh has raced in a variety of regattas, including the Rolex Big Boat in San Francisco on an Express 37, Linda Elias Memorial Women’s One Design in Long Beach on a Catalina 37 for Women’s Sailing Association, and several Women on the Water/Women at the Helm regattas in Marina del Rey.
While Yosh loves short buoy ‘beer can’ races, she also loves being at sea on long passages. In 2021, she double-handed a 2700 NM journey on an Ericsson 30 from San Diego, California, to the Big Island, Hawaii, and inter-islands around Maui, Molokini, Molokai, and ending in Honolulu, Oahu.
Yosh is a 3x veteran of the Baja Ha-Ha Rally, twice on a Swan 44 and once on a Jeanneau 45, with an extended trip up the Sea of Cortez for lots of freediving and fishing, ultimately landing a cover shot on Latitude 38 Dec 2022 issue.
While swimming, sailing and diving in various bodies of water around the globe, Yosh has encountered grey whales, giant oceanic manta rays, reef tip sharks, parrot fish, turtles, and rare pygmy seahorses and nudibranchs. She has a penchant for diving historical wrecks. One of her favorite diving memories is sitting in the cockpit of a WWII fighter plane 30 feet under the water off the coast of Nusa Island, Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.