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Notice of Race, Appendix A, Safety Requirements by Technical Committee, May 23rd, 2013 Appendix A to the Notice of Race has been published for the 2014 Vic-Maui Race. Read 
by Technical Committee, April 3rd, 2013 The Notice of Race has been published for the 2014 Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race. Read 
45th Annual Southern Straits Regatta - Vic-Maui Qualifying Race by Event Committee, March 27th, 2013 The 45th Annual Southern Straits Regatta, March 29-31, 2013 is a Vic-Maui Qualifying Race. For more information on Vic-Maui Qualifying Races and the Southern Straits Regatta, ... Read 
Safety at Sea - Get ready for Vic-Maui 2014! by Event Committee, November 6th, 2012 Safety at Sea: January - March 2013 classes Read 
Vic-Maui 2014 Race Dates and Announcement by Event Committee, July 29th, 2012 The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the Lahaina Yacht Club are pleased to announce the 2014 Vic-Maui International Yacht Race. Read |
Welcome
Aloha and welcome to the 2014 Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race
Your Committees from the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the Lahaina Yacht Club have been preparing for your participation since September 2012. Come and enjoy a fun filled week of pre-race activities in Victoria, the Capital City of British Columbia and one of the most beautiful harbours in the world.
From Victoria, we give you a rare ocean race that takes both flat out racing skills and strategic decision-making. Vic-Maui challenges sailors to demonstrate their weather routing and navigational skills. Understanding the weather is critical when making decisions on leaving the Straits of Juan De Fuca and sailing off the Washington, Oregon and Northern California coasts to get to the trade winds. Success depends on predicting the present and future position of the North Pacific High pressure zone.
In Lahaina you will enjoy Hawaiian hospitality including an arrival party and the awards banquet, as well as a well-deserved sojourn in a tropical paradise.
The Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race, first contested in 1968, is the pinnacle of Pacific Northwest ocean racing. Vic-Maui runs every second year, starting in July from Victoria, British Columbia and finishing near Lahaina, Maui, a distance of approximately 2308 nautical miles
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Bravo Zulu
Type: Beneteau First 40.7Skipper: Denny Vaughan
Port: Seattle, WA
Blog: 1 articles posted
Bravo Zulu, which means "Well Done" in Navy flag communications, was named by the skipper's family as a tribute to his exceptional 35 years in the US Navy. He spent a lot of those years either stationed in Hawaii or passing through on his way to the Far East and beyond. Now he says he is looking forward to returning by sail while representing the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle.
Even though his crew is experienced in offshore racing, including participating in all of the qualifying races of Van Isle 360, Southern Straits and Swiftsure, this will be the first time that any of them have raced in the Vic-Maui.
Denny says that one of the compelling reasons for deciding to race in this year's Vic-Maui was that this boat needed to finish what she had started. During the 2008 Vic-Maui, when she was named "Something Wicked" and owned by Kevin and Sandy Reath, she had made it a little over half way when her rudder blew apart, and they had to sail 800 miles back to San Francisco with a make shift steering system.
Having visited Lahaina Yacht Club numerous times this past year, Denny says that the Race Committee and the Yacht Club's members and employees are fantastic and eager to welcome us to Lahaina. His only concern is running into the Japanese tsunami debris field.
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