Vic-Maui 2012 Qualifying Races
Vic-Maui has announced that selected overnight distance races will be designated as "Vic-Maui Qualifying Races". Potential Vic-Maui crew members are encouraged to participate in one or more of the qualifying races as part of their personal preparation for the pinnacle of Pacific Northwest ocean racing, the Vic-Maui race. Individual crew experience with overnight racing is important to skippers when selecting crew, and combined crew experience with overnight racing is important to the race committee when considering Vic-Maui entries. Boats planning to enter the Vic-Maui race will still be required to meet all Vic-Maui entry requirements as outlined in the official Notice of Race.
Vic-Maui and each qualifying race will actively support each other's promotional activities, and the qualifying races will be authorized to display the Vic-Maui Qualifying Race logo:
The Annual Southern Straits Race
Swiftsure International Yacht Race
Save On Foods Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race.
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Turicum
Type: C&C 44Skipper: Gunnar Jonsson
Port: Vancouver, BC
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Sailing for the Vancouver Rowing Club and skippered by Gunnar Jonsson, Turicum is a C&C 44 built with balsa-cored fibreglass. Turicum has been actively racing for over fifteen years and has done countless local and distance races, including all three Vic-Maui Qualifying Races: the Van Isle 360, Swiftsure and Southern Straits. She has competed in six of the seven most recent Vic-Maui's and won her division in the 2008 race.
Gunnar, from New Westminster BC, sailed on Turicum's 2008 Vic-Maui crew and skippered her in 2010. Turicum will have an experienced blue-water crew, including five Vic-Maui veterans, drawn back to the race by the challenge of preparing boat and crew; the adventure of sailing more than 2,300 miles to beautiful Maui; and the teamwork that makes it all possible.
Gunnar comments “I am looking forward to racing to Maui again, with a great bunch of sailors, including two who sailed with me on Turicum in the 2010 race and others who crew with me on my SR33, Havoc. We look forward also to again being welcomed by the hospitality of the Lahaina Yacht Club and enjoying the Magic Isle as we regain our land legs.”
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