Aloha and Welcome to the
Vic-Maui International Yacht Race
Co-hosted by the 
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the 
Lahaina Yacht Club
Preliminary dates for the 2020 Vic-Maui:
Entries: Super-early - March 31, 2019 ● Early - October 31, 2019 ● Final - February 28, 2020
Victoria Start Venue: Opens July 7, 2020 ● Start date range July 10-17, 2020
Maui Finish Venue: Opens July 24, 2020 ● Finish Time Limit July 31, 2020 ● Awards Banquet August 1, 2020
Vic-Maui News:
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Vic-Maui Events Schedule - updates posted and registration open for several pre-events by Vic-Maui Events, November 29th, 2019 The Vic-Maui Events Schedule has been updated. Registration is now open for a number of pre-events including Offshore Preparation Seminar, Offshore Weather & Routing, Offshore First Aid, and the Offshore Personal Survival Course. Read Vic-Maui 2020 Preparation - Life Rafts by Technical Committee, September 29th, 2019 First - Get Ready for Your Last Resort. The absolutely last thing any Vic-Maui competitor wants to think about is abandoning the ship half way to Hawaii. Which is precisely why thinking about the life raft should happen early in the process. While “stepping up into the liferaft” off a sinking boat has not happened in a Vic-Maui (touching wood here), it is still something that needs to be thought through. What kind of raft do I need? Where do I store it? How do I deploy it? These are all questions that need to be considered. Read Introducing the 2020 Vic-Maui Fleet: Sea Treasure by Event Committee, July 10th, 2019 Sea Treasure sails for the Royal Victoria Yacht Club Read Introducing the 2020 Vic-Maui Fleet: Unfinished Business by Event Committee, June 24th, 2019 Colin Jackson has Unfinished Business Read Introducing the 2020 Vic-Maui Fleet: Ultraman III by Event Committee, May 20th, 2019 Ultraman III enters the 2020 Vic-Maui Read Introducing the 2020 Vic-Maui Fleet: Selkie by Event Committee, May 7th, 2019 Third of the 2020 Vic-Maui super-early entries is Selkie Read Introducing the 2020 Vic-Maui Fleet: Turnagain by Event Committee, April 26th, 2019 Second of the 2020 Vic-Maui super-early entries is Turnagain Read 
Offshore Personal Survival Course (Safety at Sea) - space available by Event Committee, April 24th, 2019 Finding it hard to get into the ever-popular Offshore Personal Survival Course (Safety at Sea)? We have recently added a May 4-5 class in West Vancouver, and there is space available. Read Introducing the 2020 Vic-Maui Fleet: Red Sheilla by Event Committee, April 12th, 2019 "Red Sheilla” is the first boat to enter the 2020 Vic-Maui! Read 
by Race Committee, July 22nd, 2018 Last night was the big Vic-Maui Awards Banquet on the Ocean Lawn at the Sheraton Kaanapali. What an affair with lots of silverware loading the tables and a full 7 person band to keep everyone entertained. Joy Ride started the parade of trophies as the Big Winner of Vic-Maui 2018 - taking home the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Trophy for First Overall. Read 
Vessel Traffic Separation Schemes by Race Committee, July 17th, 2018 The case of the Race Committee protesting Serenite and Geminis Dream for infraction of Sailing Instruction 1.4 - Adhering the Rule 10 of the Coll Regs with respect to Traffic Separation Schemes has important implications for all sailors that the Race Committee believe worthy of further comment. Read 
by Race Committee, July 17th, 2018 The Youth Training Program at Lahaina Yacht Club, co-sponsor of the Vic-Maui race, is on view for the whole world to see. It is an impressive sight to see a large host of young sailors take to their BIC sailboats right in front of the whole village of Lahaina. Read 
Here, Here, The Gang's All Here by Race Committee, July 16th, 2018 The last 2 boats from Vic-Maui 2018 finished early this afternoon and are now enjoying their welcome party at the Pioneer Inn. Victor Mushkatin's Serenite, the surviving boat from Cruising Class crossed the finish line at 12:31. Our now famous turtle rescuer, Doug Frazer and Oxomoxo finished at 1:43pm. Read 
by Race Committee, July 16th, 2018 While results are not yet official, it looks like Joy Ride will win Vic-Maui 2018 as the 1st Overall based on corrected time. Firefly wins Line Honours and 2nd Overall and Salient takes 3rd Overall. Read 
Anjo Arrives Under Cover of Darkness by Race Committee, July 16th, 2018 Clayton Craigie and his crew aboard Anjo arrived under cover of darkness this morning crossing the line a little after 4 am local time. An hour later with dawn just starting, the boat got to the welcome party at Lahaina. Read 
The Weather Eye, July 15, Final Approaches to the Finish Line by David Sutcliffe, July 15th, 2018 There is simply no Hawaiian welcome that beats a Lahaina Yacht Club Vic-Maui greeting party, unless it's three LYC greeting parties at the same time! ... In weather news, the more "normal" weather has been very helpful to the Vic-Maui fleet as the boats have had a romping Trade Winds sail towards Maui over the past four-plus days, racking up big 24 hour runs in breezy conditions. This year's approach to the Pailolo Channel has been hotter than usual, with numbers in the TWA 80-110 degree range. The first five boats have all finished without too much drama in the Pailolo Channel itself. Read 
Day 15 - And Then There Were Three by Race Committee, July 15th, 2018 The final 3 boats of Vic-Maui 2018 are all within striking distance of Maui and will finish on Monday. At Roll Call, Clayton Craigie's Anjo (in the photo) was 122 miles from the finish, followed by Victor Mushkatin and his Russians on Serenite who are 57 miles back, and Doug Frazer and the Lucky Turtle Savers who are 68 miles behind Anjo. They will likely start arriving very early Monday and all be in Lahaina enjoying Mai-Tais by mid-afternoon. Read 
by Race Committee, July 15th, 2018 While the Lucky Turtle has been the social media darling of this race, there are 2 pieces of technology that have added new dimensions to race followers. The fact that a drone can take and transmit photos 1000 miles from shore is amazing. Similarly amazing are the improvements in satellite tracking which allows the whole race Finish Line process to be automated. Read 
Turnagain, Salient and Kraken Finish in a Dead Heat by Race Committee, July 15th, 2018 it was a beautiful sunrise over the West Maui mountains as one by one Turnagain, then Salient, then Kraken appeared on the horizon and made their way into Pailolo Channel between Maui and Molokai. The photo shows Turnagain passing Hawea Point on her way to a finish at 7:14 am (HST). Salient was close behind at 7:40 am and Kraken, who carried stronger wind right to the finish, at 8:04 am. Read |
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Red Sheilla (2020)
Type: Beneteau 49Skipper: Jim Innes
Port: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Blog: 1 articles posted
Red Sheilla is the first boat to enter the 2020 Vic-Maui!
Red Sheilla previously competed in the 2010, 2012 and 2016 Vic-Maui races. In July 2020, Red Sheilla skipper Jim Innes will sail in his fifth Vic-Maui, following the pioneering course sailed by his father JG (Jim) Innes in 1965.
The first Vic-Maui was sailed in 1965. The race was a dream of Royal Vancouver Yacht Club member JG (Jim) Innes who, at that time, was a Captain for Canadian Pacific Airlines. Jim convinced three other skippers to start with him off Brotchie Ledge in 1965. With Jim in his Lapworth 36' "Long Gone", there was Lol Killam of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club with the 45' sloop "Velaris", Ron Ramsay of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club with the 45' ketch "Norena of White" and Boo Paskel from Seattle Yacht Club with his 73' ketch "Tatoosh". The 1965 race and weather were typical; Westerlies in the Juan de Fuca Strait, a left turn down the coast to about the latitude of San Francisco, followed by a right turn under the North Pacific High and a gybe with the Northeast trade winds filling spinnakers for the sunny run to Maui. "Long Gone" won the first Vic-Maui with a time of 15 days, 6 hours and 55 minutes. Records have been broken many times since 1965.
The current record holder is "Valkyrie", skippered by Gavin Brackett of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, who completed the race in 8 days, 9 hours and 17 minutes in 2016.
Follow Red Sheilla on Facebook (including her blog posts) at: http://www.facebook.com/redsheillasailing. The video here is her 2012 homeward delivery from Lahaina.
In 2019, Red Sheilla’s crew will be racing on different yachts in Southern Straits, Round Salt Spring, Swiftsure and Van Isle 360. This fall, Red Sheilla will be entered in Round The County followed by 2020 Southern Straits, Oregon Offshore and Swiftsure.
In 2020 Vic-Maui will be marking the next 50 years of the race. We invite you to join us!
