Vic-Maui Preliminary Start Dates and Times, Vic-Maui Qualifying Races

by Vic-Maui, April 5th, 2018

Vic-Maui Notice to Competitors 1 - Preliminary Start Dates and Times; Vic-Maui Qualifying Races; Vic-Maui Fleet at Southern Straits Race; Featured Sponsor Navis Marine Insurance Brokers Read

Offshore Course Schedule & Advance Registration; Qualifying Race Schedule; Entries & Deadlines

by Vic-Maui, December 4th, 2017

Offshore Course Schedule & Advance Registration; Qualifying Race Schedule; Entries & Entry Deadlines; Offshore Personal Survival Course; Offshore First Aid Course; Offshore Weather & Routing Course; Notice of Race and Amendments; Key Dates; Featured Sponsor; Vic-Maui on Facebook and Twitter Read

The First Five Early Entries are in for the 2018 Vic-Maui International Yacht Race

by Vic-Maui, August 20th, 2017

The First Five Early Entries are in for the 2018 Vic-Maui International Yacht Race; Early Entries & Online Registration; Offshore Personal Survival Course (aka Safety at Sea, Sea Survival); 2018 Vic-Maui Notice of Race; Vic-Maui Qualifying Races; The 2018 Vic-Maui & Key Dates; Featured Sponsor First Yacht Services; Vic-Maui on Facebook and Twitter Read

2018 Vic-Maui entries are now open!

by Vic-Maui, June 15th, 2017

2018 Vic-Maui entries are now open! The fourth Vic-Maui Qualifying Race this Spring - the Van Isle 360 - is now underway. More Vic-Maui Qualifying Races. Amendment 1 to the Notice of Race has been published. Key dates for the 2018 Vic-Maui. Featured sponsor Pacific Yachting. Vic-Maui on Facebook and Twitter. More Vic-Maui sponsors. Read

Vic-Maui Qualifying Races, 2018 Vic-Maui Entries Open June 15

by Vic-Maui, May 25th, 2017

Vic-Maui Qualifying Races - Southern Straits, Oregon Offshore, Swiftsure, Van Isle 360; 2018 Vic-Maui Entries Open June 15, 2017; Notice of Race; Key Dates; Featured Sponsor - Navis Marine Insurance Brokers; Vic-Maui on Facebook & Twitter Read

2018 Vic-Maui Notice of Race & Key Dates

by Vic-Maui, January 31st, 2017

2018 Vic-Maui International Yacht Race; Notice of Race; Key Dates; Featured Sponsor - Pacific Yachting; Vic-Maui on Facebook and Twitter; Read

2016 Vic-Maui - Final Results

by Race Committee, December 31st, 2016

RACE COMMITTEE HAS POSTED THE FINAL RESULTS BELOW. Race Committee would like to recognize the significant achievement of all competitors on completing a tough and trying Vic-Maui 2016. Our hearts go out to Crossfire and Mountain, whose mechanical failures prevented completion of the race and hopefully inspires their determination to return in 2018. Congratulations to Valkyrie for their record run to Maui and winner of Line Honours. Further congratulations to Overall Winner Kinetic V and Division winners String Theory, Rain Drop, Amiskwi and Forty. Read

All Boats Safely Home - Now Looking to 2018

by Race Committee, October 10th, 2016

With the arrival home of Equus and Rain Drop after their delayed departure from Hawaii, all the boats have returned safely home. Thoughts are now turning to Vic-Maui 2018. Read

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig

by Race Committee, August 14th, 2016

It has been 14 days since the big Vic-Maui awards banquet and the returning boats are starting to arrive home. Read

Floating Debris - It Should be a Crime

by Race Committee, August 5th, 2016

Read about Kinetic V's encounter with a large robust fish net. It is an unfortunate fact that much of well-reported debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is discarded by negligent or unscrupulous fishing boats. That Should be a Crime! Read

The Return Delivery

by Race Committee, August 3rd, 2016

The trophies have been handed out, the mai-tais all consumed and most of the crews have flown home back to work. And now it is time for the boats to return. Read

Stacking Up the Silverware

by Race Committee, July 31st, 2016

At the huge Awards Dinner last night on the Ocean Lawn of the Sheraton Maui Resort, Vic-Maui 2016 handed out the silverware before 400 guests. Here is the run dow of Who Won What. Read

Reflections on Vic-Maui 2016 - What a Ride

by Brad Baker, July 27th, 2016

Race Committee will leave it to the Vic-Maui Guru to Summarize a Vic-Maui that will become a Classic. By Brad Baker " With the Vic-Maui a done deal, I thought I’d reflect a bit on the 2016 race. I don’t know about you other armchair sailors, but I have had a tremendous amount of fun watching this year’s race. It’s had a little bit of everything. It’s had some drama with Crossfire’s early retirement from the race. I sincerely hope that after licking their wounds, and taking a few lessons from the experience, that they will be back in 2018. I suppose I was a harbinger of doom when in my third installment I said there would likely be boats with steering issues. I think it was the day after writing that the J-109, Mountain, retired with rudder bearing issues. Later, Forty had their steering quadrant fail. There were lots of reports of broken halyards and blown up spinnakers. Most recently the specter of tropical storm Darby made things interesting. What is foremost in my mind, though, was the weather pattern itself. It turned out to be a near perfect scenario for an elapsed time record breaking pace. And there were four boats in the race capable of breaking the record — a perfect storm. Read

The Final Boat of Vic-Maui 2016 Finishes

by Race Committee, July 26th, 2016

Near Midnight on Tuesday night Forty, a Tartain 4100 owned by Michael Boldt of Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, was the final boat to complete Vic Maui 2016 and bring to an end the racing part of the celebration of a Half Century of Vic-Maui racing. The drama of the last few standings for prizes waited for the final boats to finish put into the books an absolution classic. Now attention turns to the silverware and excitement of the Awards Celebration on Saturday July 30 on the Ocean Lawn of the Sheraton Maui Resort in Kaanapali. Read

Who Broke What, Who Beat Who

by Race Committee, July 25th, 2016

It was a madcap day that saw the finish of Expresso, Starblazer, Ion, Salient, and Miles this morning. The Pioneer Inn was full of racers, families, greeters, well-wishers and to top it all off, Elvis was in the Building at the Waiting Wahine luncheon. Read

Kinetic V Wins Vic-Maui 2016

by Race Committee, July 25th, 2016

Kinetic V Wins Vic-Maui 2016. Valkyrie wins Line Honours and 2nd Overall, Longboard takes 3rd Overall. With most of the competitors now finished, it is clear that Kinetic V, a TP-52 owned by David Sutcliffe and sailing for co-host Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, will be the Overall Winner of Vic-Maui 2016. David a 6 time Vic-Maui veteran previously won the Overall prize in Vic-Maui in 2010 in Kinetic II. Kinetic V completed the course in 8d 14h 16 m and corrected out 2h 30m ahead of Valkyrie at 8d 3h 57m. Read

This is Crazy

by Race Committee, July 25th, 2016

Are you kidding me? All boats flew at top speed across the Pacific, followed by an anxious wait for Tropical Storm Darby to approach Maui and the fleet. Then we watched the poor anchor watch on Atlanta and Kinetic V suffer the 35 kts of wind and associated waves in the Lahaina Roadstead. But wind was a constant. At least it was until Expresso approached the finish line. After more than 5 painful hours without wind off of Kaanapali, George Bishop’s Express 37 out of Nanaimo Yacht Club crossed the finish line around 5:30 am local time. Read

One Design Racing

by Race Committee, July 25th, 2016

There are many Vic-Maui sub-plots in a larger story. There was the race for the elapsed time record between the TP-52s, Old School vs. New School, and Tropical Storm Darby. Another story out of many is the One Design race between three almost identical Beneteau First 40.7s. While they have slight differences in ORC ratings for this race, in the minds of the skippers and crew they are racing each other boat for boat. At stake are big bragging rights. Read

Vic Maui 2, Darby Still No Score

by Race Committee, July 24th, 2016

Eberhard Heinzemann’s Alegria X, a Dufour 45e from Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, finished just before midnight last night. Earlier forecasts had pegged the arrival of the front edge of Tropical Storm Darby at the same time – clearly Race Committee had concerns. But in reality, Alegria X ghosted through the Finish Line in fading wind and perfect night conditions and joined other boats inside Lahaina Harbour. Read

Riding Out Darby

by Race Committee, July 23rd, 2016

There is some interest in how the boats plan to ride out Tropical Storm Darby. Everybody (still racing and those ashore) are on tender-hooks waiting to see what happens as the storm front approaches. At 1700 HST it is reported to be entered on the SE corner of the Big Island and heading toward the south side of Maui at 10 kts. The forecast is for arrival and nasty weather overnight. Read