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Vic-Maui International Yacht Race
Co-hosted by the
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Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the Lahaina Yacht Club
PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE 2022 VIC-MAUI
Preliminary dates for the 2022 Vic-Maui:
Entries: Super-early - March 31, 2021 ● Early - October 31, 2021 ● Final - February 28, 2022
Victoria Start Venue: Opens June 29, 2022 ● Start date range July 2-8, 2022
Maui Finish Venue: Opens July 15, 2022 ● Finish Time Limit July 22, 2022 ● Awards Banquet July 23, 2022
VIC-MAUI NEWS
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by Event Committee, May 16th, 2021 Vic-Maui offers a mentoring program for skippers who have or are considering entering Vic-Maui. Read 
by Event Committee, May 8th, 2021 Red Sheilla previously competed in the 2010, 2012 and 2016 Vic-Maui races. In July 2022, 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. Read 
Vic-Maui Welcomes Ultraman III by Event Committee, April 19th, 2021 Ultraman III, Jason Saunderson's Seahorse S-40, arrived from Japan via Hawaii in January 2019 and promptly dove into a race campaign that included Southern Straits, Swiftsure, and the VanIsle 360. Read 
by Event Committee , April 12th, 2021 Pat Fenton and his crew are excited and looking forward to the 2022 Vic-Maui aboard Outbreak. Read 
Vic-Maui Welcomes Beyond The Blue by Event Committee , April 6th, 2021 Lahaina Class entry Beyond the Blue, a Boreal 47 foot solid aluminum hulled swing keel expedition boat, was launched in Tréguier France in February 19, 2019. Read 
Colin Jackson Has Unfinished Business by Event Committee , March 31st, 2021 Vic-Maui Welcomes Unfinished Business. Read 
Vic-Maui Welcomes Sol Pacifico by Event Committee , March 27th, 2021 Team Sol Pacifico brings together a truly International crew with members originally hailing from the United States, Belgium, South Africa, Iceland and the Republic of Texas. Read 
by Event Committee , March 20th, 2021 Aidan and partner Elaine Dumoulin will be co-skipper Xiomara on her first Vic-Maui. Shannon Rae skipper of 2018 entry Gemini's Dream will be joining us and the rest of the crew is yet to be confirmed. Read 
Vic-Maui Welcomes Planet Express by Event Committee , March 11th, 2021 Planet Express second boat to enter. Planet Express, a 2011 Beneteau Oceanis 43 and her crew are excited to enter and prepare for the 2022 Vic-Maui! This will be Planet Express' first Vic-Maui. Read 
Vic-Maui Online Entry Now Open by Event Committee, January 15th, 2021 Set Sail for the Adventure of a Lifetime! Join the Vic-Maui fleet to Set Sail for the Adventure of a Lifetime! Read 
2022 Vic-Maui Preparations Are Underway, RVYC Vic-Maui Event Chair Appointed by Event Committee, December 9th, 2020 Sailors, of all adventurers, know that it is darkest just before the dawn ... ramping up preparations for the 2022 Vic-Maui ... preliminary dates ... Jim Innes appointed RVYC Vic-Maui Event Chair. Read |
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Red Sheilla
Type: Beneteau 49Skipper: Jim Innes
Port: Vancouver, BC Canada
Blog: 1 articles posted
Red Sheilla is the first boat to enter the 2022 Vic-Maui!
Red Sheilla previously competed in the 2010, 2012 and 2016 Vic-Maui races. In July 2022, 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 Wight" 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.
This fall, Red Sheilla will be entered in Cascadian Convoy, Round The County followed by 2022 Southern Straits, PNW Offshore and Swiftsure.
In 2022 Vic-Maui will be marking the next 50 years of Vic-Maui. We invite you to join us!
