Sliding South
July 4th, 2006
Another great day on the water, as the fleet is now heading south. The weather will be getting warmer and the downwind ride to Hawaii has begun.
Cassiopeia continues to lead, having chosen a more westerly route than her nearest rivals, the two Santa Cruz boats, 52-foot Voodoo Child and 50-foot Horizon.
Earlier today Voodoo Child reported "Right now we're ripping along at 10 knots under the 2A (all purpose running spinnaker) in 12-15 knots of breeze. We're about 70 miles offshore and a bit south of Tillamook, Oregon".
We have received a few reports from Kinetic and Voodoo Child - be sure to check out their websites: voodoochild.net and kineticsailing.com for their perspectives and logs. And speaking of websites and reports; those boats who have not sent us reports or have not updated their websites - let us know what you're doing out there!
Two boats have now officially retired from the race. As reported last night, Black Watch returned to Victoria Harbour yesterday afternoon. As of 0915 today, Dan Matthieu, Skipper of Black Watch, notified the Race Committee that they are retiring from the race. Just as this was sinking in, another call came in. Randy "Peg Leg" Vogel called in to report that Renegade has retired from the race due to steering failure. Dan Sinclair and his crew returned Renegade to Victoria Harbour about noon today.
Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race 2006 | ||||||||||
Daily Report - 09:00 HST - July 04, 2006 | ||||||||||
24 HR | AVE | DIST | MADE | COR | HRS | FLT | ||||
BOAT | RATING | LAT. | LONG. | MILES | KTS | TO GO | GOOD | POS | BEH | POS |
VMH-1 | ||||||||||
Cassiopeia | -53 | 45° 53' | 127° 10' | 234.3 | 9.0 | 2080.9 | 227.2 | 1 | --- | 1 |
Voodoo Child | 5 | 45° 50' | 125° 36' | 201.6 | 7.8 | 2132.8 | 175.2 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 |
Horizon | 17 | 46° 02' | 125° 25' | 187.5 | 7.2 | 2145.9 | 162.2 | 3 | 4.6 | 6 |
Renegade | -71 | Withdrew - Returned to Victoria | ||||||||
VMH-2 | ||||||||||
Kinetic | 57 | 46° 28' | 125° 50' | 173.1 | 6.7 | 2146.3 | 161.7 | 1 | --- | 2 |
Tripp Tease | 80 | 46° 40' | 125° 41' | 159.7 | 6.1 | 2158.2 | 149.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 4 |
Kahuna | 89 | 46° 43' | 125° 39' | 156.5 | 6.0 | 2161.1 | 147.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 |
Antares | 79 | 46° 52' | 125° 43' | 150.8 | 5.8 | 2164.0 | 144.0 | 4 | 2.1 | 7 |
Night Runner | 73 | 46° 53' | 125° 45' | 150.8 | 5.8 | 2163.5 | 144.6 | 5 | 2.2 | 8 |
Turicum | 87 | 47° 04' | 125° 49' | 144.0 | 5.5 | 2167.6 | 140.4 | 6 | 2.5 | 9 |
Red Heather | 64 | 48° 22' | 124° 35' | 54.6 | 2.1 | 2253.5 | 54.5 | 7 | 50.7 | 16 |
VMH-3 | ||||||||||
Freehand | 144 | 47° 26' | 125° 30' | 119.1 | 4.6 | 2190.9 | 117.1 | 1 | --- | 10 |
Blue Moves II | 141 | 47° 56' | 126° 00' | 116.7 | 4.5 | 2192.4 | 115.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 11 |
Passepartout | 114 | 47° 23' | 125° 16' | 115.0 | 4.4 | 2196.9 | 111.1 | 3 | 2.3 | 12 |
Full Moon | 152 | 47° 43' | 125° 01' | 93.3 | 3.6 | 2216.7 | 91.3 | 4 | 6.9 | 13 |
Norena of Wight | 159 | 48° 21' | 124° 37' | 56.3 | 2.2 | 2251.8 | 56.2 | 5 | 27.2 | 15 |
Black Watch | 115 | Withdrew - Returned to Victoria - Inten | ||||||||
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Red Sheilla (2022)
Type: Beneteau 49Skipper: Jim Innes
Port: Vancouver, BC Canada
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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!
