Race Wrap Up
July 21st, 2006
The retirement of Freehand in Division 3 today brings to a close the 2006 Victoria to Maui Race.
As for yesterday's finishes. The position report has been posted! Kahuna wins division 2 on corrected time and takes 4th overall. Congratulations! It turns out the sea bats and other unique wildlife they encountered during the race (and wrote about in their log) did not slow them down!
Also in Div 2 Turicum was second and Night Runner third. Well done!Passepartout wins Division 3 and places third overall. Great job!
The overall standings are Voodoo Child first, Horizon second and Passepartout third.
Congratulations to all the crews who finished the race. This year’s race turned out to be a very tactically challenging, light air race. Thank you for being a part of the 20th running of the Vic Maui race!
A big thank you also to all the volunteers in Maui, Vancouver and Victoria who made this years race happen. Without you this race would not be possible.
We look forward the 2008 version of the west coasts longest race to Hawaii. See on the start line!
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Red Sheilla (2022)
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!
