Radiance Finishes First in Cruising Division by Richard Ballantyne, July 21st, 2012 The first cruising division yacht crosses the Finish in the wee hours of July 21. Read by Richard Ballantyne, July 21st, 2012 Arriving to the skirl of the pipes and a makeshift highland fling, Red Heather is the fifth boat to cross the finish line; at 18:02 local time Read by Ned Downey, July 20th, 2012 Daily Position Report - July 20,2012 by Guy Walters/Ned Downey, July 20th, 2012 by Paul Michael, July 20th, 2012 Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 276.5 nautical miles. For better or for worse, there wasn't much to report on today. Read by Richard Ballantyne, July 20th, 2012 Daybreak sees Incantation cross the finish line at 6:43 local time Read ETAs as of 17:00 July 19, 2012 by Ned Downey, July 20th, 2012 Daily Position Report - July 19, 2012 by Guy Walters, Ned Downey, July 20th, 2012 Kinetic is the Third Boat, and first Beneteau to Finish by Richard Ballantyne, July 20th, 2012 With the sun making a diamond sea in the background, Kinetic crosses the finish line at 17:23 local time on July 19. Read by Richard Ballantyne, July 19th, 2012 The Bela Bartok has a rescue crew aboard and is no longer a hazard to Vic Maui racers. Read by Paul Michael, July 19th, 2012 Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 406.9 nautical miles. "The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective." ~Henry David Thoreau Read by Guy Walters/Ned Downey, July 19th, 2012 Daily Position Report - July 18, 2012 by Guy Walters/Ned Downey, July 19th, 2012 Daily Position Report - July 17, 2012 by Guy Walters, July 18th, 2012 This report is very tardy and may only be of some comparative use to a data miner. Read Terremoto Second Boat to Finish by Richard Ballantyne, July 18th, 2012 Arriving with the sweltering mid-day heat, Terremoto crosses the finish line at 10:48 local time on July 18. Read by Paul Michael, July 18th, 2012 Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 585.4 nautical miles. "Sometimes we are lucky enough to know our lives have been changed, to discard the old and embrace the new and run headlong down an immutable course. It happened to me... on that summer's day when my eyes were opened to the sea." ~ Jacques Cousteau Read Double Take is First Boat to Finish by Richard Ballantyne, July 18th, 2012 Double Take finished on July 17 to take Vic Maui 2012 Line Honours Read by Richard Ballantyne, July 17th, 2012 With 57 miles to go at 1300 HST today, Double Take is poised to win Line Honours for Vic Maui 2012 Read |