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by David Sutcliffe, July 17th, 2012 Kinetic 2012-07-16-1600 "Close Calls, Video Calls and Roll Calls" Read 
by Richard Ballantyne, July 17th, 2012 Sailing on with a purpose but without a crew, like the Mary Celeste, there is a ghost ship on the seas between Victoria and Maui. Read ETAs - Update to July 16, 2013 by Guy Walters, July 16th, 2012 As Big Ben had difficulty reporting this evening, she is not included in the ETAs. Read Daily Position Report - July 16, 2012 by Guy Walters, July 16th, 2012 Subsequent to preparing the report, Big Ben did check in at N33° 31'. W 138° 30. Her distances and times were not calculated. Read 
by Paul Michael, July 16th, 2012 Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 922.4 nautical miles. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~ Mark Twain Read ETAs - Update to 1700, July 15 by Guy Walters, July 16th, 2012 Daily Position Report - July 15, 2012 by Guy Walters, July 16th, 2012 
by Richard Ballantyne, July 15th, 2012 "What appears to be a concrete dock 30 ft x 6 ft." - Red Heather Read 
by Paul Michael, July 15th, 2012 Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 1,480.7 nautical miles. "Everybody's talkin' at me. I don't hear a word they're saying, only the echoes of my mind. Bankin' off of the northeast winds. Sailin' on summer breeze and skippin' over the ocean like a stone." - Harry Nilsson Read by Guy Walters, July 15th, 2012 Now we can begin to guess when the dock parties will happen! Read Daily Position Report - July 14, 2012 by Guy Walters, July 14th, 2012 Daily Position Report - July 13, 2012 - REVISED by Guy Walters, July 14th, 2012 GREMLINS!! I don't know what happened. I did calculate the Daily Position Report for yesterday, the 13th and then somehow managed to post the report for Thursday, the 12th. Then, when the error was pointed out to me, for some very mysterious reason I could not find or access the website I needed to get to to post the proper information. Hopefully, things will go better this evening. Guy Walters Read by David Sutcliffe, July 14th, 2012 Kinetic 2012-07-13-1500: "Fish That Fly, and Thar She Blows!" Read by Paul Michael, July 14th, 2012 Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 1,266.8 nautical miles. "All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea whether it is to sail or to watch we are going back from whence we came." ~John F. Kennedy Read Daily Position Report - July 13, 2012 by Guy Walters, July 13th, 2012 
by Richard Ballantyne, July 13th, 2012 "I'M ONLY HALF-WAY TO PARADISE, SO NEAR...YET SO FAR AWAY" Tony Orlando Read Daily Position Report - July 12, 2012 by Guy Walters, July 12th, 2012 
by Richard Ballantyne, July 12th, 2012 As if the preparation of the boat, the personalities of the crew, and the vagaries of the winds and currents were not enough, this year's skippers have one more problem to deal with. Read |
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Amun-Ra (2022)
Type: Beneteau Oceanis 45Skipper: Ben Homsy
Port: Vancouver, BC Canada
Blog: 1 articles posted
Ben Homsy; Owner / Skipper - Ben is ultimately responsible for bringing together this motley crew. Australian-born, UK and Canadian citizen with an impeccable taste in both teak decking and lasagna. Ben has skippered charter boats over the past 20 years. As a recent entrant into the Pacific North West sailing circuit, this will be Ben's first year participating in the Vic-Maui and other local inshore racing.
Rob Bergman; Watch Captain / 2nd In Charge - Rob is a fellow Australian who recently moved to Vancouver with his family. An avid sailor and nature-lover who grew up around sailboats. This will be Rob's first Vic- Maui and major ocean crossing, after participating in the 2021 Cascadian Convoy and the 2022 Southern Straits on SV Amun-Ra.
Brenden O'Reilly; Trimmer / Fishing - Brenden joins the crew of Amun-Ra with a sound knowledge of boats powered by noisy engines - but we have decided not to hold this against him as apparently he is a master fisherman. This is Brenden's first season sailing and racing in the Pacific North West.
Olivier Corbeil; Trimmer / Bowman - Despite being the youngest crew member (and the only one who can touch his toes), Olivier has over 3000 nautical miles sailing offshore and has raced international level dinghies for 10 years. Olivier has been navigator on a number of boats and crew on a J/22 during the J/22 Worlds in 2016.
Donald Scott; Trimmer / Engineer - Don has literally thousands of miles of cruising. His racing experience includes the Van Isle 360, Southern Straits, Swiftsure, SOAR, Anvil Island, Round Bowen, and Bird Island (Australia). He is also very handy with white electrical tape.
David Verlee; Trimmer - Hailing from Bowen Island, David joins the team at Amun-Ra with extensive sailing experience. He is a 25-year member of RVYC, having raced in the club's Wednesday nights on Virago.
