Vic-Maui Welcomes Beyond The Blue
by Event Committee , April 6th, 2021
In June of 2019, skipper David Zaharik and his wife Scarlet, departed Tréguier sailed into the English Channel to visit Jersey and Guernsey for an initial shakedown and then rounded the west coast of France sailing south across the Bay of Biscay to Spain, down the west coast of Portugal, around southern Spain to Gibraltar. From Gibraltar, in November 2019, they sailed to Lanzarote Canary Islands from where they departed to cross the Atlantic. 18.5 days later they cruised into Jolly Harbour, Antigua. In January 2020 they began island hopping; Barbuda, St Barts, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, St Thomas, Fajardo Puerto Rico for Mathew Town, Bahamas. While cruising north through the Bahamas news of a pandemic had David and Scarlet make haste to mainland USA before the boarders closed. They made it by three days and arranged to have Beyond the Blue complete her voyage to Vancouver on the top of a freighter arriving in May 2020. Immediately suggestions and hints were dropped that perhaps Beyond the Blue could continue her adventures by entering the Vic-Maui 2022.
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Planet Express (2022)
Type: Beneteau 43Skipper: Adam Serediuk
Port: Victoria, BC Canada
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Planet Express second boat to enter.
Adam Serediuk will skipper and navigate Planet Express to Maui in the 2022 Vic-Maui. Adam sailed the return trip in 2018 and is looking forward to "brochure sailing conditions" as advertised on the poster before sailing back to Victoria again.
He is joined by a wholehearted crew which has experience in over 15 Vic-Maui events, including Carl Blouw as 2IC and tactician, Safety at Sea instructor Vern Burkhardt, RYA Yacht-Master Hayley McIntosh, who serves in the Canadian Coast Guard, and additional Vic-Maui alumni Bill Jones. Maggie, Jaimie, and Michael round out our team!
If you've sailed with us before, you'll know that we are all looking forward to the "Planet Express Experience." We're working on a better acronym.
Planet Express sails under sail number 1958 in honor of Adam's mom, Sue; cancer took her away from us before her time in 2020 and serves as inspiration that life is short. Seize the day, and live your dreams.
This year, Planet Express will be entered in the Patos, Southern Straits, and Swiftsure events leading up to our start date in July.
Safe. Fun. Fast. We'll see you at the start line and in Lahaina! Why not? Just get it done.
