Good Tactics = Good Fortune
by Ed Watson, July 6th, 2010
The tactical choices look fairly simple, when you’re looking at a boats track from the comfort of your office. When you’re aboard a sailboat offshore things don’t look as easy.Terremoto! is proving to be the rocket ship everyone expected. As of about 8pm PDT today she had passed everyone except Turicum and Pyreneenne, boats that left 2 days before she did. The weather system seems to be changing, and that may explain Turicum’s severe course shift to the east. If a developing low pressure system drives the pacfic high south, boats like Red Sheilla, Starlight Express, Sonsie and even Terremoto! may find themselves too far west and without wind. The past 24 hours has seen all boats make good progress in strong winds and moderate seas. In terms of overall speed Terremoto! made more than 238 miles in 24 hours ending last night by averaging 10 knots…Kinetic was just behind that mark and with time owed is in first place in Class 1 and Sonsie was closest to Hawaii and leading in Class 2.
Featured Sponsor
Shackles & Cotterpins
Featured Yacht Profile
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!
