Catching up on Recent Finishers
by Charlotte Gann & Race Committee, July 24th, 2022
Since late on Friday night, two more boats have finished. Flow arrived just before midnight on Friday, some of us missed being present at her arrival (so sorry) but caught up with her on Saturday morning when she cleared customs at LYC and enjoyed a fine meal before joining all the rest of the crews at the Awards Banquet. More on this later. Just a short time ago, Millennium Seagull arrived at Lahaina and a happier crew you probably couldn't find.
Flow finished on July 22 at 23:36:42; Stuart Horak’s Dehler 36 SQ, racing for the Bowen Island Yacht Club, has a crew who have raced together for several years, which absolutely shows in their achievement of this Vic-Maui International Yacht Race. They brought the brains, they brought the brawn; skipper Dr. Stuart Horak (who is also the Vic-Maui fleet medical officer – thanks SO much),Dr Sean Staniforth, Dr. Martin Roos (all with Lions Gate Hospital, Daniel O’Brien (partner with pwc Vancouver), Lukas Chrostowski & Andrea Damascelli (who’s previously done the Vic-Maui), both professors with UBC. Like most of the boats racing in the competitive Racing Class of Vic-Maui, the boat is pretty stripped-down inside, nothing much is given to creature comforts and bags of sails sometime serve as the mattress.
Millennium Seagull finished on July 24 at 09:08:10; To a cheering crowd at the Lahaina Small Boat Harbor, Bruce Townson’s Hanse 418, Millennium Seagull, set foot ashore this morning in the sun. The crew of seven were handed icy cold champagne and within seconds, the first cork was popped and family and well-wishers were included in the sparkling shower. The fellows had so many adventures together, from a fantastic array of sea life large and small to swimming in the Pacific Ocean with only sharks to observe, SIX squalls in one night, fishing for mahi mahi. And along with the champagne, their wish for cold beers were granted immediately. Skipper Bruce Townson’s dream crew of Graham Ross, Ryan Gandy, Christian Cotichini, James Pettit, William John McDowell, and Chris Theed bonded in this adventure.
Flows crew sang a lovely sea shanty at the Awards Banquet
This is the champagne sailing Millennium Seagull had heard so much about
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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!
