22nd Victoria to Maui (Vic-Maui) Division 2 fleet away



1:15 AM Sat 3 Jul 2010 GMT
'7-01-10-596 - Vic-Maui first start on July 1. Photo credit: Andrew Madding of Bow Shot Productions.'
The 22nd Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race Divison 2 fleet started yesterday under overcast skies from the Victoria Harbour start line at 10am PDT. Light winds kept the yachts close to the Victoria Harbour shoreline for a period until the westerlies filled in. The fleet turned at Cape Flattery and is now heading west on the 2308 nautical mile course to the finish line at the Lahaina Yacht Club in Hawaii. The lead boat at this stage is Gunnar Jonsson's C&C 44 Turicum, the Division 2 winner in 2008 in her fifth Vic-Maui race ahead of ...


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