Vic-Maui Yacht Race 2010 draws to a close

3:10 AM Mon 19 Jul 2010 GMT

'Vic-Maui race' Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race (Vic-Maui)

Vic-Maui Yacht Race wrap report. 'Challenge ? Adventure ? Teamwork!' is the Vic-Maui motto. Add to that tales of perseverance and courage, high performance sailing and navigational challenges and you have the recipe for an adrenalin-rush race - Vic-Maui 2010. Regular blogs and emails from most of the fleet allow us to put together a detailed picture. Looking at the weather picture shaping up in the days before the start, there was a clear sense that this was going to be a fast race, and we weren't disappointed. This year's line honors elapsed time of 11d:15h:20m:49s recorded by Scott Burbank's ...

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