Team Profiles - Family Affair (2014)
Profile
Type: Beneteau First 45f5
Skipper: Henning / Thomas Buus
Class: Racing, Fully Crewed
Hailing Port: Everett, WA, USA
Hull Colour: White
LOA: 46.5'
Beam: 14'
Draft: 7.83'
Yacht Club: Milltown Sailing Association
Designer: Beneteau/Farr Yacht Design
Builder: Beneteau France
Launch Date: 1990
Rig: Sloop
Sail Number: 79117
Status: ZZ-2014 Family AffaIR
Family Affair is co-owned by Henning & Greta Buus and son, Thomas Buus and his wife Sandy Buus. She is a 45ft Beneteau First 45F5 built in France in 1990. We purchased her in 2007 in Los Angeles and sailed her up to Everett Washington. She was dismasted off the Northern California coast during the delivery. She now has a new rig as well as a new bottom.
We have been club racing with Milltown Sailing Association as well as cruising her in the San Juans. This will be our second Vic-Maui race. We did Vic-Maui in 2012, and to prepare we participated in the Southern Straits, Swiftsure and two of the Tri-Island Race series. One of the highlights was getting line honors in the Round Whidbey Race.
We are all looking forward to this adventure and wish all participants a safe and joyful trip.
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"Beginning with the first running of the Vic-Maui Race in 1965, I have followed the previous participants routing, finishes and associated weather components with great interest and intrigue. A few of my friends have competed and completed the race and all speak of the challenging yet gratifying conditions, tactics and not least, the great send off in beautiful Victoria B.C. The cold aspects of the race have previously kept me from entering the race at bay, having been raised in Hawaii and spending so much time there in the warm ethos. However, it is finally time to lean forward and enter the 2022 race and cast aside any trepidation. In the anticipation of finally participating in the 2022 race, this coming December and Christmas, Santa promises to bring me my first pair of sailing boots!
I believe my boat, a Tripp 47, is very competitive and embodies the synergy and nucleus of a formidable and capable crew. The crew have sailed thousands of ocean and inland racing miles and have earned my admiration and respect. The boat crews numerous completed Transpacs, PacCups and other offshore races that they have sailed with me on, is a testament to their determination and competitive nature. They deserve this new opportunity for an enhanced northern latitude to southern latitude race, and to experience the humbleness and satisfaction that this race has the potential to exude. My crew and myself are all looking forward with eager anticipation to joining our Canadian pals and accompanying esprit de corps, for the 2022 Vic-Maui Race.
Aloha,
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